W Sitting

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Is anyone else dealing with a knee or w-sitting baby? 

DS never has sat unassisted on his butt. He started army crawling first.. then pulling to a stand, followed by regular crawling and now he's moving into cruzing.. but no real sits.

When he sits, he sits like this, directly from crawling:



and if he decides to stay and play with something, it becomes this:



The more I read about it (I know, Dr Google..) the more concerned I am about him stressing his ligaments and not developing his core properly.

Has anyone dealt with this before? 

I'm trying to encourage him to sit on his bottom to play but when every time he stops crawling he goes into knees/w it's hard to keep up. 

[athn64]

I haven't dealt with this. DD does sometimes get her legs underneath her like this, but she prefers to sit legs out.

Remember, Dr. Google is not your friend. If you are concerned, I would put a call into your pedi to see if this is something you should discourage, and if they have any suggestions on what you can do.

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Feb 9, 2015 17:20:52 GMT -5 athn64 said:

I haven't dealt with this. DD does sometimes get her legs underneath her like this, but she prefers to sit legs out.

Remember, Dr. Google is not your friend. If you are concerned, I would put a call into your pedi to see if this is something you should discourage, and if they have any suggestions on what you can do.

We have our 9 mos next week and it's on the topic list.. Just curious if anyone has been successful in curbing it though :/

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Feb 9, 2015 17:31:11 GMT -5 pistolpackinmomma said:

Colby is doing this. It's on my list for talking with the dr next week. Rodney never did it so its new territory for me.

Is Colby crawling into the w sit too? It's so weird..

[typeset]

Yup. We fix his legs every time, either bringing them into a high or low kneel or a side-sitting position. I still remind his older brother to fix his legs when he does it (he has low tone).

Do you have any other motor concerns?

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typeset nothing yet.. he seems ok with most things, although i'm not sure if there's anything that i'm missing. hopefully pedi can offer some more insight and give me any cues to look for outside of this.

[QOTRnew]

I didn't realize that was something to be concerned about.

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QOTRnew, I only looked into it because it's not the norm w/ baby sitting. Apparently it's much easier to sit w/ stability that way, whereas they can rotate and grab things without tipping over -- but apparently it can both hinder some core muscular development and be a sign of some potential underlying orthopedic challenges. I'm not super informed on it beyond a few articles though.. so I just wanted to check in w/ other mamas before I ask the pedi.

[helmink0804]

My cousin told us at New Years it can lead to hip problems down the road. We keep straightening them out but she keeps sitting that way. Now she likes to sit with one leg out and one leg under her.

i should add my cousin isn't a doctor. She's a special needs teachers aid. 

[krl52014]

DD sits like this every once in awhile

[jsquaree]

LO does this if he's trying to play with something higher up, like if he hooked a toy on the playpen or the front of his walker. He usually corrects himself, though. I never knew it was something to keep an eye on.

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Ordering a bead maze so that we have something for ds to play with upright to encourage the bottom sitting. Going to also do a few of the pulling from flat on back into a sit, every day. Taught him how to fall down onto his bottom from standing today.. so maybe that will help a little.. projects for dh this weekend, while I'm away.