Thanks for your kind reply, I thank God that I get many queries answered here, than with my dr. Hetal my son has a delay in achieving his milestones, Actually he is very active and my instincts don't tell that anything is wrong but probably I am not patient enough and not giving him enough time to develop on his own. why I say he is having a lag is that he has completed nine months just yesterday and as yet he didn't pull himself up to sit down on his own, he is crawling actually creeping sort of, i.e. on his tummy and not on his hands and legs…..though he sits unsupported and is busy playing with his toys for around more than 15 mns or so but then once he wants to turn around he falls with a thud, I was upset about his inability to balance and also read from nearly all sites that by eight months the child should be able to sit independently, I discussed this with my dr when I went for his measles vaccination, he said that there was a bit of lag but on examining my boy he said no prob as he is able to bear his own weight and prescribed me with iron drops. Calcium dose my dr suggests for all babies after they are 40days old. But Hetal I am sure it is the effect of Ferrochealate only, cause after the dose only he started vomiting, now I’ve stopped this dose, Domstal this is the third day and 2day he seemed quite recovered and to my surprise during the day he did pull himself up and sat himself, I am happy so share that……..so I am not going to anyway start these iron drops again, should I do? what do u feel, I am very upset about my dr decision as I was just inquisite that if there is any problems then it be detected at the earliest…..Thanks a ton! Hetal...Waiting for ur reply Hetal replied. congratulations :)
good to hear that your baby was able to pull himself up and sit well after that. about developmental milestones, well many babies didnt sit and started to crawl directly and these babies started sitting after they learned to walk,,as neways, they have to sit,,they cant keep standing,,so i wasnt worried much about that.
and as far as your baby is able to bear his own weight on his legs, there is no reason to worry.But you will surprised to know that even babies who have mastered sitting will topple over eventually,or just throw themselves,,very often because they lose interest in being upright...and not because they are not able to support themselves...
m glad that things worked well for you but with a lil cost of your baby health past couple days..
if he has recovered from reflux or throwups, avoid giving him Ferrochealate..why you want to give these supplemnts without ne serious need of it. instead motivate your child to sit more with all those sitting and playing toys,,make him watch some good cartoon program like baby first tv developmental programs,,or read books while sitting,,and such things,,tug a couple pillows around him to ensure his safety..they like to throw themselves once sitted !
i personally feel that ne kind of supplemnts often dont allow baby to show his own growing ability and mess up their natural health..unles otherwise your baby is lagging behind seriously..recently there was a very good discussion in feeding board abt these supplemnts and many mothers have shared their ideas reg this,,you should read it..m posting the link for you..
with some cases they even said that they were asked to stopped these kind of suplments and they reported that their babies were not able to touch these milestones because of overdose of these suplments.
http(:)//www(.)indiaparenting(.)com/boards/showmessage(.)cgi?messageid=6202&table_name=dis_feeding

and i personally believe that unless otherwise required badly, ne kind of easy nutrition is never good ! its hampers your child own developmental or physical ability and your baby is not able to show his own potentials..i am a person who would like to believe in baby own capabilities than losing my patience to see him growing. unless my dr tells me upfront, that i m worried he is not doing this or sitting or stnading, i will not ask my dr that m worried about his milestones..

and yes if there are ne developmental milestones you can easily detect before your baby starts showing the signs..most of the parenting websites have these explained very well,so read it before your baby enters that particular month and start reading tips on how to motivate your baby to make him or teach him how to do it,,around 75% babies have reported early milestones because of parents motivation and a light push !! so nothin wrong if you are able to see your baby couple days earlier for that milestone..
hope this helps,you have a wonderful time.