My son is 8 months old, not sitting well
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My son is 8 months old, not sitting well
| Fri, 04-16-2004 - 4:48pm |
My son is 8 months old today and I am so worried.
He is only sitting up for a few minutes at a time, he falls over or backwords and then he rolls around. He just seems not to be interested, but since it is a milestone that the doctors look for, I am worried.
I have a bolster to help him sit up, he plays with toys sitting in it, but if I have him on his own, he sits for like 2 minutes then falls over. He is not trying to tripod or stop himself at all.
He is starting to get on his hands and knees and rock, so I know he will start crawling or at least I hope he will.
What can I do to make him want to sit up!!

Did you do anything special to get them to sit up? I sit him with a bolster that supports around the lower back and he plays with his leap start gym in the sitting position, he loves that and will play for 15 minutes at a time.
Thanks for the information!! That does make me feel better about his sitting. Maybe he will be a late walker?? I hope not, I guess I want him to get mobile so he can play with other kids!!
You might want to call your pediatrician's office and ask them when to start worrying. If you hear from your own doc that it's not a big deal to be this age and not sitting, you won't be bothered by it - and you can tell people who ask that your doc says this is no problem.
Your son sounds delightful! Keep enjoying him - Suzanne
I do think if you are too concerned with it, then you should talk to your ped. I am sure if it that concerning, that they will let you know.
Some babies just have a prefrence on certain stuff, liking crawling over walking, and rolling over scooting and so on.
I am sure it is nothing, as long as he is healty otherwise and happy :)