I’m linking up with Katie at Mummy Daddy Me again this week for some more ‘Ordinary Moments’. I’ve even managed to get my post written and published on the day the linky opens instead of in the middle of the week!
I know babies develop quickly and sometimes it seems like they learn to do something new every week, but for us this skill has been a while coming. Toby has been almost rolling over for a couple of months it seems. He would manage it every once in a while but I think that was more a fluke than on purpose. Until this week that is. Toby has now well and truly mastered rolling over. But only from his back to his front and only to his right side. And now he literally won’t stay on his back for more than a minute (or sometimes even a second!). Which would be fine except that he hasn’t worked out how to roll back again so when he gets fed up of being on his front (which happens quite quickly sometimes) he shouts for someone to come and help him turn back on his back. And as soon as you do he promptly rolls onto his front again….And repeat, ad infinitum!
The last few mornings this is the view I’ve been greeted with when I’ve gone into get Toby up. I’m not sure if he is rolling over straight away and then sleeping on his tummy all night, or just rolling over when he wakes up. I suspect he might be sleeping on his tummy all night though. When I popped my head in while he was napping the other day he was sleeping on his front. I don’t mind if he is – we have a Angelcare movement sensor monitor (which I’d highly recommend by the way) so I’m not worried about him burying his face in the mattress – apart from the fact he always used to wake up in the mornings and lie happily chatting to himself until we went to get him and now he starts grunting and groaning with the effort of trying to turn back over before starting to shout if we don’t go and get him pretty quick.
Hopefully it won’t be long before he masters rolling back the other way and then he can be whichever way he chooses. And then it won’t be long before he’s on the move! I love seeing Toby learn new things but it’s all happening so fast!!
Baby was like this too & sometimes still is. She always sleeps on her front now. When they get the hang of rolling it seems it’s all they want to do đŸ™‚ xx
Wow, I can’t wait for Fred to start moving. I think it will be really fun!
Ah, I had forgotten all about having to be the roller-back for my children when they were babies. I love Toby’s little fuzzy hair, too cute!
Just wait until he starts standing in his cot, we have that problem at the moment! Bless him, it’s so exciting as they start to tick off those milestones. We love our Angelcare monitor, have used it for both girls. x
Oh I remember that stage – it’s so sweet, even when you feel like you’ve done nothing but turn them back over all day!
I remember waiting for every milestone impatiently and this post reminds me of those magical ordinary moments which bring pure joy to us parents.x
Bless him! My little one is the same – but the other way around – he can only roll from his front to his back, he hates being on his front!