Rolling

[marshmallow2468]

DS (nearly 6 months) started rolling onto his stomach a while ago. About a month ago he started doing it all the time. He managed to make it back onto his back a few times but mostly got stuck on his front. He'd get quite upset when he got stuck and I seemed to spend all day rescuing him. Then about 10 days ago he stopped rolling completely. Any thoughts? Should we be encouraging him to roll? Has he been so traumatised that he's too scared to do it? I'm slightly concerned that as we move him into his big cot from his crib that he'll get stuck on his front in his sleep.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

He's probably bored of rolling and concentrating on acquiring some other skill now!

That's what DH said. So far the only new skill I can see is spectacularly explosive nappies.....

I checked the Wonder Weeks app and it says that babies can appear to regress when going through a developmental stage.

My DD is also 6 months and a few weeks ago she was going mental trying to roll over (didn't manage it!) and then just stopped. She then started getting better at sitting up and can now sit up unaided for short periods. A more useful skill than rolling over, so I'm fine with it!

My dd rolled over a few times when she was little and then just stopped bothering for ages and ages. she only started doing it again when she was about 10 months and realized it was useful for being able to move from lying down to sitting and standing on her own.

my theory is that once she realised she could do it she just didn't bother as she didn't see any point in it. As soon as she had a good reason to roll over she started again happily.

Your ds can do rolling and basically the novelty has worn off it after a while. I imagine he will now move onto something else new and exciting like sitting unaided. I am sure he will remember the rolling again when he needs to.

Typical, he started rolling again this afternoon!

My ds rolled over about 10 times when he first discovered he could and then never bothered again.