When Claire was 10 days old, I put her on her belly for tummy time. Grandma was there in the room, so I left for a moment. Upon returning, Grandma said Claire rolled herself onto her back. I was amazed. I didn’t disbelieve my mother-in-law, but I’d missed out on it.
A few days later, Claire did it again, in front of me this time. She hated being on her stomach so much! Since the colic was beginning, I decided to hold off on tummy time for awhile. No need to add more crying to the mix. We shared this news with the doctor, who was astonished.
Yesterday, again during tummy time, Claire rolled over. What she does is manage to get her left arm close to her body under her and lean to the left while pushing with her right arm and leg. Her head, since it’s so heavy, then topples her over. She looked surprised and relieved. Then she cried.
Yeaaa, for Claire. What a smart baby. 🙂
too funny!
my best friend’s baby is having adventures in rolling over too. she said in her baby/new mommy get-together class there are two babies who can only roll from back to tummy one way and from tummy to back one way, so one baby who can roll from tummy to back, then back to tummy can roll all the way across the room and the other rolls on one side and then on the other, so she never gets anywhere! i thought that was hilarious!