You are the backrest
⏱️ 3 min📦 nothing needed🏠 indoor🤲 sitting🤸 Motor
Positioned upright, a baby somewhere in this window may stay sitting without leaning forward on their arms. Your chest is the simplest way to offer upright — you take the balance, they take the holding-up, and the room looks completely different from there.
🧺 You need
none
🛡️ Even against your chest, a baby can topple sideways out of a lap in an instant. Sit on the floor rather than a sofa or bed so there is nowhere to fall to, keep a hand at their hip the whole time, and stop as soon as the back starts to round or the head begins to droop.
Source: AAP — Movement Milestones: Babies 4 to 7 Months
🩺 Vuila shares play ideas, not medical advice — for questions about your child's development, talk to your pediatrician.
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