The birth of a child brings joy to the home. In the first months, children look helpless, but after a while they begin to sit, crawl and run. Quite often, mothers raising daughters think about how many months they can have a girl. Answers to this and other questions will be presented below. There is still an opinion among people that if you sit the baby down too early, she may develop a uterine inclination in the future.
When can you sit girls down, it’s best to ask your pediatrician
Note. Some doctors believe that the fundamental skill in a baby's development is not sitting, but crawling. Moving on all fours allows the curves of the spine to form correctly and strengthen the muscles. Therefore, the longer the horizontal position is maintained, pediatricians are sure, the healthier the back will be.
When babies start sitting
Each person is individual, he develops in his own rhythm, so no one can yet give a definite answer to the question of how many months do girls begin to sit. Only one thing is clear: until the spinal column is stronger, the baby cannot be placed in a walker, jumper or kangaroo. Doctors say that by the age of 6 months, the formation of the spine in children is completed, so until this time the child cannot be accustomed to a sitting position.
It is important to take into account the ontogenetic features of the development of the body of girls and boys. For example, girls sit down a little later than boys. Females have less strong bone tissue than males, so it will take them longer to learn to sit.
At what months should a child be seated?
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Infants should be placed on their butts from the age of six months. Some experts argue that the child must show himself when he is ready to learn a new skill. Others note that the ideal age for this is 6-7 months.
Is it worth speeding up the process?
Modern people are in a constant race as they try to take a more advantageous position in society. Therefore, it is not without reason that many parents are interested in the question: “At what months can girls be started?” Using various innovative techniques, adults are trying to speed up the development process of their beloved child. In addition, it is believed that girls develop much faster than representatives of the stronger half of humanity, so many parents have a logical question: “At how many months can you put girls on their butts?”
Early attempts to plant a baby usually lead to negative consequences and the development of various complications, which is mainly associated with the underdeveloped muscular frame of the spine.
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Note. Early sitting of the baby is fraught with further problems with the spine, including its curvature. That is why young parents should know what time girls and boys sit down, so as not to harm the child’s body, but to benefit it.
How to tell when your baby is ready to sit down
At what age does a child begin to sit? This is perhaps the most pressing question that interests young parents. The child takes up all parental time: parents talk to him, play, perform various important procedures. Therefore, every mother notices even the smallest changes in the behavior of her baby. When can I start my child? If the baby calmly, without any effort, lifts his chest while lying on his tummy, it means that the neck and pectoral muscles have already become stronger, and the child is quite ready to learn a new skill - sitting.
Deadlines and stages
It is difficult to say exactly when a girl will start sitting up, because this skill is very labor-intensive for a baby. For such a skill to become possible, the child must have strong back and abdominal muscles, neck and arms, and sufficiently mature joints and spine. Pediatricians believe that the average baby can begin to sit from 6 months with support, from 7 months - without it, and from 8-9 months the child should be able to sit up independently from a lying position.
It should be noted that these standards are averaged, so they should not be applied categorically to an individual girl under one year old. Much will depend on a number of factors that influence the speed at which a child learns a new motor skill. Some of these factors require explanation.
- Baby's weight. Girls who are plump and weigh above average will sit up later than usual. The fact is that it will be more difficult for their skeletal system to support its own weight.
- Temperament. There are girls who are calm and calm, and there are girls who are active and inquisitive. If a girl is choleric or sanguine by temperament, then she has every chance of starting to sit up earlier than calm kids.
- Health status. Premature babies take longer to prepare for the transition to new physical capabilities; weakened and often ill girls develop with some delay.
- Habitat. If a girl has enough space to move, if she is not limited by the fence of a crib or playpen, if she can be interested in bright toys, then she will begin to sit and crawl earlier.
Some lively and active girls begin to show the intention to sit down before the age of six months. Parents will be able to understand that the time has come through the preparatory stage. The baby prepares for sitting by actively turning from side to side, from back to stomach and vice versa.
Following the preparation, the stage of short-term sitting begins, during which the girl can sit down, but will not yet be able to maintain this position. To prevent injuries, you need to mitigate falls as much as possible for the baby - pillows and ottomans around the child should not be support, but insurance. One and a half to two months after the start of short-term sitting, girls master the stage of sitting with support. Already at this stage, bright individual characteristics appear - some girls sit with support on their own hand, others prefer to lean on their elbow, others even strive to roll over and stand on all fours.
At 8 months, most girls can play in a sitting position for quite a long time, and at 9-10 months the child begins to sit independently.
Sitting down a girl correctly
To strengthen the baby's spinal muscles, doctors have developed a number of techniques. They should be carried out from birth. To achieve the desired result, the most important thing is regularity and compliance with the measure. In the first stages of sitting down, there is no need to use pillows, bolsters, or other available means as support. The baby must learn to sit upright on her own. At the initial stages, you need to slowly begin to accustom the baby to sitting on your knees. Such simple exercises will allow your child to quickly master the technique of sitting.
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By 7-8 months of age, you can no longer be afraid to sit the girl down, at least half-sitting. This can be done both in a high chair and in a stroller. To help your princess, you need to perform special gymnastics with her, which is aimed at strengthening the muscles of the back and abs. Such exercises are especially useful for premature and weak babies.
Exercises to strengthen the back are performed on a hard surface. A changing table is ideal for this purpose; if you don’t have one, the exercises can be performed even on the floor:
- The baby is placed on his stomach. Its legs rest against the body of an adult. The child is lifted, holding him with his hands under his knees and under his chest. At the same time, the baby’s back and gluteal muscles should be tense. It is held in this position for a few seconds, after which it is returned to its original position.
- The child is placed on his back and two index fingers are extended to him. When he grabs them, he tries to sit up. At this time, the back should come off the surface, the abdominal muscles should tense. The baby is held in this position for 10-15 seconds, after which it is returned to its original position.
- The newborn is placed on his tummy and a bright toy is placed a few centimeters away from him. The baby must crawl to it. This training strengthens the abdominal and back muscles, which leads to the mastery of sitting. For the same purpose, you can use multi-colored rings that are attached above the crib. At 7-8 months, the baby can be placed on your lap for a few minutes a day.
Advice. Doctors recommend that a girl up to one year old be in a horizontal position as much as possible. From the age of one month, the baby should be placed on his tummy. You can purchase a special play mat for your baby. Rattles, bright toys, drawings, mirrors will entertain the child and contribute to the development of his sensory and fine motor skills.
Sitting your baby on your knees is a good workout for the back muscles
Tips for parents
Evgeny Olegovich Komarovsky advises parents who want to quickly teach their daughter to sit, to motivate her to crawl.
A well-known children's doctor considers this more effective than sitting down. During such physical activity, the muscles of the whole body are strengthened: the abs, neck, back, arms and legs. The child will soon begin to sit up on his own.
To stimulate crawling, a well-known pediatrician recommends:
- spread a warm blanket or blanket on the floor;
- put the baby on the blanket on his stomach;
- place a bright toy at some distance from the child;
- the girl will try to get to the object of interest to her by crawling.
Exercises to help strengthen your child's muscles
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There are many exercises that help strengthen a child's muscles. Before performing gymnastics, the baby must first be prepared for new types of stress. You cannot conduct classes on a full stomach or before bedtime - in the first case, it is harmful to health, in the second, the baby will be hyperactive, so he will not fall asleep for a long time.
Before gymnastics, the child should have a short massage. Such actions will warm up the muscles, activate metabolism, and speed up the blood circulation process. To strengthen the back muscles, place the child on his back, very carefully take his legs by the feet and try to reach his nose with them without bending his knees. All actions must be smooth and extremely careful. Such movements are carried out several times.
To train the vestibular apparatus, abdominal, neck and back muscles, you need to gently rock the baby to the sides, forward and backward, sitting him on a flat surface and pressing his legs with one hand. The second hand should tightly hold the child’s hand, with which he grabbed the adult’s finger.
Bends are useful for strengthening the lateral muscles of the core. Adults sit on the floor and place the child in front of them, pressing his back to his body. With one hand they fix the baby’s legs above the knees, with the other they hold the baby’s chest. After this, the baby is carefully tilted. At this moment, you need to ensure that its back is parallel to the floor. After the exercise is completed, the child is returned to the starting position. You need to do at least 7-8 repetitions.
When to put girls in walkers
Pediatricians have not yet come to a consensus at how many months girls can be put into jumpers and walkers. The fact is that the determining factor in this matter is the individual characteristics of the baby’s development. You can buy such a toy for your princess only on the condition that she sits well without assistance, and she has no contraindications associated with metabolic disorders and pathology of the musculoskeletal system.
You need to understand! Walkers only help the child to move freely around the apartment, but they do not speed up the walking process in any way. Scientists have proven that when moving in a walker, the back is not strengthened (as when crawling), on the contrary, it is loaded. In addition, the leg muscles suffer. Getting used to pushing off the floor with their toes, babies begin to walk later than their peers, walking on tiptoes.
Practicing doctors recommend using walkers for children aged 7-9 months. They need to be accustomed to these devices gradually. The baby's stay in them during the day should not exceed 40-50 minutes, and each session should last no more than 10-15 minutes. Staying in a walker for a long time increases the load on the spinal column.
Walkers should be abandoned in the following cases:
- the presence of diaper rash, injuries, wounds in the area of contact with the walker;
- hypo- or hypertonicity of muscles;
- pathology of the musculoskeletal system (rickets, hip dysplasia).
Advice. If it is difficult to keep the baby in a horizontal position, then you can purchase a walker cart. This is such a massive toy that you can push. During movement, the child’s foot will take the correct position.
Walkers are just a mother’s assistant; they are not a necessary accessory, much less teach a child to walk.
Jumpers, just like walkers, have a negative impact on the development of the baby’s musculoskeletal system. If desired, this device can be used for a short time when the child sits and stands up.
Why is it not recommended to sit down a girl early?
Leading pediatricians in Russia advise not to rush into early sitting down of a child and recommend waiting until he himself is ready for this. The fact is that the muscle corset of the spine in a baby is poorly developed; it takes some time to strengthen it.
The dangers of early planting for girls
Early placement of newborns is fraught with divergence of the pelvic bones, which in the future may negatively affect the functioning of the organs of the reproductive system. If the pelvic bones are curved, then the birth canal may be blocked, and childbirth will be difficult and painful for the expectant mother.
Early potting is sometimes dangerous to health
Sitting babies up to six months
Theoretically, children can be started as early as six months, but since everyone has their own pace of development, this issue takes on an individual character. Early planting is fraught with the development of the following complications:
- damage to posture (development of scoliosis, lordosis);
- deformation of the pelvic bones;
- violation of the breathing process;
- bending of the uterus (according to modern experts, this statement is nothing more than a myth).
Note. In the wrong position, children may experience fear and uncertainty. Proper sitting down, without haste, will prevent the development of the complications described above.
Sitting the girl down too early
If the baby begins to sit up on her own earlier than the recommended time (for example, at 5 months), there is no need to be scared and forcefully put her on her back (as old-school pediatricians advise to do) - this way you can only disrupt the natural development processes in the baby’s body.
You can start carrying your baby in a kangaroo only from 4 months
Timely and correct physical development of a newborn is a very important factor influencing the normal formation of the body and all its systems. The opinions of pediatricians and Dr. Komarovsky agree on one thing - there is no need to rush to place babies ahead of schedule. It is necessary to wait until the time when the baby can sit up on her own and do it without outside help. The main task of parents is to monitor this process, as well as follow the recommendations of doctors.
When will your child sit down: from numbers to facts
Before moving on to the issue of sitting down, you should understand the principle of the formation of spinal curves in newborns. After all, it is known that babies are born with a spine that is more like an arch - it does not have the usual curves, which means it is adapted only for a lying position.
Take a closer look at the child: if you take the baby in your arms in an upright position, he will still seem to lie on top of you. The back is not yet strong, the spine does not support it, the muscles still have to develop and strengthen:
- The first to form is the cervical curve: the child begins to hold his head up.
- The infant comes next - the baby turns over and actively crawls, begins to sit up.
- The last thing to “mature” is the lumbar curve, which allows the child to stand on his feet.
This is the development sequence of all healthy children, so sitting down and putting a child whose body is not yet ready for this is harmful and even dangerous.
Now, more about when you can imprison a girl. Pediatricians are unanimous in their opinion that babies should not sit until they are 6 months old:
- 6 months - the girl sits with the help of an adult;
- by 7 months he can independently hold his back in an upright position;
- at 8 months, when playing, a girl can move from a “lying” or “on all fours” position to a sitting position.
Doctors allow a slight deviation of a month or a month and a half, because the physical development of children is different.
The greatest harm is caused by parents artificially accelerating the process of mastering a particular skill.
If the girl is very active and is ahead of the designated deadlines, the main thing that mom and dad should do is to secure their daughter’s play area and make sure that she is in a sitting position for no more than an hour.
Helpful advice: do not try to seat your child before he is ready to do it himself.
The best indicator of the correct formation of the spine is the moment when a girl or boy sits up BY INDEPENDENTLY. After all, the internal clock of development ticks in its own way, not focusing on average numbers.
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