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Is it the norm for a 6 month old to only be able to roll one way?

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Chocoholism · 26/05/2014 09:41

I'm not worried or bothered at all just curious to know if other babies are like this or is if my crazy baby only! ;)
She rolls from back to front but only to the right not the left.

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angelopal · 26/05/2014 09:51

Was wondering the same thing though mine is only 3 months. She can roll onto her side but its always her left side. Have never seen her even try to roll the other way.

DeWee · 26/05/2014 10:36

Dd2 only ever rolled one way, and was rolling by 6 weeks, but that was because she is missing a hand on one side, so that was much easier.

Dd1 didn't roll until 10 months and rolled both ways.

Ds rolled only one way, was rolling about 5/6 months.

I think it's fairly typical.

One of my friends had a funny story about that. Her dd as a baby only rolled one way, but in such a way that she rolled along rather than rolling back to front, then front to back and ending up in the same place. But she'd never used this as a way of progressing, didn't really roll much anyway until she went away one time.

She went to stay at a hotel when she was about 7 months, and left her playing happily in the middle of the floor while she had a quick shower. Came back into the rool in about 5 minutes, and no baby to be seen. Searched the room, called reception who sealed the hotel, police called. Standing distraught in her room with various members of staff calming her down when she heard a little baby noise... turned out baby had rolled, and kept on rolling all the way under the bed until she reached the wall at the far side, where she was stuck!
Lots of Blush and very relieved mum, hotel staff and police.

BertieBotts · 26/05/2014 10:41

I think it's normal. Probably tells you whether they're going to be left or right handed or something :P

minipie · 26/05/2014 19:47

Are there lots of other signs of "lop sidedness" for example, does your baby always prefer to hold things in one hand rather than the other? do they seem stronger on one side or always have head facing one way when they sleep. If there are lots of signs of favouring one sign it might be worth speaking to GP about getting a physio check up. But if this is the only one I wouldn't worry at all.

Chocoholism · 27/05/2014 10:24

Thanks minipie but no other signs so I'm thinking all is fine :)

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