Mar 4, 2015 | Baby-led vs Parent-led
I sat watching my friend’s 16 month old zoom back and forth on two feet, transition seamlessly into belly crawling to retrieve a ball from under the sofa, and then glide upward via his hands and knees into running. His movement was exquisite—smooth, with every bit of...
Jul 21, 2013 | Milestones
True self-discovered, baby-led (not taught), independent sitting comes later than many people think–later than common recommendations, which are based on Baby being placed. Here’s how it can happen in a typical progression. Time spent in each element can vary...
Aug 21, 2011 | Milestones
To continue our curiosities about psychology that gets set up in the first year alongside movement, first some pondering… If what I have been encouraging in my last posts really is true, then why is its opposite such a cultural norm? I think it is a matter of...
Aug 10, 2011 | Milestones
We have been investigating how babies learn to sit and what it means when we sit them before they can get in and out of it themselves. Let’s delve further . . . Consider what it means emotionally and psychologically—let’s put ourselves “in Baby’s booties,” so to...
Jun 22, 2011 | Milestones
Exactly how do babies figure out how to sit? What if we put ourselves “in Baby’s shoes”? In Parts 1 & 2, we began looking at how babies actually learn to sit, why it’s best to allow them to discover it themselves rather than prop them in sitting, and how to know...
