Re: sitting up late

September 25, 2004

Here we always felt the bar helped them sit up by forming a secure tripod of

sorts for them to lean against.

s.

Re: sitting up late

Eryn... I posted a message about a week ago asking the same question... and

everyone who responded seemed to think that the DBB had nothing to do with

still not sitting up. He is almost 8 months old and still struggles to sit up

without support. I am certainly not a doctor, but it seems to me that it is

difficult to balance themselves with the bar on. I watch other babies sit up and

they tend to point their feet inwards to balance themselves, and with the DBB,

this isn't possible. I know will sit up eventually, I just think the bar

is holding him back for now. We only have 1 more month of full time wear, so we

will see what happens then. Good luck

2/9/04 BLCF DBB 23/7

elawrence erynroxx@...> wrote:

Hello all! I was just wondering if anyone else's child was late

sitting up after treatment. Gavin is going to be 1 in about 3 weeks

and he has not mastered the art of sitting up unsupported. He has

seen a Neurologist who told me she suspects his lateness with this

skill is because he was in the DBB for a long time 24 hours a day.

Maybe his legs are weak? He rolls over fine and sits in a high chair

now with no problem. He's even pulling himself along with his arms

now, but alas, he does not want to sit on his bum. Any suggestions?

Eryn

Mom to Gavin, bilateral CF, DBB 14 hours a day.

September 26, 2004

Eryn,

Here's a little info. I found from a Google search:

http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babydevelopment/6505.html#5

There is a poll on this site about sitting. Of the 64,500+ respondants, only

3% said their baby sat independently older than 8 months. While there is a

wide range of ages when children reach certain milestones, there's also a

limit when a child is not reaching milestones and there is a cause for

concern.

Here's another link which says that in general a baby will be sitting by 9

months at the latest.

http://www.yourbabytoday.com/babyplace/newbaby/newbaby_babydev/dev_sixmonth.html

These milestone guides are good because it does give you a baseline so you

know when to " intervene " and get a professional opinion.

Zoe actually could sit up at 4 months with her DBB on, but not with it off.

She was sitting independently by age 5 months, crawled at 8 months, could

climb up small slides and onto chairs at 10 months, pulled to a stand at 11

months, didn't walk until 16 months! The dbb made her legs stronger.

It might be worth the peace of mind to contact Early Intervention for them

to do a developmental screening just to make sure Gavin's development is

within the range of normal and not in need of some physical or occupational

therapy to get him on the right track...Better safe than sorry and it

certainly can't hurt!

The DBB does not interfere with how they would normally develop (or not

develop). Zoe's sleep " issues " were related to regular stuff, like teething

and nightmares. The only time the dbb caused a problem was when the bar or

the shoes were too small.

Just my 2 cents... Child development is my area of expertise...

Best, Joanne W. mom to Zoe (3-25-01, right clubfoot)

Message: 5

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:03:04 -0700 (PDT)

Subject: Re: sitting up late

Eryn... I posted a message about a week ago asking the same question... and

everyone who responded seemed to think that the DBB had nothing to do with

still not sitting up. He is almost 8 months old and still struggles to sit

up

without support. I am certainly not a doctor, but it seems to me that it is

difficult to balance themselves with the bar on. I watch other babies sit up

and

they tend to point their feet inwards to balance themselves, and with the

DBB,

this isn't possible. I know will sit up eventually, I just think the

bar

is holding him back for now. We only have 1 more month of full time wear, so

we