Rolling over

Kirby rolled over for the first time today! :)

We haven't been good about giving him tummy time (ie: laying him flat on his stomach). However, we've held him so that he can look over our shoulder and he's been really great at being able to hold his head up that way. I read recently that we should try to give him 20 minutes a day on his stomach - even if it's broken up into 10 2 minute segments, which is good b/c Kirby's definitely not a fan!

I put a mattress on the floor yesterday to give him some time on his stomach. He was ok for about 5 minutes before he got really aggravated. He was able to lift his head some, but not higher than I had already seen.

This morning, I did the same thing.... mattress on the floor for tummy time. When I set him down, I looked at his little feet kicking and thought that that he looked really cute and that I should get the camera. I didn't feel good about leaving him alone on the floor (I didn't want Bingham to come over and lick him :P ) so I decided not to get the camera. After about 30 seconds, I noticed that Kirby's head was lifted higher than I'd ever seen before. I rubbed his back and gave him lots of encouragement b/c he was starting to get upset and the next thing I knew, he had completely rolled over on his own!! I was so stunned!

As soon as he rolled over, I laughed and told him how amazing he was. He smiled back at me, but then he went back to crying. I imagined him thinking how he temporarily responded to me laughing and smiling but then realized he was pissed off at being on his belly and then somehow magically ended up on his back. :)

I put him on his belly twice more today in hopes that he would roll over but he didn't. I'm sure it's going to be a while before he does it again, but at least the thought of it happening again encourages me to put him on his belly more often than I've been doing. :P

I recorded him on his belly during one of the non-roll over times. He didn't roll over, but he's still awfully cute!