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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 481450" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I think today's babies do achieve those milestones later than their parents generation did but there's a reason for it. My kids were born before all the warnings about letting infants sleep on their stomachs and the risk of crib deaths. Of course we know better now but my generation of parents put babies to sleep on their tummies because they slept sounder that way and because we were afraid that they would choke if they spit up while they were sleeping. They spent a lot more time on their tummies even when awake. My grandson is 2-1/2 now and he achieved those milestones much later than his mother did as a baby. He spent so little time on his tummy that it was unnatural to him and he hated it! I used to put mine on their stomach on a blanket on the floor with a few toys in front of them. They learned to push themselves up with their arms and hold their heads up much earlier than my grandson did. Once they were doing that, it wasn't long before they learned to pull their legs underneath them and not long after that, they were crawling!</p><p></p><p>My daughter did everything at a very early age. She was pulling herself up on the furniture when she was really tiny. One day she finally got up the courage to let go and take her first steps and she went from that to running all in one day! She was nine months old. I'll never forget that day! It was a Saturday morning when she took her first steps, by that afternoon she was toddling all through the house, and by that evening when we took her to her grandmas house, she was actually <em>running</em>! So it's a trade-off. Todays babies may not hit some milestones quite as soon as their parents did, but supposedly they're a lot safer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 481450, member: 1883"] I think today's babies do achieve those milestones later than their parents generation did but there's a reason for it. My kids were born before all the warnings about letting infants sleep on their stomachs and the risk of crib deaths. Of course we know better now but my generation of parents put babies to sleep on their tummies because they slept sounder that way and because we were afraid that they would choke if they spit up while they were sleeping. They spent a lot more time on their tummies even when awake. My grandson is 2-1/2 now and he achieved those milestones much later than his mother did as a baby. He spent so little time on his tummy that it was unnatural to him and he hated it! I used to put mine on their stomach on a blanket on the floor with a few toys in front of them. They learned to push themselves up with their arms and hold their heads up much earlier than my grandson did. Once they were doing that, it wasn't long before they learned to pull their legs underneath them and not long after that, they were crawling! My daughter did everything at a very early age. She was pulling herself up on the furniture when she was really tiny. One day she finally got up the courage to let go and take her first steps and she went from that to running all in one day! She was nine months old. I'll never forget that day! It was a Saturday morning when she took her first steps, by that afternoon she was toddling all through the house, and by that evening when we took her to her grandmas house, she was actually [I]running[/I]! So it's a trade-off. Todays babies may not hit some milestones quite as soon as their parents did, but supposedly they're a lot safer. [/QUOTE]
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