When did your child sit up?

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DS didn't sit up until nearly 7 months so I always thought that was about average.

DD has just gone 4 months and I swear she's looking like she's almost there, but I don't know if I'm being delusional!

They totally vary a lot. I have four dc and one of mine was five months, another was nine months. I guess the other two were somewhere in between but I can’t remember!

The one who sat at 9 months crawled at 11 months and walked at 18 months. He got there!

DS1 sat at 5 months on the dot. DS2 about 5.5 months. Both slow to actually move anywhere though - DS1 didn't walk till 19 months and DS2 is 11m and not crawling/pulling up/anything beyond a bit of a bum shuffle.

3 months. He was very early in meeting all this physical milestones as a baby but he’s now the most uncoordinated 10 year old 😂.

My DS likes sitting and so he tried and began sitting for a few secs from 4.5 months. He’s now 5 months and able to play sitting provided he’s got something behind him as he’s still a bit unsteady. Having said that my premie DN started sitting by himself at 3 months (actual age not adjusted) and was shuffling across rooms as fast as anything from 6 months (walking by 10) - so I always have to check myself when I think my DS is behind.

When ds was 4 days old, the midwife doing a home visit told me he’d be an early walker (didn’t believe her, just thought she was being nice). Ds was 4 months sitting up using his hands and a bit wobbly. He was sitting independently just before 5 months. Crawling at 7 months and walking by 9.5 months. All good, but now at 17 months you wouldn’t see that much difference between him and his friends. I don’t think any of it makes a difference. They learn to do things at their own pace and if they’re neuro-typical then I highly doubt you could tell which child walked/sat/rolled early or not. By the age of 3 they all look the same!

I wish my son had walked a little later because his walking over-lapped his non-sleeping stage and I actually think I was torture! My friend’s son didn’t sit until 8 months and has now started walking at 17 months- he’s still a curious, smart and funny little boy!

Being able to get themselves to a sitting position or propping them to sit?

For mine it was 11 months for oldest, 9 months for youngest for putting themselves to sit

Every child is different.
My nephew was very slow in everything, to the point i seriously thought there was something wrong with him.
Now his above average in most things, some by a year or two...

Children do things at there own pace

Mine didn’t.

She didn’t do much til 5.5m when she figured out how to roll, then rolled everywhere at top speed for a bit.

At 7.5m she got up and started cruising, again at top speed, walking independently a few weeks later.

Missed all the sitting, crawling etc phases.

Sat up unsupported from a recline at 2-3 months but not from flat until about five months, IIRC.

One of mine was 18 weeks! Could support himself if you place him seated but obviously couldn't sit himself up at that age. Was crawling before 6 months too.

The other too were 7/8 months.

All walked at pretty much the same age though around 11 months.

Properly, reliably, unaided - about 7mo. Crawled at 10mo, walked at 13mo.