Although it seems a simple question, it is not so much. The children of our environment or our children, have learned before to remain seated than to sit down.
An extended formula is the use of the corner that forms the back of the sofa with the armrest to, with the help of some cushions, facilitate the baby to exercise the sitting position (sitting). The question is if it is essential to teach the child to sit or can learn it by himself.
There are professionals who argue that this acquisition of sedentation is poorer than that achieved by offering the child opportunities to be incorporated naturally and spontaneously, even if this is later in time (at 10 months, instead of at 6).
The baby will seek sedentation in his insistence to experience new and increasingly complex postures. It is true that he will be able to stay seated before we "train" him, but development is not a career, but an opportunity for adaptation to the environment.
If instead of accelerating this process, we manage to make the context where the baby develops rich, attractive and motivating, the acquisition of sitting will be another step towards standing and walking and, above all, a source of self-esteem and satisfaction because he will be the main actor of that achievement.
