How do we teach our 5 month old to sit up and roll onto her side


kitty , Sunday, 25th of July 2010 12:10:18 AM

We have a five month old daughter, who gets very frustrated when she is 
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left on her back. She is just starting to wanna sit up for most of the 
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time, but she gets very frustrated when she can not do it herself. How can 
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we teach her how to do it for herself?
 
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cali lover , Monday, 26th of July 2010 03:06:54 PM

The average age for babies to sit up is 6.5 months. You can try  
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to encourage it earlier, but she isn't physically ready so there really  
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isn't much point. She will get there soon enough.  
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Industrial Barbie , Tuesday, 27th of July 2010 01:08:41 PM

she has to do it herself  
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Jumpy bean , Wednesday, 28th of July 2010 11:56:02 AM

buy one of those Bumbo™ baby sitter seats from mothercare  
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£29.99 there such a great idea  
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LIL'CRAZY , Thursday, 29th of July 2010 12:32:42 PM

most of the time u have to wait for muscles to get strong  
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enough. however if u keep putting her on her side & then show her  
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different toys encourage her to come towards you. my son would get soooo  
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excited even when i told him good job.. nice try.. even when he would flop  
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back on his back he loved it.my son starting rolling over on his own when  
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he was 4 months old. as for sitting up he always trys to in his bouncy  
chair or when lying down..i heard that ur supposed to propr them up alot  
like in the corner of couch or something try & help them balance he is 5  
months old now  
 
 
 
 
 

pops , Friday, 30th of July 2010 11:36:08 PM

You cant teach a 5 mth old to sit up by herself. Some babies  
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simply do not like to lie down. What you can do is when you put her down  
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use a pillow to support her back so she can be in an upright position. My  
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son has just turned six months he can sit without support but he cannot do  
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it by himself. I have to put him to sit down.  
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Bam Bam / Boo Bop , Saturday, 31st of July 2010 02:30:43 PM

Just leave her be - she will do it in time!  
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Try a bumbo seat so she can see what is going on round about but you can  
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not 'teach' something she isn't ready to do.  
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homeybear , Sunday, 1st of August 2010 07:26:11 AM

They do it all by themselves, Some quicker than others but they  
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al do it. It is a learning curve and problem solving for them. They want to  
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orientate themselves like us and got to hold their heads up first, Rolling  
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over also. Give her time she will do it.  
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hailey bug , Monday, 2nd of August 2010 03:09:02 PM

I think its just something they are eventually able to do once  
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they get the strength & learn to balance. We put pillows behind our  
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daughter from about 5 months to help her sit up & she didn't roll onto her  
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side & front until about 6 months, she just suddenly did it without  
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encouragement.  
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You could put a few soft pillows behind her then hold her in the sitting  
position & let go so she falls back, make it a game & eventually she will  
hold herself up.Also give plenty of tummy time this helps their strength  
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Apples , Tuesday, 3rd of August 2010 09:49:01 PM

well first you have to help her as much as you can she will  
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catch on put just keep rolling her that is how they learn if you help her  
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she will learn how to do it her self that is how i got my child to do it  
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and for the sitting up part just hold her hands when she is sitting up and  
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have her stand on her feet my child started walking at 7 months i use to do  
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this all the time it helped a lot  
 
 
 
 
 

Shimmy Shimmy Lip Gloss Barbie , Wednesday, 4th of August 2010 02:18:04 PM

Sitting up they have to do themselves - you can encourage her  
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to roll by placing her favourite toy to the side of her, in sight but  
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slightly out of reach - however she will do everything in her own time :)  
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chief big thoughts , Thursday, 5th of August 2010 03:43:58 AM

I don't know many 5 month old babies who can sit up without  
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help. You can encourage her to sit up by propping pillows behind her. Sit  
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her on your lap, get her used to the position and time will see her  
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sitting alone, crawling and walking. At 5 months, she is still a baby and  
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her muscle tone may not yet be ready for sitting unassisted. Children  
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progress and develop at different levels. At about 9 months, you could  
expect her to be sitting up without your help.  
 
 
 
 
 

bettle bug , Friday, 6th of August 2010 04:26:21 AM

she will teach herself when shes ready, help her by allowuing  
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her plenty of oppotunitys to practice like holding her in sitting position  
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and lying down and gently shifting her from side to side, make this into a  
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game and allow it all to come naturally  
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Cute Stuff , Saturday, 7th of August 2010 03:46:37 PM

She will soon be sitting up on her own the average age is 6-7  
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months, but you can buy one of those donought rings out of baby shops that  
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will definitely help her  
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TruLove , Sunday, 8th of August 2010 11:03:31 PM

That is something she has to learn how to do on her own. She  
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will eventually gain the strength and figure out how to do it by herself.  
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You just have to live with her getting upset while she is on her back.  
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SWEET HONEY BOO , Monday, 9th of August 2010 09:41:51 AM

You don't. She will do it when she is good and ready.  
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Baby Shoes , Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 02:35:42 PM

She will learn this herself. You can help her by helping her  
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use her abdominal muscles. If she is laying on her back, let her hold one  
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of your index fingers in each of her hands and pull herself ot a sitting  
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position and then to a standing position. This can help strengthen her  
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core muscles but she will learn to do this once she has the coordination.  
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Good luck!  
 
 
 
 
 

Punky , Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 03:24:58 PM

she will do it on her own. give her time.  
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Corazon de Melon , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 07:33:12 AM

You can not teach her this. Her muscles and co-ordination will  
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sort it out - in their own good time.  
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