5 months & 3 weeks and not rolling

[Girl-23]

Thank you so much ladies for your replies. I have been waiting impatiently since I posted this thread.

Kristin,

If I lend her a helping hand, by turning her onto her side, she can roll from her tummy to back and vice-vera. She is very strong. I timed her last week, she managed to stay 18 mins on her tummy without rolling. When she was almost 4 months, she was doing 10 mins on her tummy. At 2-3 months, she hated tummy time.

Liz,

I have seen her trying to get on her knees, doing the crawling motions. I want her to roll now. I want her to roll so badly, so she can roll herself over to whatever side when she gets bored or whatever. I am just going to wait.

[Girl-23]

Thanks for the reassurance Astrid. Did you help her to roll over or did she do it on her own?

[Astrid]

Thanks for the reassurance Astrid. Did you help her to roll over or did she do it on her own?

No direct help, just floor time with toys scattered about out of reach. She hated it if I tried to help her roll. One day I had my back turned and when I looked back she was gone When she decided to roll she just kept on going and has not stopped moving ever since!

[Girl-23]

No direct help, just floor time with toys scattered about out of reach. She hated it if I tried to help her roll. One day I had my back turned and when I looked back she was gone When she decided to roll she just kept on going and has not stopped moving ever since!

Cute.

[Girl-23]

First time mothers are always concerned about something. My other concern is her weight. She is 7.8kg. When she turned 4 months she was 7.1kg. Obviously, she hasn't gained much. Not even a kilo. Last week, I started feeding her rice cereals. It has no taste. I try to feed it to her once or twice a day. no luck. It comes flying out. Maybe I should have bought her the custard flavoured one. I plan on feeding her homemade food the day she hits 6 months. Any suggestions ladies in terms of baby weight?

[Liz]

If she's happy & alert and giving you those wet & soiled nappies.. I wouldn't worry too much.

If she's pushing the cereal straight back out, she may not be ready for solids just yet. There's some great threads on the boards here about baby-led solids, and how to know when bub is ready for solids, which you could get some info from. If you're concerned about weight, I'd up the milk feeds, as the food we usually start them on (fruits & veg) don't have many calories anyway.. so not really conducive to gaining weight

[feeb]

weight gain seems ok.

my ds was born at 3995 grams went down to 3510 grams and at 4 months was 5690 grams!!!

ds rolls on to side sometimes never fully over.

relax and enjoy and before you know it she will be rolling all over the place.

[Girl-23]

Liz,

I think she is. She shows signs of it. Can you please give me those links? I would appreciate it greatly.

Thanks for your reply Feeb.