We're Not Rollers Around Here

I thought it was just a quirk of hers when Little R didn't roll.  She was a back sleeper who hated tummy time and I figured it was probably just my inability to enforce the APA suggested time on her stomach that kept her from every bothering to figure out how to roll forward or back.

Fastforward two years to Sweet Z who is now just about to turn 6 months old.  He, too, doesn't roll.  So now I'm thinking maybe it is genetic.  Although, I never enforced tummy time with him, either.  Nature versus Nurture then.  I should probably reevaluate my relationship with the standard protocol for helping your children reach basic milestones.

We do get this far but then that arm that is stuck underneath him becomes too much of an obstacle and he just hangs out like that.  Until I feel bad and pick him up.  Usually about 45 seconds after he shows any signs of distress.

Taunting him with the toys is starting to become more effective, I'll admit.  At least now he bangs the ground in front of him until he is able to move the blanket close enough to reach the toys.  Muscle strengthening it is not but he is going to be a champion problem solver.

We can now safely say he sits on his own.  Which does have a tendency to make the jungle less effective.  No one likes to have those butterflies banging them in the head all day.