When did your dc sit up by themselves?

[littlelamb]

Ds has just turned 6 months and is happily crawling around but he cannot sit up yet. Dd was crawling at the same age but could sit up beforehand. He has plenty of strength but just falls sideways if you try and sit him up! What age is average? Do you think being in a cloth nappy might make a difference to it? They are quite bulky, but he has no difficulty crawling with one on.

7 months or so

same with all these thigns - varies from baby to baby - quite a lot. DS was sitting independantly from 4 months BUT he didn't crawl did well gone 9 months or roll until over a year!

my first two sat up at about six months but third is seven months and showing no interest. she crawls and pulls herself up but can't keep still long enough to sit. am not worried about it though.

I would say 6 months but they do it in their own speed, if she can crawl you really don't need to worry IMO.

ds can sit really well at 8 months and has been since 5/6 months but he cant move, so has had lots of practice, if he could crawl im sure he wouldnt bother to sit!

17 weeks unaided. She was always an upright type of baby. Hardly crawled at all preferring t be sat or on her feet.

about 6 months (in fact was a few days later as my birthday) - it was the first time I left him sitting up (gorilla-style) long enough to take a photo!
A couple of days earlier he had shown no sitting ability whatsoever, a week or so later he was crawling and twisting himself into a sitting position from a crawl!

Ds was about 8 mths iirc!

Very normal not to be able to at 6 months.

Interesting My DD could sit up at 5 months (before she crawled at 6 mths) DS was crawling at 6 months but couldnt sit up till 8 months.

5m. However it was no indicator of being physical! She did not crawl until 10m and walked at 16m. She was just so happy to be sat upright - it helped her wind issues She did shuffle on her bum earlier than 10m but I don't really remember when, a month or two before maybe.

Just to throw a spanner in the works - do you call it sitting up if they have their hands on the floor in front of them? My 4 month old can "sit" unaided but only if his hands are placed in front of him on the floor.

DD sat from about 5 months.

I have observed that the early mobile ones tend not to sit as well because they are too busy crawling or rolling around.

I wouldnt worry about it if I was you, they really are all so different.

Just to hijack my own thread- Ilana- I promised you a photo of myself and ds in our Close sling- I will try and get one tomorrow- we have chicken pox in the house and it's all gone a bit mad! I have just got a Kari Me wrap sling and I'm telling you, there's no change of feeding in it, which is not such a problem now ds is a bit bigger but would have been disappointing at first. The only sitting ds can do is kind of using one hand to prop himself artfully to one side from the crawling position

8 months and 1 week!

DS2 it seamed really late, he could stand but wouldn't sit unpropped until about 11 months.

Ilana - I considered DS to be able to sit when he could do the hands propped thing (gorilla) but without any other support. Not sure if that's what other people would call it.

Don't worry littlelamb - whenever you can do it would be great!

If we are counting the gorilla hands thing, then my ds can do it at 4 months old.

DS - 7.5 months

DD - 6.5 months

10 months! I was a bit worried.