I’m not sure if this counts as medical advice - it’s more neurotic dad advice.
My daughter is just over 14 months old and shows absolutely no sign of crawling. She was born almost 10 weeks premature (based on her due date she would have just turned one year old) but was a very healthy weight (5lb) and was very well developed and healthy. After a spell in the special care unit she was back home with us 5 weeks before she was due.
She eats really well (we won’t mention sleep!), she babbles and says “Dada” like she should, she’s alert and active and smiley and is putting on weight as she should (now about 20lb) - she just doesn’t seem to entertain the possibility of moving to somewhere other than where she’s sitting. She’ll sit on the floor quite happily playing with toys, and will reach for things that are just out of reach, but that’s as far as it goes. If you put her on her stomach, she’ll usually roll straight over onto her back, or occasionally just stay there until she gets tired of holding her head up, then get cross.
From an early age she has been able to support her weight on her legs, and she seems to like standing up if someone holds her to keep her balanced, but she’s never pulled herself up to a standing position either.
My wife says it’s perfectly fine and nothing to worry about, but at all the recent 1st birthday parties off the babies from our ante-natal class, it strikes me as odd that although she was the first to arrive by several weeks, she’s now sitting on the floor while the others are mostly running around the room.
Any thoughts from Doper parents?