Is that how they start crawling?

My DD is 9 months, and doesn't crawl yet, but lately she will lean over while she is sitting and get her hands in a position like she is going to crawl and she will get one leg in the position to crawl but she doesn't get her other leg in the right position, it is kind of hard to explain. Anyways she will pull herself almost in a crawling stance and rock herself back and forth like she is trying to crawl. Is that how babies get themselves crawling?

I always had this other idea that they lifted them selves up into a crawling position while on their belly, so I think the way she is doing things is kind of different than what I thought lol.

I know this question probably sounds dumb but idk how it all works lol.

sounds like your baby is trying to lunge forward to get moving sometimes babies have the strangest way of getting things started but looks promising

That's the way my oldest started out. She would get up on all fours and rock back and forth.

sounds like it...whenever my son did the rock back and forth thing, i'd take his legs and tuck them under him lto prop him up better, and that helped it. he crawled in no time.

Quoting October2011:" sounds like it...whenever my son did the rock back and forth thing, i'd take his legs and tuck them under him lto prop him up better, and that helped it. he crawled in no time."

I always try helping her and she gets mad at me lol.

Sounds like it!!

Quoting tteb;-):" sounds like your baby is trying to lunge forward to get moving sometimes babies have the strangest way of getting things started but looks promising"

That is what I was thinking but I was thinking it was an odd way to start haha.

Early intervention had to try to teach DD how to crawl. They had her in sitting position and they would help her lean forward to reach stuff and when in a crawling position they would rock her back and forth.

Sounds like your LO is right on track.

Keep in mind that pulling your knees under you is a lot harder than leaning forward and falling into all fours

Defiantly sounds like it. DS would rock back and forth and eventually he started moving, now he won't stop lol. Sometimes when he crawls he keeps his one leg out as if to push him off or try to stand up haha.

Quoting {tamz}:" Early intervention had to try to teach DD how to crawl. They had her in sitting position and they would ... [snip!] ... right on track. Keep in mind that pulling your knees under you is a lot harder than leaning forward and falling into all fours"

Yea very true.  

Quoting Little Dugan's Mommy:" Defiantly sounds like it. DS would rock back and forth and eventually he started moving, now he won't ... [snip!] ... moving, now he won't stop lol. Sometimes when he crawls he keeps his one leg out as if to push him off or try to stand up haha."

Haha that is cute.