Hi all
Just wanted to know whether this is actually anything to worry about - I have just started 6mo DD at nursery, she is my first and I am really anxious about leaving her so I might just be pfb!
DD is very active, started rolling at 4mo, commando crawling at 5mo and is just starting to get up onto her hands and knees. But, she can't sit up. If she is placed in a sitting position she will just topple over whereas a lot of friends babies her age can sit unsupported no problem.
I have been told by our child health nurse not to worry and that she will go from crawling into a sitting position. She told me that I shouldn't 'prop' her unsupported in a sitting position before she is ready to get into that position herself.
BUT I have noticed that at nursery the workers prop all the babies in sitting positions all the time whether they can get in and out of that position themselves or not. On a visit last week one of the babies was sitting up for the half hour I was there. It meant he wasn't doing anything else, was just watching the room, although he had some toys within reach. He isn't crawling yet but wasn't getting any chance to practice.
I told them that DD can't sit yet and likes to be put down on her belly to explore. But I think they will keep trying to prop her and when she can hold herself up will place her in that position. Is it reasonable to ask them not to sit her up? I don't want to be THAT parent in my first week but what the nurse said worried me and I'm a bit concerned that the nursery workers are sitting the babies up for convenience rather than allowing them the opportunities to explore?