To crawl or not to crawl

Well, my little one is now month and has no interest in crawling. He prefers to pull up and take walking steps. He has plenty of tummy time and upper body strength. I started to question his physical development but studies have shown that boys tend to skip the crawling stages and move toward walking sooner than girls because of their focus on gross motor skill development; girls tend to hone in on their fine motor skills thus crawling sooner and longer than boys.

So no worries if your little decides to skip a stage, just continue to encourage them by playing on the floor with them and reinforcing the small moves they make.