Megan,
I have to agree whit 1234nale, and phunphysio, because I think that she is absolutely right to wonder whether you had in mind 6-12 weeks or 6-12 mounts old children.
I’m telling this because 6 week-olds still don’t have neck muscles and head control strong and steady (control over their head and neck). They’ll begin to develop this skill at 2 months (8 weeks) and complete it in most cases by 3 months (12 weeks), so we cannot even discuss sitting and standing.
At 6 months, children can turn over from supine to prone position (from the beck to the stomach) and when in prone position they can raise themselves up on extended elbows and lean on their hands and pelvises. While when in supine position they can put their feet into their mouths, stretching their spinal columns and they find support on their backs and heads.
If we put a child into a sitting position, we would weaken his spinal column and reduce 90% of support as if when we stand on one leg. Child is not in a stable position.
Children, in most cases, begin to walk at 12 months, according to Wikipedia reference-linkBobath and Vojta scheme of motor development of motor skills can be tolerated by age 18 months.
These data have been taken from above-mentioned scheme, and whit mine working expires.
I have to mention that each child is a person for himself and +- 1 month can be tolerated.
Anyway we don’t need any shames or researches, as Tommy77 says but just comwon seance to rearire this.
I don’t know what type of school Tommy77 has finished or for how long he has been working, I don’t think that he has any reason to be so arrogant.