She had been arching her back and turning sort of sideways for a while, and this time she was able to get her shoulder up underneath her-- the first of two critical arm repositionings (the second being to move the lower arm totally out of the way. This is the part that took 15 minutes).
Step one: Arch the back and lean. Pause a while. Swat at dangly toys.
Step two: Swing the left arm over. Hang out and contemplate.
Step three: Scoot shoulder further back.
Step four: (And do this while parents have looked away so they can't figure out how you finally managed it, and then get flustered and take the picture with the entirely wrong zoom): pull arm underneath to the other side of body.
Step five: Lift head adorably. Make parents realize that from here, the road to crawling is a short one.
Step six: Exhausted, bury face in floor.
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Somersaults yet?
Love the frame by frame saga. I can almost hear her grunting, although she probably didn't grunt. How often does she roll over, now that she's learned it? Is it a hobby or just something to do by necessity?
Looking forward to the photo essay on crawling!
She only did it that one time. But now that it has happened, there's a whole list of things we can't do: leave her on the changing table for even one second, for instance.
And, why yes, she did grunt, kind of. (Actually, all of her noises have gotten slightly less cute lately. When she gets tired, she basically growls. It's so weird.)
Yep - gone are the days of leaving her on the bed, too. You just never know what she'll do next.
Great sequence! Now, the question is: Is she happy about being on the flip side? It's kind of "Okay, now what?"
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