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Sitting down
Peter has now mastered pulling himself to standing and is doing it all the time. However, he still hasn't worked out how to sit down again. The result is a great deal of frustration and complaint, especially first thing in the morning and after naps when he has pulled himself up in his cot.
Does anyone have any tips on how to teach him to sit back down by himself? He has taken a couple of tumbles and bumped his head, so I am a bit worried that he is scared of getting down by himself now. Any advice much appreciated.
Does anyone have any tips on how to teach him to sit back down by himself? He has taken a couple of tumbles and bumped his head, so I am a bit worried that he is scared of getting down by himself now. Any advice much appreciated.
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Daisy learned by bashing her head, I'm afraid! For a while (bearing in mind, Daisy started pulling herself onto her feet at about 7 months), I would help her back down, but it didn't help her to learn, so I gave up with that! Sometimes I still help her when she's tired or upset, but mostly she just falls back down because she's pulled herself up so far. She's been doing this for nearly 5 months, can climb up stairs (!!!), onto our bed, the sofa etc, but can't walk yet - bizarre..
C xx
I am amazed by how fast he has gone from pulling himself up to cruising, actually, so hopefully it won't be long before he figures it out. One advantage to a late 'stander', I guess.
Thanks for the advice, ladies. I will just have to be patient and hope he figures it out soon.
We had an early stander here too....so im suprised he hasnt walked yet like his brothers..hes quite content cruising and using his walker though...since 10 months hes been standing freely, so could be any time i guess - where did our babies go...!!!! xxx
She has now worked out how to do it herself and can get down and up to her hearts content. Amusingly she still doesn't like landing on her bum though, that still makes her a little upset, she generally goes down onto her knees.
So my advice is that if he's anything like Roslyn he will get it soon.
C x