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November 1, 2006 at 6:33 pm #17024

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I know it is very common for refluxers to hate tummy time so I never obsessed about forcing Sarah to do it. A few minutes each day…tops. It wasn’t a big deal until she started rolling over from her back TO her stomach last week. It’s almost instantly that she’ll flip over…but she still HATES her tummy and gets STUCK once she’s there b/c she never learned to go from stomach to back (which they’re supposed to do first!)

Long story short…I’ve had to go “rescue” her in her crib several times during the night for the past few nights because she’ll flip over and get stuck on her belly. I have told the sitter to give her a lot of tummy time during the day so she’ll *hopefully* learn how to flip back over…but no luck yet.

Is there anything else I can be doing or trying to help her learn how to roll back over? You’d think if she hates her stomach so much, she’d STOP turning over…nope! She will pivot in a 360 circle from her stomach and attempt to propel herself by kicking frantically…but no attempts to roll.

Help!
Amy

November 1, 2006 at 6:57 pm #17027

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I think she’ll get it soon. And meanwhile, I bet she’ll learn to like tummy time. I would just give her as much tummy time as possible like you said. When she’s on her tummy, you might try showing her how to turn back – like press her hand to the floor like she’s pushing, then slowly roll her over. I really don’t think it will take her too long to learn though.

November 1, 2006 at 6:58 pm #17028

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Sarah, I hate to tell you this, but my older one (non-refluxer) could only roll from back to tummy until she was over a year. I don’t know why, it just never clicked. And she hated sleeping on her tummy, so made for some really not fun nights.

November 1, 2006 at 7:22 pm #17031

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My sister taught both of hers to go from tummy to back by finding a toy they loved and putting it sort of catty corner to them and a bit behind them so they could see it in the corner of their eye, then when they reached for it, they kind of naturally rolled to the side a bit, and the more she did that, the easier it was for them to learn!

November 1, 2006 at 8:39 pm #17032

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I cannot believe this…I went to go wake Sarah up from her nap (this time change has really thrown her off…I had to wake her up so I could get her ready for bed!) Anyway, when I went into her room she was sleeping ON HER STOMACH! This is VERY unusual for Sarah. She has NEVER relaxed on her stomach. It was always fussing, screaming, pulling her head high off the ground. She won’t even put her head on my shoulder!!!!!!! Wow…I am still in shock. So now my fears of SIDS are heightened b/c she can’t roll out of that position.

Good news…maybe I won’t be flipping her over in the night if she is comfortable sleeping on her belly

Bad news…should I worry about SIDS?

I can’t wait until my DH gets home so I can tell him. He’s not going to believe it!!!!

Amy

November 1, 2006 at 9:20 pm #17039

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I think she’s safe on her tummy as long as she had good head control and can lift her head up off the mattress and turn it from one side to the other. Sounds like she can do that well. And my guess is she will be rolling from stomach to back fairly soon.

Speaking of the time change….I HATE time changes. I wish they’d just revoke this stupid, antiquated, daylight savings thing. Sorry. I’m just a chronic compainer.

November 1, 2006 at 9:33 pm #17043

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Alex started rolling back to front about a month ago. She hasn’t figured out how to go front to back yet. When she first started doing it, she hated tummy time and would get really upset every time she rolled over (which was constantly). Within a pretty short amount of time she got used to her stomach and now she’ll play happily on her tummy for quite a while. Her ped said that the SIDS risk is really small once they can pick their head up well. He also said that now it’s more likely for babies to roll back to front first because they don’t spend as much time on their tummies.

November 1, 2006 at 9:41 pm #17044

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suprisingly, my son started rolling over at 3 months. he is now learning to roll himself back over….
but i cannot stress enough how important tummy time is. my son got some, but apparently not enough, because he hated it and i didnt know any better…and now we have to go to physical therapy because his upper body is so week (which torticollis contributed to) and he is a bit behind developmentally because of it. he is almost 6 months and still cant lift himself up on his arms, and the PT lady said many 3 month olds can do that

November 2, 2006 at 6:08 pm #17101

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i have the same exact problem, but mine is reverse. Shane will constantly flip himself from his tummy to his back all night long… and he only sleeps on his tummy. so he cries when he flips himself over and i go in there and constantly flip him back..

I CANT WAIT UNTIL HE LEARNS TO ROLL HIMSELF BACK OVER TOO!! glad to hear sarah got the hang of it, hopefully shane will learn soon too 😉 and i wouldnt worry about SIDS at all with her, she is a lot older now, and is able to roll over and lift her hear. Shane has only slept on his stomach and we have never had any problems, but only a lot of sleepless nights because of my worry…

November 2, 2006 at 6:52 pm #17106

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Just wait until she can get up on all fours and can’t figure out how to get back down!! (Aidan never did this but both my sister’s kids did) they would be half asleep and not be able to figure out how to lay down!! Aidan did the same thing when he learned how to sit up!

Natalia-wow, I didn’t know torticollis could get that bad, both my sister’s kids had it and got over it just fine, all she had to do were some specific neck streaches for 5-10 mins a few times a day. here’s a hug for you guys!!!

November 2, 2006 at 11:03 pm #17126

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Thanks for the SIDS reassurance. She can definitely lift her head high off the ground and turn it so I won’t worry as much about that.

The more time she is spending on her stomach now the more she seems to be enjoying it. It used to be 30 seconds or less and she was screaming in frustration…but she can play for several minutes now before she starts fussing! I hope everyone is right and she will learn to roll soon (Lori – I hope my Sarah doesn’t take as long to roll as your Sarah!)

Thanks for all the advice!
Amy

November 3, 2006 at 9:06 am #17139

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Amy:

Abby is 9 months old and still hates being on her tummy – How the heck is she supposed to learn how to crawl if she doesn’t spend time on her tummy . Maybe she will just walk instead and skip the whole crawling thing

Robin

November 3, 2006 at 10:54 am #17142

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We had this issue with Dylan when he would roll from stomach to back and not be able to flip back over at night. He would scream and I would tell David to “go flip the pancake”. It only lasted a few weeks until he could roll the other way, but I remember hating those few weeks……

Hang in there………

November 3, 2006 at 3:07 pm #17155

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Robin, she might skip crawling altogether, my first did!! He learned to sit up, then scooted on his butt til he learned how to pull up and cruise around at around 12 months. From what I’ve heard/read, crawling isn’t really considered a “milestone” anymore b/c there are so many kids that learn to move in a different way before they start walking.

November 3, 2006 at 3:26 pm #17159

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It’s kind of funny but when Abby is laying on her back on the floor, she picks up her butt and scoots across the floor pushing with her feet – she looks like a little inchworm.

Thanks for the encouragement

Robin
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