z can now flip from back to belly. i've been waiting a long long time for that to happen! it should've happened a while ago. i worked a lot on it this week, though, just rolling him over & over again. don't know if that had anything to do with it. however, this has affected his napping & sleeping. we were swaddling him, but we can't put his arms in it anymore. we recently started just putting him down for naps without any rocking or soothing. he generally only fusses or cries 5 min (at the most, 15), and then falls asleep. today, though, he managed to get out of the swaddle immediately & flip himself on his tummy, but then couldn't flip to his back. i thought his crying sounded different, & i checked on him & had to flip him back. i tried swaddling him without his arms, which seemed to calm him down enough to fall asleep.
he can also crawl backwards - it's mostly using his arms. when he's on his belly, his legs splay out like a frog's. once he learns to keep his legs in so he's on his knees, he'll be going non-stop... i'm happy to wait a little longer for a mobile z.
speaking of mobile, z learned to turn on the mobile in his crib. i think we'll need to remove it soon, as all the baby proofing websites say they should be gone after 5 months, or after they can reach it (he can't quite yet).
