I think it was more of an accident than not, but today Dorothy rolled over from tummy to back without any help for the first time. I had her on her tummy on the activity gym up in my office. She tried turning her head to look up at something above and behind her. By doing so, her head weight went far enough to one side that it started pulling her over. (Using the head weight is how babies are able to turn over.) She stopped herself a couple of times, but then fwoom! she was on her back. I clapped and encouraged her, to which she laughed, then I flipped her over to do it again. But this time she wasn't quite looking as far around, so I pushed her head a bit farther and helped her roll over a couple of times. I don't know if she learned anything, but she's definitely got strong neck and back muscles.
Posted by Tom Nugent at August 8, 2004 09:06 PM