Sitting?

[kcoop08]

Curious to whose babes are fully sitting on their own? Or in the highchair? My little guy is almost there but not yet, and still sits in the bumbo for eating. We have a hand me down Eddie Bauer wood highchair so I feel like it's harder for him to try to sit in it opposed to other highchairs?

[wandsandwine]

LO will sit on his own when placed there he can't pull himself up yet though. He's getting really good at it though and sat for about 15 minutes today without wobbling

[kcoop08]

Wow that's awesome! Thinking maybe I should try some more sit up "exercises"

[cdseno]

Max has been sitting up for about a month now but he is one of the older babies because he was born at the end of July. He can go from sitting to crawling, but not back to sitting yet. He falls over occasionally still if he reaches too far for a toy.

[booksandlace]

If i sit her down she will stay sitting now

[lunarmodule626]

Yeah, she's been sitting independently for a couple of weeks, but she's an early August bday-she sometimes topples over when reaching for the dog and cat, but then she just turns it into tummy time.

Her favorite way to sit is in the front of the grocery cart, so she can velociraptor screech at everyone.

We are not crawling, we just ooch and eh eh eh around. Lotta superman and air swimming.

[eena1242]

My little guy can sit if propped, but usually chooses not to sit. I've seen him sit for like 15 minutes, but usually he likes to be crawling. Today he was crawling while chewing his cloth book. For like 30 minutes!! I'm afraid that he'll never sit still (like me).

[sosayweall]

Feb 16, 2015 1:34:43 GMT -5 eena1242 said:

My little guy can sit if propped, but usually chooses not to sit. I've seen him sit for like 15 minutes, but usually he likes to be crawling. Today he was crawling while chewing his cloth book. For like 30 minutes!! I'm afraid that he'll never sit still (like me).

My DS is very similar. He can sit, but he doesn't want to stay sitting and tries to roll out of it back onto his tummy so he can roll around on the floor instead. If I want to keep him sitting I have to stay right there and distract him with toys

[redhorizon343]

My LO is late August and she sits well in her own, but does not get there on her own. She's good enough at it that we can seat her in a shopping cart or a restaurant high chair.

[belle785]

LO was born at the end of July and started sitting 3 weeks ago. He does pretty well on his own but we have to be careful because if he reaches for something he will tumble for it.

[caybeh]

DD is a late July baby. She can sit on her own for a while, but sometimes falls. No crawling. She just figured out how to roll both ways so its only a matter of time until she realizes she can get places by rolling. She really wants to move.

[mandapanda1382]

He's been sitting in his high chair since 3.5 months. Sitting on his own since five months. He can sit for 30 minutes or so if he wants.

He still had no clue how to go from laying down to sitting or vice versa.

He's started modified crawling. Kind of doing an inch worm thing.

[gahorseygal]

LO sits really well. She has been since almost 5 months. She has just started learning to control herself when falling over so she can roll onto her tummy. She doesn't show any signs of crawling just supermans and swims. She has also just started standing if we place her near something like the coffee table. She can stand for a few minutes on her own.

Picture because she is so stinkin cute. Also i sewed her that onesie.

[peanuts]

DD has been sitting on her own for probably 3 weeks now, will be 6 months tomorrow. She also crawls (inch worm/army crawl combo) and will push herself into sitting from crawling. I feel like her petite stature has helped her.

[briarrose]

DS has been since the week he turned 5 months and he is 6 months now. He cant get there on his own, but he can stay sitting for like half an hour as long as he doesn't tip himself over. He is getting very good at balance too.

[roccobabyk]

DD isn't entirely there yet. She gets really excited when sitting and will lean back and fall over. She will be 6 months on the 22. She does sit in high chairs though.

I'm curious (not to steal your thread). DD is on the small side, probably around 12 lbs, my Mom said maybe that is why she isn't sitting fully yet. What do you ladies with the smaller babies think, what's your experience? I've been leaning away from that idea, but who knows.

[peanuts]

Feb 16, 2015 17:22:53 GMT -5 roccobabyk said:

DD isn't entirely there yet. She gets really excited when sitting and will lean back and fall over. She will be 6 months on the 22. She does sit in high chairs though.

I'm curious (not to steal your thread). DD is on the small side, probably around 12 lbs, my Mom said maybe that is why she isn't sitting fully yet. What do you ladies with the smaller babies think, what's your experience? I've been leaning away from that idea, but who knows.

My experience, I would say the opposite. I think because DD is petite that it's helping her. I feel like she's so advanced and her size is all I can attribute it to. When she's on her hands and knees to crawl, she actually already plants one foot on the floor and acts like she'd really like to stand. It's crazy to think, but I think because she's so small she's finding it possible to do so she's trying.

But now that I hear your petite baby isn't finding her size to be helpful, maybe I'm just attributing stuff to her size for no reason. My mom told me this weekend I was pretty quick at the these early milestones, too, so maybe it just "runs in the family"...

[annapunkalunka]

Feb 15, 2015 23:08:45 GMT -5 lunarmodule626 said:

Yeah, she's been sitting independently for a couple of weeks, but she's an early August bday-she sometimes topples over when reaching for the dog and cat, but then she just turns it into tummy time.

Her favorite way to sit is in the front of the grocery cart, so she can velociraptor screech at everyone.

We are not crawling, we just ooch and eh eh eh around. Lotta superman and air swimming.

This is us exactly. She's been sitting for a month and a half.

[bkroxfan003]

DD has been sitting by herself for a few weeks now. If she reaches for something that's too far away, she falls over though. She's been wanting to sit up since she was like 2 weeks old though so I'm not surprised. She does crunches all the time.

[bobloblaw]

Feb 16, 2015 17:57:12 GMT -5 peanuts said:

Feb 16, 2015 17:22:53 GMT -5 roccobabyk said:

DD isn't entirely there yet. She gets really excited when sitting and will lean back and fall over. She will be 6 months on the 22. She does sit in high chairs though.

I'm curious (not to steal your thread). DD is on the small side, probably around 12 lbs, my Mom said maybe that is why she isn't sitting fully yet. What do you ladies with the smaller babies think, what's your experience? I've been leaning away from that idea, but who knows.

My experience, I would say the opposite. I think because DD is petite that it's helping her. I feel like she's so advanced and her size is all I can attribute it to. When she's on her hands and knees to crawl, she actually already plants one foot on the floor and acts like she'd really like to stand. It's crazy to think, but I think because she's so small she's finding it possible to do so she's trying.

But now that I hear your petite baby isn't finding her size to be helpful, maybe I'm just attributing stuff to her size for no reason. My mom told me this weekend I was pretty quick at the these early milestones, too, so maybe it just "runs in the family"…

I would agree to this. My LO is on the bigger side (length and weight) and he is not yet sitting on his own. I really feel like a lower center of gravity helps when first learning to sit/walk. 

Who knows?  I could be just making silly assumptions but just from a physics standpoint, it seems plausible.

[puffandstuff]

She's been sitting unassisted since 4.5 months. She's not crawling, but she'll superman and swim. She doesn't like the shopping cart and requires some blankets for comfort.

[laur110]

Feb 15, 2015 22:56:38 GMT -5 cdseno said:

Max has been sitting up for about a month now but he is one of the older babies because he was born at the end of July. He can go from sitting to crawling, but not back to sitting yet. He falls over occasionally still if he reaches too far for a toy.

Yes, this exactly how Ally is. She was an early August baby, 8/5.

[rosebean]

DD is sitting up fine in her high chair or her exersaucer, but needs to be assisted on the floor. I found though, that she will sit unassisted in my lap. I can kind of use my legs to help counterbalance her wobbles, but she wobbles less and less now. She will do maybe 30 seconds on her own on the floor. But she's very wee. She's 15 lbs, but is under the 15th percentile for height. She has no interest in crawling yet either, has found her sides, but has only rolled back to front a couple times.

[hham10]

Ds sits for a few secs in a tripod stance but not a whole lot and he was born end of july. He is a rolling machine and prefers that to anything.

[gingy]

Late last week she finally figured out that it's possible to sit up without doing a forward fold to eat her feet. A few days later she could do it unassisted. She's still a little wobbly depending on what she's fixated on, but she can go by herself for a few minutes at a time. She's rekindled her love affair with the ceiling fan and will suddenly look up at it and fall backwards. She also gets irritated because she can't get back to her belly where she can really scoot and move.

[FunniBunni]

LO sits pretty. She's a late July baby too, and I know I have a pit of her sitting Christmas morn, so she's been doing it awhile. She can sit unassisted, and stand for a good long bit holding an object, but is seeming stuck in whatever position I put her in. Still hates tummy time, no no hints of crawling, but if I hold her hands, she can pull up- but no way can she on her own tho.