The Rollover

Back to front? Front to back? What will come first? "They" say most babies will rollover from front to back between 3-4 months and then from back to front 5-6 months. 10 days away from her 6 month birthday and my little munchkin seems to have decided that she's not going to do either.
It's not that I'm worried that she'll never rollover. As one of my friends once said - how many healthy adults do you know that can't roll over?? But... that doesn't stop me from being a little bummed out by it. I have been researching this, and apparently alot of babies 'skip' this step and just start sitting up and then crawling and on to walking. Still.... why?? We've been doing all the exercises and tricks to try to get her to rollover but the minute she gets close to it, she panics and rolls back the other way. Even if we try to give her a nudge or pull her over, the instant she feels any pressure she stops trying and instantly rolls back. I don't know what else to do.
On top of this, I don't know that it was a mistake as such, but now we have another problem. OK, not really a problem, but we have let her try the Jolly Jumper, and well, she's addicted!! She loves it so much, that now it is difficult to get her to do anything else. All she wants to do is jump!  It is so fun to watch her though, she laughs and jumps all the time, definately keeps us entertained. The funny thing is she seems so coordinated when jumping. From our experience, we seem to remember other babies trying to jump, always seem off balance and jump with 1 leg or can't jump at all and our little girl is so together, jumping with both legs and completely in control. How is it she can be so coordinated in some areas, and behind in others?
Of course we all know that every baby is different and grows and advances in their own way but it really is interesting.
I'll keep ya posted if the rollover finally occurs, we are working on it.

On another note - the feeding is going well. Both the rice cereal and mixed cereal with fruit are a success and so far we have tried Sweet Potato, Avocado and Squash. The Sweet Potato and Squash are a hit but the avocado isn't quite as popular. We'll try again in a few days and see if it goes any better.

Feeding - Step 1, 2, 3

So much information about feeding the babes, really, what is right?? Of course, what works for me and Baby is what is right, but a little scary knowing if you are doing it right. I don't want to overfeed, underfeed, cause allergic reactions, and whatever else we are "warned" of.

Most of us start off breastfeeding, as we all know this is supposed to be the best for baby. I was so convinced that breast milk was the best, I was horrified to give her formula. After a few nights of fussiness and a tenderness of my breasts I realized that I was not providing enough food for her and needed to give her some formula as a top up. I was devastated.

A month of so later and the thought of formula doesn't even phase me anymore. Good thing too, as it seems my body is starting to tell me that the breastfeeding might be coming to an end. *I got my monthly visitor back today - I'm feeling ripped off!! I thought not having it was one of the joys of breastfeeding! :(
On top of my body issues, I'm not sure how long I'll be able to keep it going as I'm one of those lucky mom's whose baby decided to get her first teeth early! At 4 months baby got her bottom front 2 teeth and the last couple days she's really been figuring out how to use them. She managed to draw blood on my nipple yesterday! Of course I can pump and will continue to try to provide breast milk to baby for at least another couple of months but not sure I'll be able to.

So now I am on to the fun of solids. I started with rice cereal at 5 months (1 tablespoon as suggested) and things went well, another week of the rice cereal and I moved on to the whole grain mixed cereal with fruit today. (Step 2 of the Heinz organic stages) I've upped it to 2 tablespoons but am a little confused as to when to up the amounts and how long to stick to each food. I guess we'll just keep feeding her until she lets us know she's full...  I hope she knows when that is and I don't end up with Buddha baby!!

I'll keep up with the whole grain cereal for the week then I'm going to attempt "real" food. After all my reading of articles etc. I have decided that I will try veggies first, and move on the the fruit in a month of so. I'll be sure to keep you updated as to how the food prep goes, as I am attempting to make my own. Fingers crossed.