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17 week old neck control
Hi ladies,
I always though my lo had good head/neck control, but seeing other photo's of babies the same age, i'm not so sure.. whenever I put him on his tummy. he tries so hard to raise his head, but only lasts a couple of seconds, he puts so much effort in I can hear him straining and then he gets upset so I turn him back onto his back, he doesn;t ever use his arms to help him, which all my baby books says they should be doing by now... he sometimes raises his head and legs at the same time, but his hands are out to the side and again only lasts a few seconds..when I hold him he holds his head very steady. Its hard not to compare, but my friends baby is rolling, doing baby press ups, so just worrying that my baby is behind?
thanks x x x x
[Modified by: mrsh01 on 05 February 2009 16:40:45 ]
I always though my lo had good head/neck control, but seeing other photo's of babies the same age, i'm not so sure.. whenever I put him on his tummy. he tries so hard to raise his head, but only lasts a couple of seconds, he puts so much effort in I can hear him straining and then he gets upset so I turn him back onto his back, he doesn;t ever use his arms to help him, which all my baby books says they should be doing by now... he sometimes raises his head and legs at the same time, but his hands are out to the side and again only lasts a few seconds..when I hold him he holds his head very steady. Its hard not to compare, but my friends baby is rolling, doing baby press ups, so just worrying that my baby is behind?
thanks x x x x
[Modified by: mrsh01 on 05 February 2009 16:40:45 ]
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He has developed mentally MUCH quicker, at 8 months he started waving, clapping hands, and blowing kisses, also says lots mama, mum mum, dada, baba & yeah, and understands loads too!
So please don't worry, they are all different & like me you may find your baby develops earlier in other ways! Who wants an early crawler anyway much more hassle, hehe!
xxx