My baby Clarisse can now sit up on her own for more than 5 minutes on a go. And she threw a couple of surprises in the past few days.

First, she suddenly performed three sit-ups in a row from a lying down position. It happened after her bath, while I was powdering her and getting her ready for an afternoon nap. She wanted to roll sideways but I pinned her legs down. And then she pulled herself up to a sitting position just like what grown-ups do in the gym.

And in the past few days, when baby Clarisse is sitting in her baby crib, she would lean towards the side rail, pull herself up from sitting to a kneeling position and admire the room’s view. However, she couldn’t get back to a sitting position afterwards and will slide back to a lying down position. Now that she’s starting to pull off a stint like that, it’s time to make her bed lower and those crib rails higher for safety’s sake.

Unfortunately, while lying down on her back, baby Clarisse still can’t push herself up to a sitting position. But overall, after more than 10 days of practising how to sit up on her own, she has done quite well I suppose. She sits up independently and maintains her balance for more than 5 minutes on a stretch. Able to manuever herself from sitting to kneeling position using her crib side rails. And to my surprise, strong enough to lift her entire upper body to a sitting position when I pin her legs down, much like doing sit-ups. So I guess physically, she is doing alright.

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