LO is great at sitting once we get him in position, but he is showing no signs of getting into a seated position on his own. He is 6 months old. When did your LO pull to a seated position? Any tops on helping him get there?
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I heard someone say this is harder than crawling to do. I think they usually crawl first, and then they learn how to kind of push themselves back into a seated position?
My LO is 7.5 months. She has been able to sit well for 2 months. Occasionally, particularly during naked time, she kind of pushes herself back into a seated position with her legs in a "z" (does that make sense?) but rarely does it.
She is learning to go from sit to crawl position right now (and still working on mastering crawling). -
Xander has JUST figured this out at 9.5 months! He started doing it last week, so he's a little over 9 months.
Xander's also JUST learning to crawl. He couldn't sit up until he could get up into the crawling position, and then he can push himself into the sitting position. But he's still working on crawling - he currently can only go a few steps before falling.
And as far as I know, they're not really "pulling" to sit. Xander's pushing himself to sitting from all fours. So now he can go from laying down, up to all fours, and then to sitting up. And he's been sitting up well since 6 months, so it's taken him a while to get here!
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oh- do you mean how they describe the milestone "pulling to sit"? That just means that YOU pull them to sit and they can stay there.
That had me confused for awhile, too. -
I think it was around 6-7 months. She just would be crawling and then all the sudden I realized she was sitting up. She only can sit up from crawling. She can't be laying down and sit up.
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I think LO was 8 or 9 months when he actually got from all fours to a seated position. As long as he can sit on his own with minimal support at 6 months, I think you're good. If you have him in a lying position and pull him up, his head should stay parallel to his body. If his head tips back, it might be something to bring up to your pediatrician.
I'm not sure I know many 6 month olds that can get into a seated position on their own by 6 months!
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7 months, I think. Same here that he went from crawling (but commando style, not on all fours) to sitting himself up.
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We were late on this one and she crawled and sat by herself at the same time. She was 11 months I think.
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Six months. She's been on the early side for that kind of stuff. It was a little bit after she learned to crawl.
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@Silva: Wait - what?? That's what pulling to sit means???
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he was standing and crawling before he knew how to pull himself up to sitting position from lying down. around 7 or 8 months?
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@Adira: that's what our ped said?
Eta, like if you give them hands, they can pull up ( with you) to sit
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9.5mo. I didn't help him learn it, I let him figure it out on his own.
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@Adira: @Silva: oops I meant push to sit! Haha sorry for the confusion.
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About month 7 maybe? She would lay there and then prop herself up
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@Silva: Oh, haha, I never knew that! I thought when people said "pull to sit" they were referring to the baby actually pushing themselves up themselves, despite the name! Thanks for the clarification!
@maybebaby: No worries - I thought you were asking what you meant to be asking, even if the wording was wrong!
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LO started doing this last week at 7.5 months. Once they get up on all fours it won't be long. She still doesn't crawl properly (mostly army crawls) but can sit herself up like a pro!
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They didn't so this until they had been crawling for a week or two; it was around 8 months.
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10 months! he started crawling confidently at 7 months, but showed zero interest at getting himself into sitting position until 10 months. I didn't do anything to help him figure it out, I just let him work it out on his own
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8 months and 1 week.
Something we did with my LO was backward chaining. Every time he was lying down (either on his back or tummy), we would flip him to his tummy then help him get on all fours then guide him into a seated position and encourage him to do the last step (push himself upright). You can then encourage your LO to do more and more 'steps' to sit up by himself.
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DD started this a little over a week ago. She is 8 months. Several days later she started crawling
Now she's all sorts of mobile.
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About 6-7 months? Funny how you forget so quickly.
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m has been sitting for a while, but like you, it's because I would sit him and he would stay that way. However, starting now at 7 months, I will place him on his belly at times, turn around, and find him sitting! He's not a pro yet, but he knows how to do it on his own.
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Only just recently probably just a little after we hit 9 months. He is just now beginning to figure out crawling so once he figured out how to get up on all fours from being on his tummy he could maneuver getting himself back to sit.
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For him to do it all by himself was right around 10 months, from there everything else happened one right after another. Amazing how quick they go from squirming around to being mobile, independent creatures!
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I wouldn't worry about speeding it up; as long as your giving him a lot of opportunities to hang out on the ground, he'll do it when he's ready!
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Around 8 months
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