The long-awaited event happened, and a small heir and a future man appeared in the family. The tiny child in the first months only lies and learns the world from a horizontal position, but after a few months he will get stronger, and will already make quite conscious movements. All parents want their baby to quickly gain relative independence and therefore many of them care about the question -how many months you can sit down boys and what conditions must always be observed in order not to harm his health.
In order to fully reveal this issue, it is necessary to know the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system of the little man and carefully monitor its overall development.
Here is a link to an article about general information -When does the baby begin to sit? In this article, we will examine separately about boys and when you can start to sit down just boys.
Stages of development of the baby
All babies are born with a spine intended only for horizontal position. In the spinal column of a newborn baby there are no natural bends as in an adult. Kyphoses and lordoses form gradually, and it is they who are responsible for normal posture while a person is walking or sitting. The baby's spine is not stable and there is no necessary muscle frame, so earlier sitting down is fraught with curvature of the spinal column. Under the influence of this process and the child’s own weight, not only the whole motor system, bones and muscles, but also the main internal organs will suffer, and this will negatively affect their functioning.
When it is possible to sit down boys it is necessary to decide after its general development will be noticeable. Strengthening the muscles and spine depends on when the baby begins to roll over, raise its head, actively move its arms and legs. All these minor steps for an adult for a baby are very important and lead to the gradual and necessary strengthening of the whole organism. It is believed that the necessary anatomical formation of the musculoskeletal system is achieved by about half a year of life and until that time it is not worth trying to plant a boy.
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How to determine that the boy’s body is ready to sit
Not indifferent parents every day record any changes in the behavior of the crumbs and compare its development with generally accepted norms.
Some babies are naturally phlegmatic, reluctant to turn over, resent when they turn over on their tummy.This means that their muscular system and bones of the spine do not receive an active load and strengthen more slowly. Such crumbs should not be planted before six months.
Other babies, on the contrary, are mobile from birth, start to roll over on their own, turn their heads in all directions, wave their arms and legs, and under the influence of these movements the spine also strengthens such babies can be seated neatly and for several minutes already closer to 5 months.
In general, the time when you can put the boys will tell you an experienced pediatrician after a thorough examination.
You can make a decision about sitting down yourself in the following cases:
- The child is active and without labor flips from the back to the tummy and back.
- Confident kid holds the headlifts it from a horizontal position.
- The baby stands confidently, holding on to your hands.
- The kid makes attempts to rise on his own, and holding his fingers, he can take an upright position.
Since how many months to plant a son, you need to decide and paying attention to his physique. Dense infants with a lot of weight are recommended to sit down as late as possible - their body weight negatively affects the fragile spine. Slender boys tolerate sitting down on their hands and at five months. Pediatricians advise planting a child for a long time after it already begins to crawl well - standing on all fours the baby contributes to the correct formation of the spinal column.
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Things to keep in mind when sitting down
It must be borne in mind that a sharp transition from a horizontal position to an independent seat is not permissible. That is, you can’t immediately put the child in pillows and leave him in this position for half an hour or an hour, the load on the motor system and ligaments should be gradual.
Compliance with the main recommendations from pediatricians will allow the period of adaptation of the child's body to a sitting position to be transferred without negative consequences:
- You can sit on the baby’s hands with three to four months. At the same time, the position of the child's body should be half-sitting, and the legs should not be strongly bent.
- The first sitting attempts are limited to a few minutes.
- If the baby does not make active attempts to turn over, does not hold upright on legs, does not want to crawl, then sitting in pillows or on a stool should be postponed.
- All the first months of life need to help strengthen the muscle frame. To fulfill this condition, a light massage, daily gymnastics, laying out the baby on the tummy, stimulation of turning over and raising the head are suitable.
- The first attempts to sit down are recommended to be done on my mother’s knees. In this position, the baby's back is fixed, and the tailbone does not rest on a rigid base, so it’s much safer to sit this way.You can start kneeling from five months for a few seconds.
Some babies absolutely do not want to sit on chairs or on a sofa at five or seven months old. If the baby is crying, trying to lie down, then you should not plant it - the child himself will want to see the world from a different angle at a certain time. Many babies first start to crawl, get up on your own and only then feel comfortable in a sitting position, this is completely normal and you should not worry at all.
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Thank you for the article! It’s still too early for us to sit down for sure)) But now I will observe and note the behavior that is described in the article. By the way, mine is already trying to raise the little head))
Of course, the moment of sitting the child is one of the main and responsible in the life of each parent and baby. Young mothers often make the mistake of sitting the baby when they like. I sat my baby at 6.5 months, starting with a little sitting in the pillows, gradually increasing the time of this procedures. I agree with the article that you need the advice of an experienced pedator, and the anatomical structure of the child should also be considered.
There is no such word in Russian “plant” !!!
Now we will correct the errors, horror, what difference does this word have in Russian or not
All the babies are different, my average at 7 months has gone already)
It’s interesting if the baby is trying to sit down from three months, now what not to plant it