Aiden has still to this point, not shown any interest in rolling from tummy to back. He rolls onto his tummy the second we lay him down on his back, but never the reverse. Sometimes when we lay him down at night he rolls onto his stomach. He will lay in his crib like that for a long time, talking away. Until he gets mad because he is tired and unable to fall asleep on his stomach, that is.
For some reason, he does not seem to grasp the concept of turning his head so he can lay down on his stomach. Instead he lays face down in the mattress, upset at the situation. Generally when we lay him down for the night, it takes him five minutes to fall asleep. When he is still jibber jabbering ten minutes after we've put him to bed, we know with almost complete certainty that he is laying on his stomach. To speed things up, we usually go into the nursery and flip him over.
Last night, I decided that it was time we let him fight it on his own. I was hoping for one of two things: 1) He would learn how to sleep on his tummy by turning his head to the side, or 2) he would learn how to roll over. We were in for a surprise. As soon as we laid him down in his crib, he flipped over onto his stomach. I told Travis I wanted to let things run its course, so we left him be and closed the door to the nursery. Five minutes later Aiden was silent. When I realized that several minutes had passed without a peep from our little man, I freaked out and ran into his room.
What did I find? Our son, asleep on his back. That little monster rolled from his tummy to his back!! I have only seen him do that three times before and it has been MONTHS since the last time. I have a feeling that he has known how to do it all this time, but never wanted to do it. Sort of like how he is with his bottle. He can hold it himself, and he will hold it himself if we trick him. But only for a few minutes before he realizes he is unable to completely relax. Then he drops the bottle and gets mad until we pick it up for him again.
That little stinker.
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I love what a little trickster he is! :)
That is hysterical! I love the fact that kids learn the art of manipulation so early in life! LOL! Landry is the complete opposite...She refuses to sleep on her back. I have let her sleep on her side because I was too scared to let her sleep on her tummy..you know what the books say! Not to mention that they repeat "make sure you put her to sleep on her back" about a million times before you leave the hospital. Inevitibly she always finds her way to her stomach! Even when we lay her on her mat on her back, she rolls over to her belly!
Hopefully we can get Aiden and Landry together soon to "play" maybe they will teach each other how to roll the opposite way! LOL
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