Sitting – it’s the new lying down
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
About a week ago now, we first managed to get a proper demonstration of Jon sitting solo. Or “wobbling triumphantly on [his] little fundament” to borrow a wonderful Libby Purves expression. 
Sitting upright opens up whole new vistas in baby entertainment of course, and Jonathan seems to really enjoy it. Until the untrained muscles begin to take strain (about 15 minutes) and then he gripes and whines a bit, and often chucks up his last meal… 
We had been very concerned about leaving the wobbly boy without a supportive adult within arm’s reach (witness the slightly reddened patch on his right temple in the photo above), and spent our time rearranging copious piles of cushions every time we moved him.
That was until Monday when I attacked the old mattress that came with his cot with a breadknife. From the middle of it, I carved out a large U-shaped hole that nicely takes a sitting Jonathan with space to spare, and still gives him a fat ridge of padding at the back. (Good thing cots are so wide!) I then shoved the doctored foam back into its waterproof cover.
Now with a quilt over it, padding the area in front of him, he can sit (or topple over) quite comfortably!
