Bit worried about baby's development

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Paranoid FTM here!

I'm obviously not looking for medical advice, I'm just hoping that someone can help curb my anxiety

DD is 19 weeks old. She's a happy, alert and laughs a lot. She sleeps through the night and only seems to cry when she's tired/hungry/wet nappy.

I'm just worried that she's not rolling? She does a lot of tummy time and just seems to lift her head and ... shuffle? More interested in getting the mat in her mouth. I've read that they're meant to be rolling from back to front/front to back and I'm getting nothing here.

Saying that, she likes putting weight on her legs and likes to be 'stood up' a lot.

She's a good size baby, 16lb.

Can someone please tell me that I'm worrying over nothing?

Hi, my ds is 25 weeks tomorrow and has still never rolled over, he hates tummy time and sleeps a lot.
I guess thus is karma for me bragging about my first ds who could roll both ways by 9 weeks (!) none sleeping baby who just learned everything in all his free time I guess.
So I guess it's normal!

DS didn’t roll til he was 9 months. Wasn’t interested and was a chubby wee thing so not sure he could have rolled even if he wanted to! He crawled first then rolled and appears to be relatively ‘normal ‘ a few years down the line

Please do not worry.. my daughter didn’t roll until almost 7 months old then didn’t bother again for a couple of months! She is a twin and her twin was rolling at 5 months so completely different!

One of mine didn’t roll until 7 months. He walked at 10 months.

I know a baby who didn’t roll until 7 months and the HV wasn’t concerned at all.

At 5 months of age my baby had learnt to roll into his tummy but was never able to roll from front to back.

I wouldn't worry about it, they all do things at different times regardless of what the books or the Internet says. I was referred to a specialist childrens physio as part of a referral for suspected motor delay when mine was younger and I was advised lots and lots of tummy time, and to roll them over yourself and to sit them up on the floor with your legs around them in case they fall. I did it with mine and I think it did help, but I think he would have got there in the end anyway. Now all he wants to do is stand and walk (while we hold his arms)!

I think she probably can do it if she wanted to, but she may not be interested. Definitely speak to your health visitor if it's still worrying you, but I'm sure there are so many babies who don't meet milestones the traditional way - my brother never crawled, he butt shuffled instead until he could pull himself up and walk. He's almost 18 and perfectly fine

I feel you OP my 17 month old will stand against stuff and cruise around furniture etc but will not walk. It's freaking me out a bit but I've heard that bigger babies take longer to do stuff (she was also a late crawler) so I'm just waiting for the day it clicks with her! People on here often say "talk to your health visitor if you're concerned" I haven't seen a health visitor since whenever the last mandatory sessions were! And we've since moved. So instead I'm just waiting and hoping. Probably not the best advice but honestly they all get there in the end!

Mine is 1 and didn't roll until about 9 months. Still not crawling or pulling up. I took her to a doctor and a physio and even I am worrying far too early so at 19 weeks your baby has plenty of time and it is by no means abnormal that she is not. It is worrying though so I sympathise.

Along with PP I wouldn’t worry either. I can’t remember when DS rolled over but I know he took ages to crawl and then within weeks of that he was walking, at 9 and a half months! Give it time.

I wonder whether the 'norms' for rolling front to back are based on the time when most babies slept on their fronts, before the SIDS connection. All mine were put down to sleep on their fronts from day one and I do think they had stronger backs, necks and arms than my gc who slept on their backs and were, frankly, pathetic at tummy-time compared with their parents.

Anyway, don't worry Op. The most important milestone with young babies is the first smile.

DD is 9 months and never rolled yet. She just doesn't fancy it!!

DC1 rolled at 7 months, but even then not very well! DC2 has been rolling since 3 months. They are all different, and it doesn’t sound as if you have anything to worry about from what you’ve said. Mention it to your HV if you’re worried as you should with any concerns, but she sounds adorable!

(Saying that, I think DC1 might have been later because we used a sleepyhead and apparently that can delay rolling a bit because they don’t roll around in bed as much. Are you using anything like that?)

DD never rolled and she hated tummy time (I just lied to the health visitor), she wanted to be upright all the time! She's 9yo now and perfectly healthy, although to be honest it took her a while to do a rolie polie.

DS was just the same. I don't think he really rolled either, maybe once or twice, only from his back to his front. He just screamed until someone sat him up! Luckily for him, DD was besotted and did his bidding . He's just started nursery and is totally fine. He can roll over now!!!

My 6.5 month old DS still hasn’t rolled over. HV said not to worry, they’ll look into it at 9 month review if he still hasn’t. He sat unaided early and is pulling himself up, trying to cruise. Not interested in crawling or rolling it seems.

It's just way way way too early to worry about it. There is just a huge variation with when babies do stuff. Some babies are walking at an age other babies haven't learned to roll or sit up or move about at all. Likewise some learn to talk fluently while others haven't even said "mama". The best thing you can do is try to just enjoy her and not stress about development. If there is a problem it's not likely to be one isolated issue it would be a whole host of things all together.

OP, I've spent the last 21 months worrying about every milestone for my DS. It has caused me no end of stress and he's perfectly normal and happy. Honestly, unless there is something glaringly obvious, don't worry about milestones and what your DD should be doing. She'll get there in her own time.

Thank you so much everyone

She's still in the Moses basket. Is this ok?

My mother used to have fits because our first daughter never crawled, she shuffled backwards on her bum, looked over her shoulder and adjusted her course to 'lay the mark'!

Wouldn’t worry about it.
One of mine rolled once and became absolutely hysterical that they had done it and never did it again. Ever.
The other did a few flips at 6mths, front to back and back to front but nothing too amazing. Then at 9mo they rolled wherever they wanted to go until they got up and walked, refused to crawl. Actually I never had one who crawled at all, mine completely missed the memo re crawling.

Don’t sweat it OP, all babies and kids are completely different and it’s all normal.

If she’s still in Moses basket then she won’t have the space to roll in the night, I know mine first rolled in their cots and that seemed to be where they practiced it the most. I would say really try not to worry too much about when they can do stuff. I have twins and they reach milestones at such different times so every child is unique and will do it in their own time!

Mine still hasn't rolled, he's 23 weeks. I don't think he will for a while as he was 5 weeks early. He's only started laughing properly last week. I don't really worry about it as he'll do it when he's ready, I think he's a bit lazy anyway he's got no interest in moving anywhere he doesn't even try much

How weird.

I'm just under 5'2. I was 9st just after DD was born and was a size 14. I'm hovering around 8 now and I'm an easy 10.

Weird how much difference a stone makes!

Oops, wrong thread!

My DD didn't roll until she learnt to stand and then suddenly found it useful.Put her on her tummy and she would just eat the carpet.Shes now 15 and no problems.