Adventures in Rolling

About three weeks ago, Will started the "I'm-about-to-roll-over" process, and it has been a lot of fun watching him learn this first momentous step of mobility . He would lift his legs straight up in the air and throw them down to the left, looking like the letter L. Eventually his shoulders caught on to the flip and there he'd be, stuck on his shoulders and shout till we helped him.

One night when I checked on him before going to bed, he was sleeping on his side - I pulled Mark in and we enjoyed watching our boy sleep. As we prepared for bed, we laughed at the thought of the potential reaction for when he actually did flip onto his tummy

July 1, 2011 - 1:35 a.m. I rushed into my shrieking baby's room to discover that indeed, he had flipped onto his tummy in his sleep. Oh the trauma!

The last two weeks have been a fun learning experience for me as much as for Will. He's progressed from taking several minutes to complete the roll-over to doing it in seconds - back-to-tummy. He's enjoying his belly time and tries to reach for things - already pulling his knees under his belly and pushing with his feet while pulling with his hands. For me, this experience has been completely amazing. Since my first baby was harnessed/braced until she was 6 months old because of her dislocated hips, she never did anything like this till she was 8-9 months old because she simply couldn't! I have no idea if Will is on target, ahead or behind in this, but I think he's brilliant.

Of course if he wasn't my second baby, I would be wondering if he was ever going to figure out how to roll towards the right or if he'll figure out how to roll from his tummy to his back. Mark assures me that he will figure out this rolling business by the time he gets married.

In the meantime, I have enjoyed going into his room in the morning to find the unique nooks and crannies of his crib he has jammed himself up into - his favourite is beneath his little aquarium.