Baby on the move

The days of plopping Jonathan down on the floor and wandering off for a bit are drawing to a close. I can no longer be sure he'll still be there when I come back! He started with rolling front-to-back on Mother's Day. That sure cut down tummy time in a hurry. He sits for longer and longer periods, but as he gets more aggressive in reaching for toys, he can do a sort of semi-controlled fall and get down to the ground. And now, for the last two days, there's one more piece of the movement puzzle. He can roll back-to-front.

I watched him put these various skills together this afternoon. He was sitting upright when he saw the little sheep toy, far out of reach. First, he planted his hands in front of him and leaned forward until he overbalanced, landing on his tummy. The, he quickly rolled onto his back. The sheep remained stubbornly out of reach. So, he casually flipped over onto his tummy and grabbed it. Then back over onto his back so he could really give it a good going-over with the two Razor Sharp Teeth of Doom. Like most of his new skills, the whole sequence looked almost accidental. However, I've seen him flip onto his tummy a few times in the past few days, so that establishes it as a definite skill in my book.

Hot and sunny walk today - when we got home, I gave Jonathan some water in a sippy cup. He did great with drinking from it as long as I held it with the spout in his mouth. On his own, he likes to try to drink from the bottom of the cup. So, not quite ready for Harvard yet. Of note, he flipped twice more while I've been typing this. He likes to crinkle the elephant ear on his playmat.