When will my baby roll, sit and crawl?

The chart says one thing. Your baby says another.

Milestone ranges are wide, and babies do not always learn things in the same order. One child crawls early; another sits and watches the world for longer.

The useful question is not whether your baby copied somebody else’s timetable. It is whether they are gaining skills, moving in different ways and using both sides of their body.

Tiny amounts of practice still count

We started tummy time from the early days in very short bursts. With Ari, one minute felt like a win. Then it became two, then three, and eventually we stopped counting.

One day we noticed she was simply comfortable on her tummy, as if she had always known how. That is how many milestones arrived for us: slowly, then suddenly.

Floor time helped more than equipment

We used toys just out of reach and gave Ari space to move. Commando crawling, shuffling or finding another way across the floor still counts as movement.

Because Ari was premature, we used corrected age rather than comparing everything with her birthday. That removed a lot of worry.

If your baby loses a skill, uses one side much more than the other, or seems very stiff or floppy, ask your baby’s doctor or nurse.