For about a month, during tummy time, we would put Olivia in the plank position. She would often rock back and forth and eventually her arms and legs would collapse and she would fall on her belly.

One day, when she was about 6.5 months old, she figured out how to move her arm forward. It was a very slow process, but tenacious Olivia kept practicing and practicing. Soon she was dragging her body across the carpet!

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The evolution of Olivia’s crawl

The Slither/Army Crawl (6.5 months old)

The One-arm Drag (7 months old)

The Big Girl Crawl (7.5 months old)