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Anybody else have a 'late' roller/sitter?

MrsErinnElizabethMrsErinnElizabeth
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

I know DD isn't really 'late' on these yet, but she is like NOWHERE near doing either one.  She can't even tripod for more than one second before she tips over and isn't really interested in rolling at all.

I'm not worried about it yet, but DH is, especially when he sees a bunch of pics on here (when he looks over my shoulder) of much younger babies sitting and/or laying on their tummies with their heads up (which DD will only do for about three minutes or less before she screams to be picked up).  I told him it's fine and still within the normal range, but he's all aflutter. 

Anybody else have a 'late' roller/sitter that I could show him later to make him feel better?  :)

 

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  • lkichlkich member
    DS still doesn't sit on his own. I wouldn't worry, tell your DH that it's nothing to freak out about.
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  • StrawberryBlondeMommaStrawberryBlondeMomma

    Joshua rolled early, but he wasn't sitting up unassisted for more than a few seconds until about 6.5 months. his pediatrician said that was normal when i asked. she said some kids are too active to want to sit.

    i know that for rolling and tummy time, with the whole back to sleep campaign, a lot of kids are skipping crawling and just walking since they don't spend as much time on their tummies. i'm sure your DD will roll soon! i have seen a few other babies on here who didn't sit until 6.5 months like my DS.

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  • StrawberryBlondeMommaStrawberryBlondeMomma

    Joshua rolled early, but he wasn't sitting up unassisted for more than a few seconds until about 6.5 months. his pediatrician said that was normal when i asked. she said some kids are too active to want to sit.

    i know that for rolling and tummy time, with the whole back to sleep campaign, a lot of kids are skipping crawling and just walking since they don't spend as much time on their tummies. i'm sure your DD will roll soon! i have seen a few other babies on here who didn't sit until 6.5 months like my DS.
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  • Annabelle7Annabelle7 member
    No rolling til last week (right after 6 months).  No where near sitting on his own yet either.  Don't worry.  :)
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  • Malli JaneMalli Jane
    My DD didn't do either til a little after 6 months. She decided to roll, sit up unassisted and rock on all fours within days of each other. So you have nothing to worry about.
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  • Mrs.GregMrs.Greg member
    DD was a very late roller.  When we went ot her 6-month appointment, she was not rolling tummy to back consistently yet.  It was probably two weeks later when she started really doing it.  She did tummy to back for about a week and then started rolling back to tummy. 
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  • a_chance2007a_chance2007

    ds was nowhere near doing any of the rolling sitting crawling.. and with in days of me saying that he didnt roll he did, and then with in days of me saying he was no where near sitting he did.. same with crawling.

    shell surprise you.

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  • Love2TeachLove2Teach
    My son didn't roll until he was over 8 months old.  He figured it out one day and hasn't stopped since.  It will happen when it's time. :)
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  • war_eaglewar_eagle
    Lane didn't do this until shortly after six months.  And he went from 0-60 in just a few days, so it can happen very quickly!
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  • JenniferTCUJenniferTCU member
    No worries- LO just started sitting up a few weeks ago and is now a pro. It happens overnight. She will be fine :)
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  • egsquaredegsquared member
    No worries!  DD didn't roll back to belly until just about seven months.  Just this week she's started to sit for long periods of time (like 5-10 minutes) and play with her toys.  I'm like your DH though - I get worried when I see younger babies on here doing stuff the LO doesn't do yet.
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  • TashaLeeTashaLee

    I feel the same way that you do! I'm a bit paranoid about DD and her rolling. She's not a tummy time fan at all and will usually only tolerate it for about 5min before she starts getting mad and fussing wanting to be picked up. I try and do it for at least that long a few times/day just so that she is getting some time on her tummy but it's hard. She can lift and hold her head up fine, so that's not an issue, she just doesn't really like doing it. We've tried everything but no luck!! So she has yet to roll from tummy to back, and she just rolled back to tummy last week. She's only done it a handful of times so far. She's doing pretty good with the sitting unassisted though, last week she could only do it for about 30sec before falling over and then this weekend she was going 1-2min so that's getting better.

    It's hard not to be worried about it. A friend of mines DD is 2 months older than my DD and at 6.5 months she was rolling both ways, crawling backwards and forwards, and pulling herself to standing!! She posted that on FB one day and I nearly died!! Made DH a little paranoid too!! I know every baby is different, but it's still hard not to worry and/or compare! I'm just hoping she starts doing everything at once!!

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  • shortyranshortyran

    My LO still won't roll from belly to back but can roll like a champ on to his belly, as well as sit up unassisted and stand up briefly while holding on to something...it's like he never got the memo that he should roll the other way. :)

    He also was nowhere near being able to sit up by himself until 6 1/2 months and then randomly started doing it one day. No tripoding first or anything. I guess I have a strange kid- but don't worry- kids do things on their own schedule!

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  • DNK777DNK777 member

    DD was a late sitter.  She was 7.5 months.  She went from not sitting at all to sitting up unassisted in one day.  I was shocked when I went in to get her from her nap and she was sitting in the middle of her crib staring at me.  I think she just waited until she could pull to sitting on her own.

     Edited to add: Your DD is so beautiful.

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  • cstwcstw
    DD started rolling 3 weeks ago or so, still doesn't roll all the way over (belly to back is a challenge) and barely tripods and sometimes holds a seated position for a whopping 5 seconds. I am not nervous.
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  • mavilabridemavilabride member
    DD didn't sit really well until 6 months. She started being interested in rolling towards the end of 6 months and barrel rolling at 7 months. Now at almost 9 months she is starting to show interest in crawling but is not close at all.
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  • juliane2004juliane2004 member

    My DD definitely can't sit. She doesn't even come close to tripoding.

    She sort of turns her head and comes close to going on her side, but nope she doesn't actually roll yet.

    Not to worry. Looks like our DD's were born on the same day? Oct 13? 

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