Achievement unlocked: side roll

AJ has been tipping back and forth when placed on her tummy for awhile now, but very suddenly (it seems) she is rolling onto her side from her back. She can't do a full roll-over onto her tummy, but all our baby books indicate that we should stop swaddling her for sleep at this point since it won't be long before she can and swaddling actually increases SIDS risk if they get onto their stomachs (and it does seem like swaddling is starting to piss her off more than anything, plus she yanks her arms out every single night now). Changing her diapers today has been a special challenge, now that she can attempt to roll away from me while I'm fastening them...

I just happened to be taking some iPhone video today while she was playing in the motion gym and got some footage of the side roll. I will also include a less impressive video of her on her tummy solely so that y'all can hear me talk in a semi-normal voice for once. I am starting to believe there really is some kind of biological imperative to talk like an idiot to babies.






The onesie came from a giant pile of dinosaur baby clothes in various sizes that my mom gave us at our Missouri baby shower. It's nice to know we'll always have at least a couple of dino pieces that currently fit her.