Baby does not roll over

[Lemebe]

Hello lovely moms, my ds is 3 months and 3 weeks does not roll over, hates tummy time and his head is still not steady . I am just curios is there anyone else in my situation ? Should I talk to the GP about it?

Don't think DS rolled till much older than that and hated tummy time.

He's 3y3mo and is absolutely fine on all his motor skills now

And go to HV rather than GP in first instance

DD rolled over at six months properly. Prior to that she could roll off me or roll if she was lying on the soft bed but not roll over on a flat surface. She detested tummy time but spent a lot of time on my chest.
She's now ten months and I will say it's had a knock on effect - she's recently started a sort of crawl and just learnt to get into a sitting position independently. She's not yet pulling up but is building strength in her legs and bearing weight well.
I have gone to the health visitor over all of it as i worried at each stage but they've constantly reassured me that it's within normal development. Also it does make sense if she is late with one she will be with the next activity too as she needs to build up her strength.
At 3 or 4 months I wouldn't even have thought to worry about it though.
If you are genuinely worried speak to your HV as they are best placed but it doesn't sound worrying to me

Just to say also she is now a very proficient roller and mostly rolls instead of the crawling technique she's developed. She can pivot and spin and roll at great speed and that came on pretty fast once she started.

Thank you so much I feel better after knowing my ds isn’t only being late to learn his skill. Being a FTM is so hard I believe, every lil things about him makes me worried, then I start relating one thing to another and makes me more nervous, for an example my ds doesn’t sleep enough , day nap is only half an hour (3-4 naps a day ) and at night he wakes up in every Hour. so I was thinking may be His development is delayed because of lack of his sleep? I know I might be overthinking but everything’s so stressful for me.

I understand. And actually I find my anxiety about DDs development is so much worse when I'm tired.

I try also to stop focusing on what she can't do compared to others and what she can (like she's a brilliant communicator and is very clear in what she wants and tries so hard to get you to do it for her, she has amazing co ordination and fine motor skills and she's so enthusiastic at her music classes and she loves to dance - she's so expressive and she is a really happy baby - when she isn't teething). Also she was a rubbish sleeper for a while so I downloaded an app called the huckleberry app with works out when you should put her down for naps and bedtime and it's made such a big difference.

Also once she was over six months and out of her Moses basket she hated the cot or the crib and we started co sleeping which made such a difference.
Do what you can to get some sleep - it has a real impact on your mental well-being.

And I know how hard it is to stop worrying but do try and reframe the conversation in your head and look for all the amazing things your little one is doing so well in. I got so bad worrying about stuff until I realised I wanted to be my baby's biggest cheerleader and so I needed to celebrate all the stuff she was good at, not focus on why she isn't pulling to stand yet when someone else's baby can. The range to hit milestones is so big for this reason too, not every baby will do it at the same time (or even in the same order!) in many ways it was easier in our parents generation - there wasn't a book telling them babies had to do everything by a certain time, they just did it when they were ready.

@zaffa thank you so much for your supporting and positive words it really helps to focus on what I supposed to, my ds also loves talking ( whole day he is chatter chatter) doesn’t cry much. so as you said, I need to see that part of him not the other thing he can not do. And I am going to download huckleberry app and see if that can help me too. My LO also doesn’t like to sleep in his bed (restless all the time when he is on his bed) so sometimes he sleeps on my bed and then I get so worried if something happen to him( have heard about SID while co sleeping) so again I can’t sleep thinking of that but he sleeps better when we share the bed lol 😂 . Even though I haven’t slept from last 3 months still I try to be happy and smiley in front of him because my tiredness shouldn’t effect him I think. Sorry my English isn’t as good as yours hope you understand my broken language

My daughter didn’t roll both ways until 8 months, crawled at 9 and took her first steps on her 1st birthday. She just wasn’t very interested in rolling! She’s 18 months now, running everywhere and chatting away - development completely on track, if not a little ahead in some areas.

It’s really not anything to worry about, especially at such an early stage. Babies don’t really the textbooks, they develop at their own rates (sleep patterns included, unfortunately!) x

Don't worry I understand exactly what you are saying! I think we all speak the same language when we worry about our babies!

My baby didn't like to sleep anywhere but her Moses basket although she is a big baby so was in it for too long. I understand your worries though - I wouldn't let her sleep in my bed until she was over six months I was so worried about SIDS. I think if you are desperate you should speak to the health visitor about safe co sleeping - a lot of people say it is possible to do safely but I was always too scared.
Someone else may come along with advice on that too.

But I do know that not sleeping well caused my natural anxiety to skyrocket and I would worry over every tiny detail of my baby and being so tired meant I worried I would make a mistake too and maybe make a bottle too hot or something. It's hard to balance but make sure you take of yourself too - otherwise it makes it hard to take care of baby well.

Everyone says it and it's hard to put aside your worries in the moment but focus on just enjoying spending time with little one - the time flies so fast really even though it can feel like every day is so long.

@Lemebe DS is a crap sleeper, I was too. I have an oxbridge degree, think I did ok developmentally.

DS is 3 now, his vocabularl is spectacular, counting to 10+ etc.

He's been on the slower end of normal for gross motor skills but honestly, we were actually happy to have a little longer when items were safe where you put them and the dogs were happy to be later to be chased!! And he's always been quite big so probably needed more muscle etc to move!!

[quote Harrysmummy246]@Lemebe DS is a crap sleeper, I was too. I have an oxbridge degree, think I did ok developmentally.

DS is 3 now, his vocabularl is spectacular, counting to 10+ etc.

He's been on the slower end of normal for gross motor skills but honestly, we were actually happy to have a little longer when items were safe where you put them and the dogs were happy to be later to be chased!! And he's always been quite big so probably needed more muscle etc to move!![/quote]
That's what I say about DD - she's very big (long as well as chubby) and I blame that for being a bit slower to roll or pull up etc as I think it must be harder for her as she has all the extra weight to contend with. The cats are also most grateful that they can still saunter past and don't have to rush in case she lunges for them (she does lunge, she just is slower than their saunter at crawling over still....)

Hi again lovely mums out there , thought let you all know my LO started rolling over from last 2 days. I left him on the play mat and went to loo when I came back he was on his tummy already . Thank you so much guys for the reassurance. Sleep is still a big issue though, in fact it’s gone worse 😞😞 He wakes up in every hour, last night he was awake whole night. I am exhausted, feel like haven’t slept from months. Need advice please . Thank you all