Baby not interested in rolling over?

Different kids have different strengths.

What Kasia said.

Lucy is going gang busters with the motor skills. She just wants to
keep up with the sibs and is doing a pretty good job but she doesn't do
much of anything in the way of babbling. She cries, she blows
raspberries and that is about it. Just before she started crawling she
was babbling a little and then once she started crawling that was the
end of that. I don't expect her to 'talk' again until after she starts
walking.
I tend to make early walkers and late talkers. By 3 you'd never know
who talked or walked when.

Karen

My son didn't roll till really late, then just did it.

He didn't walk until 18 months, everyone was really concerned, then he
just stood up and walked one day.

cjra wrote:
I gave up on trying not to be a paranoid new mom ;-)

I don't think I even tried, and Ds didn't have a spell in NICU like
your lo.

William rolled a few times but wasn't that bothered. Hated being on his
front. Didn't crawl, but did bum shuffle, till 11 mths, and didn't walk
till 15mths. At 18mths you can't stop him! I wouldn't worry.

Jeni

cjra wrote:
I gave up on trying not to be a paranoid new mom ;-)

At 3.5 months DD had her checkup with the developmental specialist who
declared all as well developmentally, no residual effects from the
birth/nicu/drugs. She was doing everything she should do and more at
that point. Around that time she started almost rolling over, usually
using something as leverage to kick herself over. Then a few weeks
later she stopped, and hasn't bothered since. She's 6 months now, and
still not rolling over. Actually, she's closer to sitting up on her own
-not entirely yet, I still need to keep a hand there,but I can strap
her in a shopping cart, for example, and she does fine. She's even
trying to crawl - she watches the 8.5 month old at daycare who just
started really crawling and she tries to copy him. . She can hold her
head up no problem.

But rolling over? Nope. We work with her to encourage it, and she'll go
at it a couple of times, then give up and contentedly go back to
chewing on whatever is within arms' reach, even if it's only her hands.
Our next appt with the developmental pedi is in March, tho we have her
6 month check up next week and I'll ask the pedi then. Just wondering
if anyone has had a non-roller?

(She also used to squirm like mad, easily turning 180+ degrees on her
back, but now she doesn't at all)

Thanks all for the reassurances, that's exactly what I was looking for!

I hadn't been too worried. Honestly, hadn't really *noticed* until
recently when on another chat group of mostly 1st time moms and
everyone talking about their babies who've been sleeping thru the night
at 3 weeks/rolling over since 1 month/crawling at 6 months...(ok,
slight exaggeration, but you get the idea). Suddenly I realized DD
hadn't rolled in ages, wasn't sitting up, etc.

By all accounts she doesn't seem to show any significant developmental
effects of her earlier troubles, but there's always that worry in the
back of my head.

Anne Rogers wrote:
and the problem is?

seriously, rolling over seems to be one of those things that varies wildly,
and may be something they only do once for a long time, so she sounds
entirely normal to me, she'll probably get the hang of sitting completely in
the next 2-4 weeks, but she may never bother rolling, she might not see the
point!

I think she is in real nappies? some of them can be quite bulky and it can
mean differences in this kind of development, for example, one of ours
rolled quite early because he was so small and the nappy so big, he just
flipped over at the slightest movement!

Interesting thought. Yes,we use cloth diapers at home, but use
disposables at daycare, so she's in those a lot more - at least during
the week - these days.

"cjra" wrote in message
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cjra wrote:
I gave up on trying not to be a paranoid new mom ;-)

At 3.5 months DD had her checkup with the developmental specialist who
declared all as well developmentally, no residual effects from the
birth/nicu/drugs. She was doing everything she should do and more at
that point. Around that time she started almost rolling over, usually
using something as leverage to kick herself over. Then a few weeks
later she stopped, and hasn't bothered since. She's 6 months now, and
still not rolling over. Actually, she's closer to sitting up on her own
-not entirely yet, I still need to keep a hand there,but I can strap
her in a shopping cart, for example, and she does fine. She's even
trying to crawl - she watches the 8.5 month old at daycare who just
started really crawling and she tries to copy him. . She can hold her
head up no problem.

But rolling over? Nope. We work with her to encourage it, and she'll go
at it a couple of times, then give up and contentedly go back to
chewing on whatever is within arms' reach, even if it's only her hands.
Our next appt with the developmental pedi is in March, tho we have her
6 month check up next week and I'll ask the pedi then. Just wondering
if anyone has had a non-roller?

(She also used to squirm like mad, easily turning 180+ degrees on her
back, but now she doesn't at all)

Thanks all for the reassurances, that's exactly what I was looking for!

I hadn't been too worried. Honestly, hadn't really *noticed* until
recently when on another chat group of mostly 1st time moms and
everyone talking about their babies who've been sleeping thru the night
at 3 weeks/rolling over since 1 month/crawling at 6 months...(ok,
slight exaggeration, but you get the idea). Suddenly I realized DD
hadn't rolled in ages, wasn't sitting up, etc.

One thing you have to realise is that when another mother (particularly on
line because you can't see them) tells you that their child is eg. sitting
up, they may be measuring it on different parameters than you.
You may not say that they're sitting up until they can sit up on their own
without falling over within, say 1 minute. Another mother may describe them
as sitting up when they are propped up, supported by a hand, and don't
immediately fall over, and another may not think they sit up until they sit
on a slippery floor without ever falling over... you get the picture.
Ditto with most milestones. Sleeping through is one I've seen with friends.
Personally I don't count it as sleeping through until 10 hours consistantly.
But I think the official definition is 6 hours which even my bad sleeper
(who I don't count as sleeping through until she was over 2yo) did pretty
much since birth, although not every night. I remember one particular friend
who I asked how the sleeping was going (at an age when my good sleeper was
sleeping consistantly 12 hours a night) and was told that she was a
brilliant sleeper-she slept 8-midnight, and woke every 1-2 hours after that,
which I thought was terrible. (not that I said that)
Debbie
Ps. I'm not thinking of anyone in particular so please don't worry that that
this is meant to be a point at them!!

Welches wrote:
"cjra" wrote in message
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cjra wrote:
I gave up on trying not to be a paranoid new mom ;-)

At 3.5 months DD had her checkup with the developmental specialist who
declared all as well developmentally, no residual effects from the
birth/nicu/drugs. She was doing everything she should do and more at
that point. Around that time she started almost rolling over, usually
using something as leverage to kick herself over. Then a few weeks
later she stopped, and hasn't bothered since. She's 6 months now, and
still not rolling over. Actually, she's closer to sitting up on her own
-not entirely yet, I still need to keep a hand there,but I can strap
her in a shopping cart, for example, and she does fine. She's even
trying to crawl - she watches the 8.5 month old at daycare who just
started really crawling and she tries to copy him. . She can hold her
head up no problem.

But rolling over? Nope. We work with her to encourage it, and she'll go
at it a couple of times, then give up and contentedly go back to
chewing on whatever is within arms' reach, even if it's only her hands.
Our next appt with the developmental pedi is in March, tho we have her
6 month check up next week and I'll ask the pedi then. Just wondering
if anyone has had a non-roller?

(She also used to squirm like mad, easily turning 180+ degrees on her
back, but now she doesn't at all)

Thanks all for the reassurances, that's exactly what I was looking for!

I hadn't been too worried. Honestly, hadn't really *noticed* until
recently when on another chat group of mostly 1st time moms and
everyone talking about their babies who've been sleeping thru the night
at 3 weeks/rolling over since 1 month/crawling at 6 months...(ok,
slight exaggeration, but you get the idea). Suddenly I realized DD
hadn't rolled in ages, wasn't sitting up, etc.

One thing you have to realise is that when another mother (particularly on
line because you can't see them) tells you that their child is eg. sitting
up, they may be measuring it on different parameters than you.
You may not say that they're sitting up until they can sit up on their own
without falling over within, say 1 minute. Another mother may describe them
as sitting up when they are propped up, supported by a hand, and don't
immediately fall over, and another may not think they sit up until they sit
on a slippery floor without ever falling over... you get the picture.
Ditto with most milestones. Sleeping through is one I've seen with friends.
Personally I don't count it as sleeping through until 10 hours consistantly.
But I think the official definition is 6 hours which even my bad sleeper
(who I don't count as sleeping through until she was over 2yo) did pretty
much since birth, although not every night. I remember one particular friend
who I asked how the sleeping was going (at an age when my good sleeper was
sleeping consistantly 12 hours a night) and was told that she was a
brilliant sleeper-she slept 8-midnight, and woke every 1-2 hours after that,
which I thought was terrible. (not that I said that)

Oh yeah, the 'is she sleeping through the night?" question! Arghhh!
Drives me batty, because if I say no, I get bombarded with "helpful"
suggestions or commentary on our parenting (You SLEEP WITH HER??? ARE
YOU NUTS??? You've created a MONSTER!!!" etc).

I always try to answer vaguely like "she sleeps most of the night" or,
'as much as can be expected for a 6 month old' or 'Hell, *I* don't even
sleep through the night and never have, how can I expect her to?!"

From my perspective, pre-baby, I'd have said sleeping through the night
meant 10-12 hrs straight. Now, with my 2x/night wake up (well, more
like 3 but the first one I'm usuall still awake) between 7pm-7am, a 6
hour stretch would be 'sleeping through the night'.

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Welches wrote:
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.. I remember one particular friend
who I asked how the sleeping was going (at an age when my good sleeper
was
sleeping consistantly 12 hours a night) and was told that she was a
brilliant sleeper-she slept 8-midnight, and woke every 1-2 hours after
that,
which I thought was terrible. (not that I said that)

Oh yeah, the 'is she sleeping through the night?" question! Arghhh!
Drives me batty, because if I say no, I get bombarded with "helpful"
suggestions or commentary on our parenting (You SLEEP WITH HER??? ARE
YOU NUTS??? You've created a MONSTER!!!" etc).

The question "is she good?" was always followed up immediately with "Do they
sleep well and eat well?" With #1 I could honestly say that she always slept
and ate well, but was she good? I never felt that was all that "being good"
was about as a baby. With #2 the answer to both of the questions was no, but
in other ways she was good-she would happily lie on her own and watch what
was going on, and was easier to keep happy (when not feeding or sleeping!)
I'd just say "she's a very contented baby" which was true.
That seemed to be the standard questions asked about a baby-particularly
from strangers. Not quite sure why, I think I'd have got irritated very
quickly by it with #1 if she hadn't been that definition of "good" but it
didn't bother me with #2-at least I knew it was nothing I was doing!
Debbie

I always try to answer vaguely like "she sleeps most of the night" or,
'as much as can be expected for a 6 month old' or 'Hell, *I* don't even
sleep through the night and never have, how can I expect her to?!"

From my perspective, pre-baby, I'd have said sleeping through the night
meant 10-12 hrs straight. Now, with my 2x/night wake up (well, more
like 3 but the first one I'm usuall still awake) between 7pm-7am, a 6
hour stretch would be 'sleeping through the night'.

"Welches" wrote in message
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"cjra" wrote in message
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Welches wrote:
"cjra" wrote in message
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snip
. I remember one particular friend
who I asked how the sleeping was going (at an age when my good sleeper
was
sleeping consistantly 12 hours a night) and was told that she was a
brilliant sleeper-she slept 8-midnight, and woke every 1-2 hours after
that,
which I thought was terrible. (not that I said that)

Oh yeah, the 'is she sleeping through the night?" question! Arghhh!
Drives me batty, because if I say no, I get bombarded with "helpful"
suggestions or commentary on our parenting (You SLEEP WITH HER??? ARE
YOU NUTS??? You've created a MONSTER!!!" etc).

The question "is she good?" was always followed up immediately with "Do
they sleep well and eat well?" With #1 I could honestly say that she
always slept and ate well, but was she good? I never felt that was all
that "being good" was about as a baby. With #2 the answer to both of the
questions was no, but in other ways she was good-she would happily lie on
her own and watch what was going on, and was easier to keep happy (when
not feeding or sleeping!) I'd just say "she's a very contented baby" which
was true.
That seemed to be the standard questions asked about a baby-particularly
from strangers. Not quite sure why, I think I'd have got irritated very
quickly by it with #1 if she hadn't been that definition of "good" but it
didn't bother me with #2-at least I knew it was nothing I was doing!
Debbie

I was much more sensitive with DS, because he was my first. When people
know it's a first, they give way more advice. With the second, whatever the
answer, they figure I'm going to do what I'm going to do and they leave me
alone. I find myself asking "Is she goood? as a conversation starter, so
there's not too much awkward dead air -- sort of like talking about the
weather. I'm not good at small talk, so I throw out what's common and easy.
I think that's what most people are doing.

Welches wrote:
"cjra" wrote in message

Oh yeah, the 'is she sleeping through the night?" question! Arghhh!
Drives me batty, because if I say no, I get bombarded with "helpful"
suggestions or commentary on our parenting (You SLEEP WITH HER??? ARE
YOU NUTS??? You've created a MONSTER!!!" etc).

The question "is she good?" was always followed up immediately with "Do they
sleep well and eat well?"

Yeah, I want to say "no, she's rotten!"
Actually, DD hardly ever cries (but when she does, watch out!). More
than one person has said they've never heard her cry, much makes me
extra worried when she does around them. STupid I know!