Matthew will be four months old in a couple days and he’s still on the brink of achieving some basic motor milestones that many babies his age have already accomplished. Namely, pushing his chest off the ground and rolling over.
When our baby boy was born, his head measured in the 52nd percentile. Given his family history, we were excited about this very average measurement. However, now that he has experienced some significant growth spurts, our little man is now measuring in the 99th percentile for head size. This means that he is going to need to work extra hard in the early months to achieve some of the same milestones that other babies his age overcome without batting an eye.
That being said, my husband and I have been diligently offering him opportunities to increase his neck strength on a daily basis. We have maneuvered him into the prone position in many different ways (carrying him in prone, lying him face down on our tummies, letting him ride on his tummy on the exercise ball, playing “flying baby”, etc.). Sometimes he loves it…
and sometimes he doesn’t.
I believe he’s finishing up a growth spurt that started a few days ago and wouldn’t ya know, he reached a new motor milestone today — and I caught it on video!
Check it out.
I guess the mini workouts are paying off!
In addition to adding that new skill to his repertoire, Matthew has come oh so close to rolling over from back to front and from front to back. He was just centimeters away from going back to tummy today, so then I pulled out my camera to see if he would duplicate it. Here’s what I got.
I predict that our little grunting boy will reach these milestones shortly after he passes his four month birthday. Until then, we’ll keep doing what we’re doing!
