Monday, March 10, 2008

The woes of rolling over


So, Matt and I thought it was just adorable when Alec mastered rolling from his back to his belly. He started doing it all the time, and we couldn't get enough. However, things have taken a little bit of a turn for the worse as Alec has started this new trick at night in his bed. They say that once a baby can roll to their bellies you don't need to worry about them sleeping on their stomachs, so that isn't the problem. The problem is that little Alec hates being on his belly and won't sleep that way. Unfortunately, he refuses to roll back over from his stomach to his back (which is supposed to be the easier way to roll) and therefore needs mom or dad to come and rescue him at night. Long and short of it - he is rolling onto his belly all night long and then screaming until we come and roll him back over. And....this is happening over and over - i.e. every ten minutes. Ahhh!!! So, mom is giving him as much tummy time as possible during the day and we are working really hard at getting that roll mastered, but someone is a little stubborn. And - the big smile on the pics is not the face the little man makes in the middle of the night (but who would take pics of that anyway.) We have his 6 month appt on Wed., so hopefully the doc can give us some pointers. Until then - we are a little more sleepy eyed than normal around here.



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