Looks like it wasn’t a fluke after all… He’s rolled over at least a couple times a day now, every day since we first noticed him doing it. He’s only rolling over in the one direction (to the right from belly to back) so far, but hey, he’s got it! :)
He’s getting better with his sitting, too, from day to day, and he’s starting to really get his knees up under himself for crawling, too. Whee!
Mom and Dad will figure this out tonight when they talk more about my rolling over today…but I wanted to you all of you know what, for now, is my little secret…
Mom fed me this morning before she went to work and put me on my belly to go back to sleep for a little while… Dad heard me making noises so he came in and found me on my back…and flipped me back over so I’d go back to sleep again for a while longer (I was awake way too early!).
It was only later when Dad came in to wake me for the day that he found me on my belly and I did the flip that he and Mom are so proud of.
So what I’m saying is… I had already flipped over once this morning, before the one time Dad saw me do it!
DON’T TELL MY PARENTS! I want them to figure out for themselves that I’m much more advanced and practiced a flipper than they even know! Yay! :)
At 8:52am this morning, Ben rolled over from his stomach to his back for the first time ever unassisted!
[[ EDIT: Second time. See the post above this one! :) ]]
:) :) :)
He was in his crib; I had just entered his room, and he was still kind of half-asleep. I called his name, and he propped himself up on his hands to look around (as he’s been doing for weeks now). He cranked his head back and up to look at me, and we started our “morning chat”, talking to each other…
All of a sudden, he rolled over onto his back and kept right on talking back to me as if nothing had happened. It was done so effortlessly, yet intentionally.
I about flipped myself!
He’s actually flipped himself over several times before, but it was always on the bed or the couch with one of us sitting next to him, so the mattress or cushion was always angled, and he was basically rolling downhill more than actually turning over. ;)
One more milestone! We honestly figured he’d flip from back to front first, based on how he’s been doing when we’ve been playing with him. And of course we realize that this first success doesn’t mean instant mastery, either.
He’s such a strong little guy. He’s up to about 2 minutes or so sitting up unassisted now, too, and loves standing up (with our help).
He’s only 4 1/2 months!