Roly Poly

Just laid down on the  blanket.

Like a dutiful mother should be, I always lay my baby down on a blanket for tummy time. Well, always maybe stretching it. Instead I lay her down for tummy time most of the time or maybe it would be more accurate to say fairly often. Anyhow, despite my short-comings in this area, my lovely Grace has learned how to roll over.

The first time she rolled over was when she was four months old, a mere 10 days from turning five months. Of course I was thrilled as I watched her roll from her tummy to her back. I pulled out the video camera and hoped I could get her to do it again on film. I could not. However, I did take a picture and texted it to her father and grandparents. Naturally the next step was to express my pride on Facebook. What good mother wouldn't do that? (Please note that I am being sarcastic.)

Within a minute, she has rolled onto her tummy.

The next day, Grace topped herself by rolling from her back to her tummy.  This small little roll stunned me. I didn't expect her to do that move so quickly, but she did. From that day forward, she kept practicing her rolls. At first she mainly rolled from tummy to back, but eventually started rolling more from the back to the belly. She has even woken me up a few times because she has rolled onto her belly while asleep. She wakes uncertain as to what happened and gets frustrated.

Now, we have quite the roly poly baby girl! A couple of days ago, she did her first 360 and I actually caught it on video! Stunning. She will now roll herself from one end of the room to the other. She doesn't roll back because as of right now she only rolls to her right. I'm sure left rolling will happen at some point. One amusing thing about her new discovery is watching her get frustrated. There are times that she will be laying on her belly all frustrated because she wants to be on her back. Yet, she rolled herself onto her belly. It is like she doesn't know how she is getting there. I'm sure she will figure it out, eventually. 

After nearly 10 minutes (or less), she has rolled almost the length of the room

I guess this means she may be crawling soon. Oh boy!