is this normal for a 6.5 month old

[me23]

dd isnt sitting unsupported yet, also she hasnt rolled over either way. when i try to stand her up on me she doesnt bear weight on her legs they just collapse underneath her.
i bought her one of those doorway bouncer things and she seems ok on that.
can anyone tell me if this sounds ok for her age?
socially and mentally she is doing well i think! she bables away laughs, good eye contact.

just had a look in ds's baby book!! he first sat at 5 months, but quite wobbly... wasn't sitting properly til around 6 months i think
took him ages to figure out how to roll over though! and he still only does it one way (is 10.5m!!)
he would stand up if held, but then he has always been quite "strong" iyswim?

i don't think that you have anything to worry about really. in terms of sitting i just suddenly decided to see if he could do it one day. i sat him between my legs and we played with some toys for a bit until he figured out how to balance a bit better!

My friend's baby didn't sit up till he was 8/9 months... in fact a couple fo them didn't... and I can tell you that they're both perfect normal little tearaways now

If you think she's ok in herself then don't listen to books or annoying people with 'advice' she'll do it in her own time!

Sounds like my DD. She was, I decided later, just a lazy little pudding. She learnt to do it all eventually (didn't walk 'til 17 months)and now no-one cares. She's 6.

My HV did worry me when she wouldn't take her own weight at nearly 9 months, as this is one of the things they expected at the 8 month development check, but she did it shortly afterwards.

My ds is 6.5months. He sits quite well if I hold his bum in place but I don't think any of the babies from my mum's groups are sitting unaided. ds rolls from front to back, others in the group roll back to front, some don't roll at all yet. My SIL's dd is is 1 year and cruising and never rolled. In short nothing for you to worry about IMO.

My dd is 6.5 mths and sits unsupported, but can't roll and won't even attempt it.

At the same age my ds couldn't sit without being surrounded by cushions - even on the inside of the inflatable baby nest thing.
He rolled one way at 7 months and the other by 8 months. At 8/9 months he could sit unsupported. He didn't walk until 17 months, but was using 3 word sentences by 15 mths - I guess moving just wasn't as important as shouting his mouth off

I bet there are loads of things your dd can do that other little ones her age can't. She sounds pretty contented and that can be a real rarity

my 14month old didnt sit up till 9 months and still cant roll over now or sit up on his own, is cruising around the furniture tho.i know its a worry but she l catch up when shes ready.x

Thanx that's made me feel much better about it, if i sit her on sofa with her back supported she will stay so i guess she will sit by herself in her own time.
as for the rolling i bet she can do it but is being lazy!
Those bloody books just make you worry when they say your baby should be doing this at these many months etc..
also hv acted worried dd wasnt rolling at 5 months, said i should encourage her as if i didnt!
im always getting her to be physical but if she doesnt want to do something or is bored of being on her tummy (she doesnt like being on her front for v long she gets frustrated quickly}i dont push it.

My ds is just over 6 months and literally learnt to roll front to back, and back to front, either to the left or the right in the space of two days a few weeks ago. He's still not very good at rolling from tummy to back. And he can sit but not for very long before collapsing in the manner of a drunken sailor (cue much singing of the song).

Sometimes they will seem to pick things up overnight; like your dd, my ds didn't like being on his tummy for any length of time, and I'm sure that contributed to him not learning to roll - I mean, why learn to do something that then puts you in a position you don't like? (And I am not cruel enough to have left him crying on his tummy just to encourage him to learn how to roll off it!) Now he will tolerate it whilst he has a desperate go at learning to crawl, mostly consisting of sticking his bum in the air and/or flapping about like a fish.

No book should tell you that a baby must be able to do certain things by a certain age, she will get there when she's good and ready!

According to a book on child development I had and read frequently, children say their first word at about 11 months. Well, ds1 didn't say anything I could recognise until 26 months and I can assure you, he is a perfectly normal, intelligent 9 year old now. My youngest was also very slow physically but got there in the end (though still only 2 so I can't be so sure that he will turn our normal! )

My advice would be to not look at the book!

dd didnt sit up until 9 months, my bf has twins, they are 8 months and not sat up yet or rolling. She sounds perfect for her age, nothing to worry about.

Ds is 28 weeks and rolls a bit all ways and is working on sitting up solo with my help - ie does it for a few seconds then collapes a la Tribpot. The rolling is almost entirely restrited to nappy free time, as is tummy time, tho the latter he does occasionally do whilst between us in our bed in the ams. Nappy free seems to make him feel just that, free. But you're probably trying all that already.

Ditto for ds. Nappy free time is when he looks closest to rolling from back to front. I didn't know whether it was because I have him in reuseables or whether it is the same for those who are in disposables as well.

My freind's baby sat properly at 9 months. About a month later, she started talking. That was clearly what she was concentrating on.

Meanwhile ds sat up at 5 months and was going up and down the slide alone by 11 months, but has delayed speech. Dd (6 mo) is going the same way, think its just genetic.

They are all really different. Don't worry.

Muddling - we're on disposables, and he's clearly totally thrilled to get shot of them, so we do nappy free at least twice a day if we can, and ideally for half an hour at a time... he's clearly v v happy without them on. I just brave washing the towells he lies on all the time!

DS sometimes does something once or twice or even for a day, new moves, sounds etc and then seems to "forget" for a while. Some he remembers, others we're still waiting for. When he does something new or remembers something we praise and whoop like he'd won an olympic medal! Think he loves that almost as much as any of his new moves!

Cratchit I assume you meant a la my ds, not me, I can generally manage to stay sitting up, although not always if enough wine is applied

My ds will also seem to learn something and then forget it for a while, to the point where you think maybe you hallucinated him having learnt it in the first place.

I would count your blessings with your non-rolling babies, I was up three times in the night with ds who woke himself up rolling on to his tummy and then forgetting how to roll back. Arrrgghh!

apparently I didn't sit unsupported until I was about 9 months+. Both DS's were between 5.5 and 6 months.

my dd is 10 months, she can sit unaided for as long as she likes but sahe still doesn't roll over alot, i've seen her do it once or twice but i don't think she likes to, she doesn't like being on her tummy either.
She stands for a few seconds holding my hands then does an Elvis type thing and falls down.

me23, the best bit of advice i can give is, if you're not worried DON@T let your H.V worry you, IME (Not all i suppose just mine) H.V talk the biggest load of crap i know. I feel that they have to pick you up on something or they feel they haven't done their visit right. In cases of abuse/neglect i think if a H.V picks up on it, they are worth their weight in gold, for me, they are a waste of time and more of a hindrance than a help.

Sorry to any H.V's here but that's just my view!

mine didnt do anything till seh was 8 mths old and did everything all at once!

terrible terrible spelling!!!

DD started sitting unaided between 6 and 7 months - didn't roll over till really late (can't remember when, but basically she wasn't interested in rolling and hardly ever did!) walked at 16 months and is now 2, running, jumping, talking two languages, and climbing more than is good for her! Oh, and she didnt' weight bear until past 9 months - I remember asking the HV about it at her 9 month check.

DS didn't sit till he was just under 9 months, didn't walk till her was 15 months ish.

Sorry Trib I meant you as it goes ...thought I'd heard a story about you falling over ...

Naaahhhh!

Falling over yes but not from a sitting position, please I have some standards.

Standards Trib? with a 6 month old baby? Blimey I am impressed! My standards seem to have gone awol with my pelvic floor