Last time we were visiting Sarasota my mom was watching him while I was in the shower. When I came out she said he was wanting one of his favorite music boxes and rolled over to try and get it! When we got home I was sure to watch him closely because I didn't want to miss him rolling! Sure enough the next day Micah and I were sitting with him and he rolled over! Ever since then he's been a big fan of rolling. Funny thing though is he still only rolls to his left side. It also seems like his right hand is more dominant as of right now so when he tries to get a toy that may be why he goes to the left.
It was all fun and games until he started to roll when going to sleep a couple of days later! We had been using a sleep positioner that was inclined because he had been fighting a runny nose at the time. One time he started crying in a way that was unusual for him so looked in the baby monitor and he was not on the sleep positioner, not even in view of the monitor! I ran over to find him on his stomach in one corner, and the positioner pushed over in the other corner. Some how he rolled over the sides of the positioner. We had recently been thinking it was time to start weaning him from being swaddled and this made it definite. Thankfully sleeping without the inclined wedge didn't seem to bother his nose too much. The biggest problem was his determination to roll onto his stomach! Of course this really got bad at about 11 pm when we were all ready to go to bed. I would lay him down on his back, and walk back to bed. By the time I got into bed he would be on his stomach, crying because he doesn't like his stomach. I knew he could roll the other way onto his back (he has been doing that for months now) but for some reason he wasn't doing it in his bed. I kept going back to put him on his back and he kept rolling right back over. After about 2 or 3 LONG days, he eventually figured it out. Since that day he hasn't slept on his back since. In less than one minute after putting him down he's either on his side or stomach. If you would have told me this a month ago that this was going to happen, I wouldn't have believed you. He hate hate hated tummy time! Now he'll even happily play on his tummy for an extended period of time. It's like something clicked for him and now he's fine with it!
Which leads me into his next new interest, watching us eat. He intently watches us as we eat or drink. I originally planned on waiting until he was 6 months adjusted, but now I'm thinking I might start rice cereal for the next month. It'll depend on his weight check-in next week though. He has always been on the low end for even his adjusted age so I might feel more comfortable starting rice cereal if his weight has caught up a little more.
He loves holding onto his feet too. The other day we were driving in the car and there was a lot of traffic so we weren't moving much. He tends to get ancy when we're sitting still so I gave him a toy to play with which he dropped after awhile so he had to entertain himself. I looked back at one point and he was holding onto his feet waving them around and talking to himself. It kept him entertained for awhile longer :)
His 6 month checkup is next week so I don't know his weight and length yet. He was 11 lbs last month. I'm guessing 13 lbs, Micah guesses 15. I guess we'll find out in a few days!
