Pulling baby up by the arms?

hold her hands and as much of her arms in your grasp as possible to avoid any strain on her wrists. Move her slowly to avoid strain on her shoulders and you can do it from now on :)

my 8wk old loves it too - its the best way i can get him to smile :D

See, a baby's development is in proportion to his body. So once a baby starts sitting himself, you could give him a hand to sit up. Ideally, you don't need to "pull". Just hold and let the baby pull himself, a little assistance could help. You should avoid pulling a child and you will know when you are "pulling" the child up because you will feel the arms stretch, instead of him really sitting up.

Allowing the child to pull himself / herself up with some support helps and the babies get stronger. My 12 months old is walking, and is commonly seeing walking with my guitar stand, pushing chairs around etc. I always used to give her my hand and she would hold on to the fingers and pull herself up.

I am not a medical practitioner but I did look up this when I was curious. So my suggestions are based primarily on my personal experience as a Father.

Note: My 12 months is walking up stairs now too. And since she is small (27inches tall) she puts her hands on the stair above the one in front of her, then puts her left leg on the stair just in front of her and pulls her weight with her arms and brings up her right leg. So all of this self pulling is helping her get stronger as she grows. I think it is because I used to let her pull up initially (after 5 months or so when she started sitting up without support).

Each child develops differently. When she is able to asist in pulling up, thats when you can safely do it. What I mean is when she is not just laying there being a rag doll and you can feel her pull a little herself, thats when it is ok. That is the sighn that not only is she physicly ready, but mentaly she is preparted to be picked up in that way. Good luck!

I felt the same way.. she loved it but it scared me.. I didn't feel comfortable doing it until she had enough strength to hold her head steady when pulling up.. around 4 months I felt comfortable.

funny that people are saying its a no no because my daughters pediatrican actually used this exact technique to see where she was at developmentally with neck muscles at about 8 weeks. i saw as long as she is trying and has the neck supprt go for it. ive been doing it with my daughter to work on her neck muscles

Its better to lift them from under arm or supporting them by head with your palm and also it is dangerous to pull them you might dislocate their shoulder or arm socket

Not for a long time yet - you shouldn't pull your baby up by her arms. The correct way is to put one hand under the baby and lift her, cradling her in your arms, and as she gets older, you can lift her under her arms, but not pulling her up using her hands, that's a no-no.

I think you should always at least support her back or pick her up by her underarms, until she's able to help you (meaning she's offering some support and not just flopping over).

I started doing that when my son was 6 months old. 7 weeks is rather too young. They need to be strong enough so it wont hurt them x