Mr. Rock and Roll

For about a couple weeks now Sasha has been rolling from his back to his front. This is fairly common for babies his age and considered a gross motor development and a precursor to crawling. Now when babies, at least ours, learn a new skill they like to practice. Apparently our darling son is an overachiever since not only does he like to practice during the day, but also at times during the wee hours when he should be counting sheep. 

Rolling is a new found hobby for Sasha, not quite as popular as sucking his hands, but pretty darn close. I've read that babies like to practice new things that they've learned in their sleep, and why should our little guy be any different. We had a few nights where Sasha woke up crying since he ended up on his tummy and wasn't quite sure what to do. For now he can't roll from front to back only back to front. 

At Sasha's four month check up (he's now 25.4inches and 13.5lbs) last week our pediatrician told us we should flip him on his back and leave his room immediately. Well, that may work for other babies but our little guy is well, how do I say this, but sorta obsessed with rolling. 

On the few nights Sasha woke up here's how it went down. Mommy places Sasha on his back to start the night, Sasha ends up on belly, Sasha cries, Mommy quickly puts Sasha on his back, Sasha rolls onto his belly, Sasha cries, Mommy quickly puts Sasha on his back, Sasha rolls onto his belly, Sasha cries....you get where I'm going with this. After about 20 minutes Mommy won or the little guy exhausted himself. 

Below is some live footage from an attempt at nap time of how this goes down. Please note that Sasha's sheets are not stained and I am not a bad mother. I had just put new sheets on his bed and he drooled all over them while, well, rockin' and rollin'. 

Taking a little break before he gets to his tummy

Success

Repeat (please note the crying portion was eliminated)

Alas, on his tummy again...and so on and so on....

Apparently barrel rolling is next which means a full roll from back to tummy to back. We can't wait for that!