Beware - rant needed...
My HV came round the other day and my DD sat up herself (7m) the whole time she was here wittering on in a patronising fashion. I boasted that she could now sit up from lying down position. (thought this was valid boasting as she was here to check development!) Then before she left the numbnut said "well she's almost sitting up. I would be concerned if she was 9m..." I told her she had been sitting for 2 months and I only put cushions behind her as I was off making Tea for HER. I promptly plonked her away from the cushions to demo her amazing sitting skills but of course she then kept lunging for the bright red bag for the scales and wouldnt sit up. Anyway after she'd gone I saw she had written:-
"almost sitting up. " in her red book. I know this is a small thing and the fact that I am pissed off about it is a sure sign im not getting out enough! But in a maternal, protective rage I thought - I can write in that bloody book too and like a schoolgirl I put a little * next to the word 'almost' and at the bottom I wrote:
"* has been sitting independently for 2 months" I have just realised that its carbon paper so through every page in the book. Yikes! That'll look good when she's five! I'm loosing the plot!