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Olivia is just past 6 months old now and she can hardly roll herself over. Not that I'm comparing her to other kids her age (that's bad I hear) but are there things I'm not doing? I know you don't know what I'm not doing or doing...

We're giving her 10-15 minutes of tummy-time once a day. She gets kinda fussy when she's on her tummy. She can lift her head and her back somewhat in that position. When she's on her back, she can lift her head up like she's doing sit-ups. Let's see, she's kicking her legs liken nobody's business. She also flails her arms about and often seems like she's hitting herself in the gut repeatedly.

Oh, she can stand with one of us holding her hands. She can pull herself up from a sitting position to standing just with one of us holding her hands.

Baby Livy and I thank you

Wow! She is an incredibly cute baby. I don't just say things like that, either.

Was she born a little early? Sometimes kids who are born early take a little longer to reach those milestones. She looks happy and healthy.

Oh, also, some kids skip steps (for example, never roll over, but just go straight to crawling). Despite what some people will tell you, this is not harmful at all. She will do what interests her the most. If she is pulling herself up with help, she seems right on target in terms of strength and coordination, from what I remember reading. It sounds like you're doing a great job providing her with opportunities to get moving, too.

thanks!

TMK, she was born right on time. Maybe a few days pre or post due-date but the OB measured her at a whopping 11 lbs. and scheduled a c-section. When Olivia came out, she weighed 9 lbs. even.

I wouldn't be worried yet, there's a wide range for timelines for everything. My baby is 7 months old today and he's been rolling around for about a month... I liked it better when he was staying still. He's getting into everything! He ate some paper the other day when I left the room for a minute. Time to babyproof the house. Anyway, I've been taking him to a playgroup (quite a feat for a not-very-social aspie like me... my sister and her baby go too or I probably wouldn't be going) and there's several other babies around the 6-7 month range and they're all at different stages.

It can be 8 months or later for some things . You can't go by Piaget as a rulebook; each child will develop at their own pace. Our granddaughter was pulling herself up early, runs and toddles (she's at 18 months), but doesn't use clearly formed words yet. But they'll come.

cute kid...

what a cutie!! !
i have to agree don't worry about it for a bit, once they're mobile they're trouble. my son didn't like tummy time either, but if you get down wit her it may help, if you're not already doing that, you may also want to give her a bit more tummy time at different times of the day, if she doesn't like it don't push it for too long, but maybe some extra time may be just what she needs. she will do it in her own time.
my son never crawled just went straight to walking by about 9-10 months. so each abby does stuff differently.
i had a book, What to Expect in the First Year, can't find it to let you know who it's by but same series as the what to expect when you're expecting and i foud it quite helpful.

I go with the "they skip milestones all the time". My son (autistic) rolled over (and a lot) shortly after 4 weeks. but he never crawled. He started "walking while holding stuff" at 10 months but didn't walk on his own til 15 months.

My eldest son (has AS) didn't roll until he was 12 months. He was sitting by then and "commando" crawling. He went on to walk at 17 months and now you couldn't pick him amongst a group of other 5 year olds in the playground, The physio said that he just didn't have the abdominal muscle strength to roll. We did lots of exercises with him lying on his side and getting him to roll half way to increase his tummy strength. I did similar exercises with our second son who rolled earlier though I don't know if it was a result of the exercises or not.

Your baby will roll in his own good time, just enjoy him!

some of it may be due to her size. my NT son, who was 10 lbs 11 oz at birth was a little delayed with some gross motor skills. you'd never know it now..what does the pediatrician say about all of this?

the doc says she's right on.

She's 45th%ile at 15 lbs. 14 oz. which is very good considering the obese children he's been seeing lately.
90th%ile for her height at 27 1/2 inches long (tall - whatever)

I just wanna hear her laugh.

all in good time. every child moves at their own pace, has their own unique temperament...........i remember being so very worried about my NT son because he was so very active compared to my aspie son ( this was way before AS was in the DSM). My AS son would sit in his crib for hours playing quietly~no kidding, i actually was able to paint an entire room while he happily played quietly in his crib.......My NT son, though, was a live wire. all over the place, IMO, and into everything............turns out NT son was the typical toddler. who'd have thunk it???

She's gorgeous - so cute. I don't think you could do anything better - you love her - and you want the best for her. She has a good dad.

My daughter used to laugh when we put her lying on her back on the bed - and then we made the bed bounce up and down gently - I love to hear a baby's chuckles.

As someone who has cared for and assessed many a baby, typical and atypical, I agree with all comments above in that Baby Olivia is completely gorgeous . As has been commented on, age level expectancies always represent a range and never an exact point in time when specific skills will be achieved. As sure as no two children grow and develop at exactly the same rate, be assured that Olivia's range of skills and the age at which she acquires those skills, is open to great variation. It's important to remember that it's sequence and not age that is the important factor in evaluating children's progress.

If you would like the Developmental Checklist for Olivia's age(used to assess Gross Motor, Vision/Fine MotorDevpt, Hearing/Speech, Social/Emotional and Cognitive Devpt, let me know. I also have a list of Developmental Alerts and Learning Activities for her age range.

I've no doubt that Olivia will be rolling all over the place and laughing before you know it, when she's good and ready You seem like a very attentive and involved Dad. Lovely to see. All the best.

If there's an overt delay, I'll surely take you up on that checklist. I think if I took it now, all I'd do is make myself nervous.

Thanks for the compliments everyone! It's hard to believe that a baby with my genes could be so beautiful. Must get it from mommy.

Usually I say this to the fathers....

Once the baby is born - the first three to six months suck...

Nothing much happens. You don't get much of a look-in.
All they do is sleep, make noises and drink.

It takes a long while before they can roll over - so don't worry. It also varies widely from one baby to the next.

You've got a beautiful baby and if she's happy, then you can be happy too.

Don't worry about the milestones yet but make sure that she gets plenty of floor time to kick around etc.

She'll hit the milestones in her own good time.

Save the diagnoses for later - like at least aged 2 or later.

Give her lots of floor time. Put toys just out of her reach to.
When she is ready she will roll.

as everyone else said she is just soooooo beautiful.