6-9 Month Motor Milestones | Is Baby Ready to Crawl?

9 months is a big month for motor milestones! This is when Baby will start crawling, sitting on their own, and using the pincer grasp!

These 6-9 month motor milestones are important signs that Baby is growing typically and gaining the skills they'll need for future development.

Tracking these milestones helps you support healthy motor development and notice if Baby needs a little extra help.

Baby should meet these motor milestones by 9 months:

✅ Sits without support

✅ Starts to move with alternate leg and arm movement, e.g. creeping, crawling

✅ Moves from tummy or back into sitting

✅ Sits and reaches for toys without falling

✅ Picks up small objects with thumbs and fingers

✅ While lying on back, transfers toy from one hand to the other

✅ In simple play imitates others