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How common is it for babies to be sitting up on their own by 4-5 months?

peapinepeapine
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I feel jealous. I was looking through some old pictures on Snapfish - through my girlfirend's album and this was years ago when DH and I just got married. Well anyhoo- our friends just had a baby aback then nd I didnt think anything of it at that time, but it seems like her daughter "developed" more quickly then DD. She was sitting on her own by 4-5 months!!! And looking ready to crawl. By 3.5 months she was standing (assisted, but looking like she wanted to stand) DD is not sitting on her own. She can sit assisted and sometimes I can put a boppy around her and she can sit there for a minute before toppling over. We do tons of tummy time too. I dunno. I am feeling like maybe we havent done something right or enough? Do you we not have a lot of toys that encourage this? Am I crazy? I guess I am just jealous. Vent over.
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Re: How common is it for babies to be sitting up on their own by 4-5 months?

  • peapinepeapine
    Oh and daycare told us yesterday she rolled over the first time yesterday. They only saw her do it once, but she did it. I am waiting to see her do it again.
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  • eowynmneowynmn
    It's more of a 6 month thing
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  • mrsfrankmrsfrank member
    My niece, who is 8 weeks younger than DS, started sitting on her own by like 5 months, DS didn't start sitting totally unassisted until about 6 1/2 months......
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  • violetvirgovioletvirgo
    i know it's been said before but all babies are different.  DD could sit up unassisted at 5.5 months and is crawling now.  But my best friends daughter started crawling at 4.5 months and was full blown walking by 8.  It's a range.
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  • Susan&SkipSusan&Skip

    DS was sitting up on his own by 5 months.. but he didn't roll over till 7 months...

     

    all babies pick there thing....

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  • lizzie53084lizzie53084
    Ditto to the pp's. All babies are different and it is usually around 6 months. My kids were both way early and people are usually shocked when thye hear it. DS was 3.5 months sitting unassisted and DDwas 4.5 months. DS walked at 7.5 months and never crawled, DD crawled at 8ish months and is almost 10 months now and probably won't be walking for a littlw while longer. It is hard to sit back and see how early some kids are but don't worry yourself, it's normal :)
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  • violets_are_blueviolets_are_blue

    Did you know that when your child reaches his/her milestones is mostly a hereditary thing? They're genetically programmed to roll over at a certain age, sit up at a certain age, get teeth at a certain age, etc. It's based on when you and your child's father did those same things. There are certain things you can do to encourage it (it's great that you do a lot of tummy time for example), but they're still only going to do it when they're ready.

    I stopped worrying so much when I found that out.

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  • MominatorMominator
    My DD sat at 5mths and crawled at 8.5 mths and both of my boys sat at 6mths and crawled at 7mths, so who knows.
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  • afwellsafwells member

    Don't be jealous...it will happen soon enough.  My baby was 6.5 months before she could sit up with a Boppy behind her (just to catch her if/when she fell backward), and only now do I feel comfortable without the Boppy.

    Babies are all built very differently (as all people are).  At this young age, there are some babies just built to do things easily.  Then, add in their personality...if they really WANT to do something, they might work a little harder at it.  My baby started sitting up well as soon as she was moved over to the next age infant room at daycare.  All the other babies were sitting, and they propped her up, and it encouraged my lazy baby.

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  • jrzbrydejrzbryde
    I don't think it is that common. None of the babies I know were sitting up unassisted at this age.
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