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Filed under: Katherine — Christy at 4:02 pm on Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Sitting up

Sitting up

There are many milestones for the first year - sleeping, holding head up, rolling over, sitting, crawling, walking. All baby books have places for you to record when these things happen. The problem is that many of these milestones are more of a process than an event. With rolling over, I can mark down exactly when that happened. Katherine could not roll over and then one day we saw her do it. Sure she would get on her side for awhile, but there was a definite time that she went from not being able to roll to being able to.

Not so with sitting. I realized today that Katherine can sit. When did this happen? What day do I write in her book? I have no idea. A few weeks ago she could sit really well on our lap. Last week she could sit unassisted between my legs or surrounded by the boppy pillow. Now, she can sit with nothing around her for at least 30 seconds.

So, when do I say she was sitting? Is she sitting now? She still falls over after 30 seconds and cannot get herself into the sitting position without my help. Why don’t they define for you when you get to cross these milestones off your list?

Well, I say she is sitting up now.

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Comment by Julie

August 15, 2006 @ 4:42 pm

That’s an interesting point. I almost bought a baby calendar today that records stuff like that. I guess it’s more of a time process… so I’m wondering if I should even get something like that as a keepsake. Hmmmm… Maybe you just count when you first noticed it? But if she still can’t sit up unassisted, that makes it questionable. Tough call. I can see your dilemma here. It’s so fun to watch her going through all of this - love your blog spot!

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Comment by Chrys

August 15, 2006 @ 5:09 pm

I have wondered that before, too! That’s why O’s baby book has lots of empty blanks that will never get filled in. Thank goodness we have the blog–his life is recorded in great detail there. :)

Good to see you today!

Chrys

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Comment by ShanB

August 16, 2006 @ 6:37 am

He-he. Life doesn’t always fit neatly into fill-in-the-blank books, does it? Just write down what you observe (”Today I noticed you can sit up by yourself for 30 seconds”) and go do it RIGHT NOW! Too many times I didn’t write something down right away because I didn’t know what day to write it on - or if the kid had officially accomplished that milestone or not. But I waited too long and by the time I got back around to it I couldn’t remember what week (or even month) it was. I would rather have had something a day or two off than not written down at all.

“Why don’t they define for you when you get to cross these milestones off your list?” Probably because if they did we’d be more tempted to focus on the milestones and getting the right ones marked off at the right time instead of focusing on our little one and just enjoying the process of them learning and getting to watch them grow up. But congratulations to Katherine! That’s a fun milestone to reach!

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Comment by Will

August 16, 2006 @ 10:18 am

Jaime says that Katherine is wearing the shirt she gave her. Yeah! We were a part of that milestone! Maybe she’ll be in the tie-die onesie when she walks!

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Comment by Erin

August 16, 2006 @ 10:22 pm

That’s such a cute sitting pic. I agree with your friend that said just put it down in the book now. My baby book from when I was a childn has like three things filled out and its kind of depressing.

I just realized I left off a > in my html of your link. So now you are linked ’cause I fixed it.

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Comment by Kane

August 17, 2006 @ 10:35 pm

Wait until she starts “cruising” - is that walking or not? ;)

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