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Not rolling over anymore

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Cafeaulait27 · 05/05/2022 07:00

Hi all, my 7 month old is not rolling over anymore, I don’t think he’s rolled over since he was 5 months unless I put him on his tummy and he rolls straight onto his back because he hates being on his tummy.

I try to spend lots of time with him on a mat, lots of his favourite toys out etc but he’s not interested in rolling. I also can’t do tummy time because he just flips over. He loves sitting up, loves eating in his high chair, babbling and laughing with us. He also likes to stand up with us supporting him. He rolls onto his side to sleep at night.

he learnt to roll from back to front at about 4 months and did it quite a few times, soon after that he learnt to roll from his tummy to back.

other babies in my baby group that are the same age or slightly younger love tummy time, are pushing up and practicing crawling, and one is sort of bouncing when sitting in a start of bum shuffling I guess.

Am I doing something wrong? Is he ok? My gut was telling me that he’s just not interested in rolling anymore, and is keen on sitting and standing. But turn I kept reading that it’s a regression and I should be worried.

please can anyone who has experienced this with their baby let me know if they were ok? Thanks 😊

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Cafeaulait27 · 05/05/2022 07:03

I forgot to say also - he loves his toys, bashing them, grabbing them and picking them up, switching hands, banging them to make sounds.

i would say in group situations he is sometimes a little more reserved than other babies, and isn’t as confident as he is when he’s just with us at home.

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Phillipa12 · 05/05/2022 07:05

Yes he's absolutely fine. If you didnt like doing something you would do your best to avoid it, your dc is doing the same. If it helps dc1,2 and 4 hated tummy time, dc3 loved tummy time so much he actually didn't sit unaided till 9 months as everytime I sat him down he would flip himself over onto his tummy.

MadameDragon · 05/05/2022 07:12

It’s fine. I had one baby very ambitious to move and roll, and one big placid teddy bear who couldn’t be bothered and just wanted to sit and watch. Ambitious baby walked just before 10 months, placid baby at 14 months and since then there’s been no difference between them.

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Cafeaulait27 · 05/05/2022 07:31

Thank you. I realise I’m doing that classic comparison thing - should be enjoying seeing him with other babies but the whole time I’m thinking ‘why doesn’t he do that?’

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fighoney · 05/05/2022 07:59

He sounds like he is rolling fine, he just doesn't like being on his tummy. My eldest was like that, hated tummy time then around 9 months he started pulling himself forward from sitting and within a week he was crawling. My youngest loved tummy time and started commando crawling at 6months - enjoy the non-mobile time!

Aria2015 · 05/05/2022 08:18

My daughter did this. Rolled both ways a few times on ‘schedule’ and then stopped! Tummy time ended because she’d just roll straight on her back too. She's absolutely fine and now meeting the toddler milestones of climbing everything she shouldn't!

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Cafeaulait27 · 05/05/2022 08:28

Thank you!! I keep reading articles like ‘your baby is regressing, you should talk to your doctor’ etc etc. we feel that he can roll, he just doesn’t want to (unless it’s to get tummy time to end!)

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shivawn · 05/05/2022 08:28

My baby started rolling at 4 months, did it loads for about 2 weeks and then just stopped. Now at 6.5 months he's suddenly started up again and is rolling non-stop again. I think its normal enough for them to take a break while they work on other skills.

TropicalPotatoes · 05/05/2022 08:40

My daughter could crawl but couldn't roll back to front. If she ended up on her back she'd be stuck 😂
She had done it previously a handful of times. But was an early sitter and wasn't interested in laying down.
She was walking by 9 months. (She's able to roll both ways now.)

MadameDragon · 05/05/2022 08:43

Comparison is really the thief of joy.
My MIL was preoccupied by how advanced her nephew, born the same month, was compared with her own child.
It didn’t mean anything. The advanced baby turned out to have severe learning difficulties and can never live independently. The less advanced baby is a doctor.

Dipsydoodlenoodle · 05/05/2022 09:51

My baby 5.5 months rolled A LOT about a month ago...now she's got new things to be doing and doesn't want to roll. She's got new things on her mind haha.

Mrsmch123 · 05/05/2022 14:40

Hi, there are few things happening here. When they are small their head weight pulls them over a lot so they just roll over. The bigger they get the more effort needs to be put in, which some babies just don't want to do.
They also develop weariness of rolling as they can't see where they are going which puts some babies off.
the last thing is some babies once they do a skill they almost check it of the list and move on to another skill say sitting up.
it's totally normal for your LO to be different at home v groups. These babies were born during the pandemic so things weren't the same. My LO is 10 months and I would say in the last month or so has started "chatting" at baby group. Reaching out for
other babies. Prior to this he needed time to warm up😂 my LO hated tummy time and rolled belly to back first as he wanted off his tummy.

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