hey i suggest not listening to anyone except your bubs.... she doesn't know which order she is 'supposed' to reach her milestones in, so just let her reach them in whatever order she reaches them, she won't be 2 years old and unable to sit, IYKWIM...
i think my dd was around 7.5-8 months before she sat unassisted, she happened to crawl around the same time, can't remember which came first though, and really i guess it doesn't matter.... she did sit leaning forward supported by her hand for quite a while... i think she may have crawled first...
don't give it another thought, just let your baby lead the way and encourage her where you can... enjoy!!
DS didnt sit on his own until 9 months. It was almost to the day, becuase MCHN said that they "like them to be sitting by 9 months" and that they dont worry before then. whatever that means.
She said nothing about the order of sitting/crawling, and DS didnt crawl til 10-11 months.
I really wouldnt not pay any attention at all to what the gymbaroo teacher says.
my DD crawled at 5 1/2 months and didnt sit until around 7 months! :-) i dont think it matter which way they do it, if you just sit your baby up with cushions and pillows whenever you feel like it or remember than i am sure she will get the hang of it sooner or later. i found the conflicting advice really made me dount myself alot, so i stopped listeing to the so called experts and just did what i thought my DD enjoyed/needed.
Just let her do what she wants to do when she wants to do it. It isn't important whether they sit before they crawl or vice versa. Just nod and smile and do what the two of you do - enjoy just being who you are. We can get very worried by what others say especially when they are supposed to be experts and when it is conflicting advice it's even worse. Not all babies crawl. All babies will need to sit unsupported at some stage (kind of hard to do grown up things if you can't!). Don't push either, just encourage achievement in whatever direction it happened.
My DS started sitting at 4 months, but is still no where near crawling. I suspect that he will skip crawling altogether since he is pulling himself up and cruising but still flaps around like a fish out of water on his tummy.
I agree with the others that they will do things in their own order and in their own time.
Last edited by Artechim; March 18th, 2008 at 03:05 PM.
My nephew was very slow to reach his milestones and needed a couple of visits from a physio to show his mum the sorts of activities that he needed to develop his muscles. So some babies need to be encouraged to sit or roll over etc while others will manage this on their own .
It is important that children experience crawling to help develop pathways in their brains. Some children experience problems with not being able to cross their midline when they are older which can lead to learning difficulties that require OT intervention.
You know, there are some people who have theorised that traditionally (I am talking back when we were cavemen and cavewomen) our babies NEVER crawled, because instictively we knew it was unsafe to place a baby who couldn't walk directly on the ground (ie: too much danger from dirt, rocks, predators, etc). In fact, anthropologists have suggested that it wasn't until we lived in huts with "floors" that we ever stopped carrying our babies. Google it and see for yourself.
Needless to say, personally I think the whole "stages" of development thing is a crock. I realy doubt that cavebabies all followed the same patterns while their mums gathered berries and their dads hunted wooly mammoths.........
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