S.M.
Dear K.,
I am the mother of three children all of which developed at differnt times. My advice to you is to just relax about it when he is ready to crawl he will. I know that it is hard to do that we went through the same issue with our youngest who is now 5. She "developed late" according to all the books you read and all the mothers you listen to that have their kids crawling, walking, talking before your own. My daughter did not walk until she was 14 months old she also did not stop breast feeding until she was 14 months old. I am not kidding the day she started to walk was the day she gave up the breast. Trust me breast feeding that long was never my idea I tried to stop at about 6 months and she had no intentions of doing so. When kids are ready they will crawl, sit up, walk and talk all on their own. I know that there is a lot of pressure out there but you have to know that there really is no set of rules out there and just because your child is not crawling while others are does not mean there is anything to be concerned about. Just keep telling yourself that he will do it when he is ready and it is okay not to be like everyone else. I hope this helps in some little way.