I’ve been wondering for awhile why little EC wouldn’t sit up for any length of time. She seemed capable of balancing herself, and if properly distracted (like when staring at the phone on a video call) she could hold herself a bit; but generally, she seemed uninterested in staying up for any length of time, and would plop back down onto her stomach after a little while.

Two days ago, it hit me: I’ve been giving her toys to play with that she can just as easily play with lying down…so why go to the extra effort of sitting up? So I trundled her off to the local communal play room, and sat her down in front of one of those ball-on-wire contraptions that she would only be able to reach sitting up. She did pretty well, practicing with a few 1-2 minute sitting sessions before she would flop back down. I thought that was pretty successful.

Yesterday, I did the same thing. But yesterday, several other small kids came in to play, and ran about yelling, and sat and played with her, and otherwise distracted her. We got a good 20-minute stretch of sitting out of her as a result. It only ended because she started getting fussy and wanted to eat.

Same thing today. I think she’s gotten the hang of it, in just two days.