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8 months and not sitting unaided yet! reassurance please.

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me23 · 09/02/2006 11:03

I'm beginning to get worried, has anyone elses babies sat unaided later than this age without anything being wrong with their baby?
In the birth to five book it say they should be sitting unsupported by nine months, what happens if they are not? do they get reffered to anyone?
are there any exercises I can to to encourage her to sit unaided?
thanks

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BudaBabe · 09/02/2006 11:05

My DS didn't sit unaided till he was lmost 9 months I think. Crawled at 11 months and walked at 15 months.

Most of the stats are averages I think.

Can she sit supported?

pepperpots · 09/02/2006 11:06

both my ds's didn't sit until they were about nine and half to ten months and they are fine they didn't walk until they were 14 months either. They were showing no signs just one day got up and walked off

Marne · 09/02/2006 11:09

DD did'nt sit up till almost 10 months and then walked at 13 months.

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me23 · 09/02/2006 11:10

thanks, budababe she can sit supported on the sofa, although lately she keeps swiping for things so ends up on her front!
I just don't know if theres anything I can do to help her, or do they just sit on their own one day?

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bakedpotato · 09/02/2006 11:10

Gah! to Birth to Five book
DD was like this (another late crawler/walker too)

lazycow · 09/02/2006 11:10

ds I think sat unaided at around 9 months. He did do a comando type crawl from about 8 months though. As soon as he began to sit up without wobbling his crawl changed to the normal one. He also rolled very early. Does your ds get around by rolling etc?

I never really did any exercises with him, though I found bathtimes exhausting as he couldn't sit up properly so had to be held all the time.

If you are worried make an appointment for a month's time to speak to your gp. I'm sure by then he will be sitting up but if he isn't you have an appointment to speak to someone if you are worried and they can't say - 'come back when he's 9 months old'

muma3 · 09/02/2006 11:11

i know a few of my friends who children havent sat up unaided and i think one of my cousins never until he was 1 year old.
laying your child on his belly and if he/she attempts to lift his/her head then it strengthens the muscles which inable them to sit iykwim
i really wouldnt worry too much . my dd3 is 8 months and sits unaided for a little while , isnt completely stable tbh. isnt crawling and doesnt roll much . my friends children and my cousin all have developed normally just were a bit lower then the average .
imho i dont want to rush her to do too much , i would love her to be a baby forever

muma3 · 09/02/2006 11:12

should say " sat unaided untill 10 months" re; my friends children .

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me23 · 09/02/2006 11:36

she has only just learnt to roll over about a week ago, she can roll onto her front but cant roll back yet, she hates being on her tummy, I try to encourage her but she really does loathe it. if she is lying down she will lift her head up as if she is trying to get up iyswim.

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ntt · 09/02/2006 11:48

ntt · 09/02/2006 11:50

is she propping herself on her arms? If not, you should try sitting her between your legs on the floor and placing her hands where they should go to keep her upright. I find it helps if there's something fascinating for mine to watch on the tv so he keeps his head up. And don't have any toys around to distract her. Also try putting a rolled up towel under her chest when she's on her tum so she can reach for toys.

muma3 · 09/02/2006 11:52

my HV told me to put my dd3 in a sitting position and put a few pillows or something in front of her to lean on iyswim that might help ?

kittyfish · 09/02/2006 12:16

You could try a play nest - kind of a rubber ring with a cotton cover. My dd loved hers as it supported her and it was safe.

wannaBe1974 · 09/02/2006 12:22

My DS didn't sit up unsupported until he was 10 months, and yet he was crawling at 7 months. He could do it, just couldn't be bothered, so I went out and bought a Vtec sort and soar rocket for us to play with together. the toy went away and I would bring it out daily and we would sit and play with it together, he had to sit up to play with it, it held his concentration long enough that he would forget that he was sitting up, initially I sat with him, supporting him but gradually moved further and further away from him, he was sitting, very wel, completely unaided, within two weeks.

mommie · 09/02/2006 14:06

i agree with kittyfish - a play nest is a great idea. my dd didn't sit unaided til 9/10 months and then it just happened

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me23 · 09/02/2006 20:04

Thank you for your replies, they have all being very helpful.
ntt> she isn't propping herself up on her arms i've tried doing it for her but she doesn't seem to get it.
I bought a playnest today, hopefully it will give her some practice.

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mummytosteven · 09/02/2006 20:06

DS didn't sit unaided till just before 9 months. He started to commandon crawl at virtually the ssame time. Walked at 15 months.

zippitippitoes · 09/02/2006 20:08

she may also find it easier to sit on your bed (with you there of course) Anbd it's a fun place to practice

Lauraa83 · 09/02/2006 20:30

My ds didn't sit up unsupported until he was 10 months - I was worried too but he's absolutely fine! He walked at 13 and 3/4 months but crawled at 8 months.

When I have another baby I would buy a bumbo seat and a doughnut playring though, they are things which I didn't have this time and I thought they'd have helped him do it a bit earlier? Not that it's a race

Another thing was when he had his assesment at 8 months he scored at the level of a 12 or 13 month old in everything apart from sitting up obviously but when the HV sat him on the floor of her room he sat up better than he ever had before - I think it was cos we have laminate floors I was scared to put him on th floor incase he hurt himself so tried to get him to sit up on the sofa which the HV said was a bit like trying to stand on a bouncy castle IYSWIM!

lunarx · 10/02/2006 09:03

ds didnt sit unaided until 8 1/2 months and he was wobbly at it til about 9 months or so..

maybe try calling your gp or hv for reassurance. as hard as it is not to worry, try not too. your daughter is just developing at her own rate. and as she grows you will probably find she does somethings before the 'recommended' time frame and somethings after it....

hang in there

foundintranslation · 10/02/2006 09:33

ds actually crawled and pulled himself up to stand at 7 1/2 months, but he didn't sit up properly unaided until just over 8 months. I suppose that indicates that for some babies it's quite a difficult thing to do iyswim.

tribpot · 10/02/2006 09:39

My ds (7 1/2 months) learnt to sit purely to spite me so he wouldn't have to go in the play nest He was sitting reasonably well but very unstable, so we thought the playnest would be great for him - he disagreed (doesn't like being contained by things) so learnt to sit properly in the space of about 2 days. Bye bye playnest!

I wouldn't worry about it at all. My oldest nephew could walk at 8 months and is universally regarded as the worst child anyone has ever met. Therefore early development may not be a good thing (In case katzguk is reading this, I appreciate that your dd1 was an early walker and dd2 will be there soon too, so not all early walkers are horrendous!)

uwila · 10/02/2006 09:59

Ah, I can relate. Ds is 8 months (born 19 May) and sit unaided for about 1 minute until he topples over in slow motion. I'm not worried, he'll get there. If my first child (who sat at 6 months) had done this I'm sure I would have been very nervous about it. But with DS I'm very laid back about the milestones. So long as he can walk by the tim he goes to school, that's cool with me.

And he's been rolling back in forthe for I don't know... maybe a month.

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