Did anyone's lo "bear crawl" before walking?

[k4th]

Dd has been crawling since 2 days after she turned 7 mths. She started "proper" crawling at 8.5 mths and has been cruising since 8 mths exactly.

Today she's been marching her walker up & down the room and standing unaided for a split second, but did it a few times. Then, at bathtime she started bear crawling around the house while she had some nappy free time lol!

Is this a stage that might lead to walking? Did anyone's lo go through this transition from crawling to walking? How long between bear crawling & walking?

 

[Kians_Mummy]

Sorry this might sound silly but what is bear crawling?

 

[k4th]

Lol - in my excitement I didn't explain! It's crawling but on feet instead of knees - imagine bum sky high in the air!

 

[Kians_Mummy]

Ah, my LO does that every now and then but still no walking unaided

 

[Shabutie]

I believe bear walking is when they are just on there hands and feet, no knees or anything.

I call it Mowgli style.

DD did this for a very short time a few months back, and then stopped and did normal crawling. Now she does walk a small bit, and sometimes goes Mowgli style then pushes herself to stand up.

 

[k4th]

Ah well. Maybe it won't lead to walking

But it's sooooooo nice to see her doing something new!!

 

[sun]

My LO just started doing this recently lol! He never did it before walking.

 

[chuck]

DS1 started crawling at 8/9 months and within a couple weeks started bear crawling and did nothing but bear crawl for a couple months!

 

[Neko]

My daughter started bearwalking at 8 months. She did it for less than 2 months, started walking just before she turned 10 months. I think it gave her very strong legs. A week after she started walking, she could get up from the floor by herself and squat while playing.

 

[Breezy]

My lo started doing this today and I was wondering th same!

 

[k4th]

My lo started doing this today and I was wondering th same!

Our lo's are a similar age aren't they? Has your ds been crawling too?

 

[Natsku]

Maria started bear walking at 7 months (she didnt crawl in the normal way til after she started walking!) and was walking less than two months later.