DD is 5 and a half months old so we were starting to think about weaning as she seems interested in food and seems to really like the few tiny bits of things I have given her to taste so far.
However, I was thinking of doing BLW but she can't sit up on the high chair very well, she seems to "fall" forwards and has to use her hands to hold herself up (and she still doesn't really manage to be fully upright for any decent amount of time). If she is still like this in a couple weeks time I wouldn't really want to start solids in earnest, even with spoon feeding, as she can't really sit on the highchair.
Probably part of the problem is that she is really long (97 percentile for height and weight), but she can hold her head very well, can support herself for 10 mins or more on her arms if you lay her on her front and can roll both ways now, (although she still finds front to back difficult if she is tired and generally only rolls this way first thing in the morning).
She gets lots of floor time and is only in the pushchair for around 90 mins a day, the rest of the time she is either on the floor, cot or sitting on my knee/being carried.
Other than laying on her front on the floor, is there anything I can do to help her strengthen her back muscles so she can sit up on the highchair and not flop forwards?
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Are there any exercises to strengthen a baby's back? (5mo)
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MeeWhoo · 27/07/2014 17:38
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