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

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🛡️ 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: AAPMovement 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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You are the backrest

Get yourself down on the floor first

Sit on the floor with your back against a wall or the sofa and your legs stretched out in front of you.