Baby not motivated to move

[newmum9808]

Hi all! I am a FTM and I am very concerned about my baby’s development. My LB is 8 months old (just turned 7m corrected) and he is very unmotivated to move. He is currently undergoing physio for tightness in his neck which I am doing exercises for to help him. I have noticed a little more freedom in his neck but there is still some stiffness.
The physio also encouraged me to help him roll (he currently rolls b2f confidently but only on one side), he hasn’t figured out f2b yet and just screams when he is on his belly for more than 2 minutes.
He doesn’t sundial despite how much we encourage him because he just hates being on his belly - we have toys a bit out of his reach and use our words to encourage it but he just refuses until I move toys closer to him for him to grab.
I must add he sits beautifully unaided for long periods of time and pushes through his hands well. He also tries to tuck his knees underneath him but they just slip back down. I have tried to encourage him with the all 4’s position but he gets easily frustrated by this too. He has not made any attempt to army crawl, push himself backwards or roll in the other 3 directions.
I am finding it so difficult to play with him or encourage him because I just feel he gets so frustrated and screams all the time.

any advice or similar stories would be appreciated!

I think I would use his dislike of being on his tummy. When he starts protesting, help him roll tummy to back by tucking his arm across his chest and gently tipping him. If he realises rolling gets him out of tummy time, he may be more motivated to do it! If you're lucky, he may then do better with tummy time once he can roll front to back, as he'll know he's not stuck there.

We also used to play a game rolling over and over down our (carpeted) hallway with our first, who was a late roller – I'd help with whichever rolls she couldn't do yet and gradually reduced the amount of help I gave.