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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, if he hates tummy time and is 8 months, don’t put him any as one poster called them “contraption.”

Get him blocks, chunky puzzles, but he needs to be building the physical skills to help him sit independently and start pulling to a stand.

My kid was low tone and hated tummy time too.
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OP - just a note that he can sit completely independently (and has for months) and stand leaning against things, also independently. I don't think it's a low tone thing, he's just much more comfortable upright than on his belly. I do think he's close to being able to pull himself to a stand, so something that would encourage him to do that would be good for sure. [/quote]

Sorry, I'm this poster, meant to say that I am the OP.[/quote]

You mean he can pull himself to a sit or you put him in a sitting position and he can remain upright?

If he cannot pull into a sit at 8 months, then don’t put him in anything.  He needs to build the gross motor strength to meet his 9 month milestones:
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-9mo.html
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OP here - ah, you're right, we put him in a sitting position, and he stays there (not briefly - he plays by himself for two 30 min stretches a day where he  almost always sits the whole time). He can get down from a sitting position to his tummy and roll to his back. We've been working with him on getting himself into the sitting position, but he's not there yet. I'd guess he'll be there by 9 months.

Agree a contraption isn't the best path given that he's generally not too strong on gross motor skills. So my question is - what toys are a good idea? He'll sit up and play with stuff for a long time, but at this point, that's not a challenge for him. We do a lot with him, of course (standing, helping him push to a crawling position, walking, moving to a seated position, etc) but there's a limit to how much time we can do that in a day. He happily sits and plays by himself, or lays down and plays by himself, but I'd love any toys that encouraged him to work those gross motor skills. We've tried just putting toys a bit further away from him, but he basically stretches to try and reach, and if he can't, gives up. I think he might just be lazy, haha. [/quote]

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