At 7kg, Vera isn't light as a newborn anymore. Explains why we need to start getting her used to sitting on her own. The first six months, she wouldn't sit along for more than 5 minutes. Then suddenly today we put her in the blue, under-utilised rocker and she sat for nearly half an hour, happily watching TV and sucking her thumbs! And I could actually be posting this blog while watching her! This is a very VERY good sign.She still can't sit up straight though. As you can see, her head is still weak and it flops back when she's in the Bumbo chair. That sitting record: 5 minutes.
Next, I couldn't resist buying a breastfeeding pillow that I thought I could use to get her to learn to sit up. Mummy likes it more than Vera (don't you just love the retro print?)
Once she gets used to her new seats, that's when we can give our arms a rest!
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akaiya's PT made her a seat when she was younger. it was made with the 5" foam that you would use to make a window seat or daybed. she cut it into three pieces and then she took the bottom piece traced kaiya's bottom onto it and cut out a section that would fit very snug around akaiya. (the bottom piece ended up being cut out very much like a bumbo chair.) the middle piece of foam got a section cut out of it that would still leave it fitting very closely around kaiya's body. the third section had an even smaller section cut out b/c that was the part that was near her head. the whole idea of the chair was that when kaiya sat in it she would get used to the upright position, and as she started getting stronger and needing less support sections could be taken away. i wish i would have taken a picture of it, but i will try to draw it and post a pic of it.
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