I was told by our pedatirictian that you can start solids as early as 4 months. Our baby was 6.5 weeks early, things got a bit dangerous so she had to come out. We have to wait till her ‘corrected age’ based on my due date. If your child is holding their head up on their own, feeding in a ‘sit me up’ seat is not inherently bad or propping them in your lap. I was also told that when formula or milk is not longer filling. They are constantly hungry, time in between feeds become shorter and shorter and they begin to look at food or look around at new or interesting food smells. Hope this gives a bit of information to you

My baby is of one year he cant sit still and always likes to lay down and sleeping.
Have any experience and opinion.?

How is a person sharing a unique approach “shaming” you? Please explain this extreme self-absorption you seem to have. I would not blame Janet for ignoring such a ridiculous rant. Do what feels right to you and move on!

I love how the author won’t respond to any of the comments here unless they are praising this mess of an article she wrote. Why won’t you reply to the moms saying their babies have bad acid reflux and are opposed to being layed flat down on their back or mom’s that have babies that can’t stand to be on their back or belly alone. My son has terrible acid reflux and he hates being on his stomach. It’s like pulling teeth to even do a little tummy time throughout the week. I can’t imagine just letting my baby stay on his back any time I am not holding him. Good way to choke on his acid induced spit up. So what is your answer for this, Janet? Seems as though you haven’t answered a single inquiry about what to do when your baby is opposed to being on his back or stomach or what to do when they are ready for solids. From what I’m reading, the moms practicing your method aren’t ahead developmentally compared to babies that are put in a sitting position before they are doing it on their own. In fact, I’m reading some of these comments and quite a few of the babies aren’t even sitting up until they are 8-9 months old. Some even closer to a year. Because you insist they stay on their back ALWAYS until they figure it out on their own. That’s not normal and it’s considered developmentally delayed. I believe you can allow your baby to have free time on their backs if they aren’t opposed to it completely (if you want to let your baby do free time on his back but he has acid reflux or that hates being on their back, then I don’t know what to tell you and it looks like neither do you, Janet) and be allowed to sit upright with help in carriers, laps, jumpers or seats. But don’t let these mother earth flower children types of women allow you to let your baby be nearing a year old and not even starting to learn to sit up yet(that’s the case in a lot of these comments that are following Janet’s advice, not one of them has said their baby is ahead of schedule with sitting or crawling). I can guarantee you that most of us moms were sat up in swings and seats before we were doing it ourselves and I bet most of us are just fine and developed right on time with no issues sitting in the future or anything like that. I know for a fact that I was, there’s many pictures of me sitting up in swings and propped up for pictures. I’ve never had an issue in my life with pain or not being able to do anything any other average person can do. I hot every milestone right on time and some a little early. Do what you think is best for your baby. Don’t let anyone shame you because of it. We aren’t living in olden days anymore.

I don’t believe it’s intended to be as it appears to provide in an insight I was taught from an aunt I was assigned to babysit for at around 8 years old. In Kikuyu culture, a baby is swaddled up to 3 months with minimum exposure to outsiders, it was to allow for bonding, healing and immune buildup. Sitting a baby up was not allowed as the bones were pliable and the cradling supported the baby’s whole body without placing pressure/compress/distortion on the spine thus the nerves sending messages throughout the body. This was information was passed down through mid-wives, grandmothers, mothers, aunties, sisters without academic expertise, am glad it is now being documented and researched on so as not to be dismissed as “Old Wives Tales”

Can you share more about your child’s activities on the floor? Does she turn her head, twist her body to the side, move her limbs freely, reach for, grasp and explore objects? If not, and perhaps either way, I would have her assessed. Does she have Torticollis? It would be unusual at this age for a child to remain still on her back facing only one direction. Turning her head is all she needs to help round out the flat spots and prevent them from worsening. Studies show that flat spots are not dangerous and will lessen as her head grows. Here’s some information from Boston Children’s Hospital:

Are there any medical implications of cranial flattening?

There is no convincing evidence that deformational flattening has any effect on brain development, vision, temporomandibular joint function or
hearing. Even facial asymmetry in cases of plagiocephaly seems to improve with growth.

Yay! Liane- I am so glad the natural motor development approach has worked for you and your baby. The physical, psychological and cognitive benefits of trusting babies are profound. Keep trusting and there will be many more happy surprises! Thanks for sharing your story!