12/02/2025
Milestone Alert 🚨 PULL TO STAND
👶🏼 Around 9-10 months of age (with some variation, as there is a wide range of normal), we begin to see babies pulling to stand!
🛋️ Babies will begin pulling to stand at a couch, coffee table, on parents legs, toys, etc!
💚 Before pulling to stand babies will first play in tall kneeling.
💚 They will often begin pulling to stand through a more immature pattern, using their arms to push, their legs further behind them and their bottom sticking out.
💚 As they practice and get stronger, you will see them begin pulling to stand through a half kneeling position - one foot is planted on the floor, while the opposite knee is on the floor.
If you have a little one who just started crawling and is struggling to pull up, or you just have questions and want to know more about their motor development, reach out to one of our clinics!
How do we encourage pulling to stand?
🧸 Place toys on an elevated surface that they can only reach when they are kneeling (couch, coffee table, etc). This will help motivate them to play in kneeling and then eventually pull up to play in standing!
If you have a little one just started crawling and is struggling to pull up, or you just have questions and want to know more about their motor development, reach out to one of our clinics!
💚 Before pulling to stand, babies will first play in tall kneeling.
Thanks for the great post and information!