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I would set some boundries for the 2 year old and allow the 9 month old the floor time due prior to making any phone calls.

Give the baby time to be baby and achieve mildstones as ready.

More likely than not -- just needs the time to get the groove going.

Relax, for a bit longer ignore the dr. and just let be and see what happens.

Let her play on the floor... Sit right there and try to use a toy the she likes and put it on the side of her. Play a game like you would with a puppy, and yes I said a puppy. Show her the toy, and make sure she see's you put it next to her. Keep doing this till she roll's over. Another way is to put her on the floor and play with her by rolling her over. Make it like a game. But babies need to be put on the floor so they can move around, and learn. Let your 2 year old help as well. Trust me your baby will start to copy what the two year old does, and her or she can help alot in your babies learning to grow...

They do consider rolling over one of those key milestones for development. As you said, it's harder to let later children have as much floor play time though. My first 2 are only 17 months apart and my next one is 27 months behind so I understand. Each one of my little ones have been a little bit slower to hit many of those marks. I thing I found to work best for getting in floor time is to just schedule it in your day - meaning you go play on the floor too. Put the little one on her back or belly and encourage her to play with you and a toy on side so she has to reach. This is also a good way for you to model and teach your 2 year old to handle having the baby on the floor without hurting her. My third rolled over about 5 months I think, but she literally rolled back to front and back again and then didn't roll again (that I was aware of) until she was crawling and had a purpose for rolling - getting into position to crawl someplace. Now she thinks it is great fun to rolls several times in one direction when playing on the floor. It really is important for their development to spend a good amount of floor time so I'd say the best thing to do is figure out how you can make that happen. She can't develop stregnth and learn to do motor skills without practicing. While jumpers and exersaucers can be fun and helpful for keeping them safe from young siblings, their hips are actually in a position that does not promote walking. So if they spend too much time in them, it can actually delay their milestones.

My suggestion would be to be down on the floor with her and roll her over yourself. If you do this back and forth for awhile, she might start to do it on her own.

Hi K.,

If you are concerned, I would contact your county's early intervention program to have your daughter evaluated. It is free and they will assess every component of her development. If all is fine, it will certainly give you peace of mind...if there is a minor lag, they have therapists (also free) who can bring her up to speed. Good Luck.

I had concerns with my third. Everyone told me not to worry. I finally had him evaluated at 21 months. He was ok then. But then as the 2nd year progressed, I continued to have concerns. He was evaluated again in April and is currently receiving services that will bring him up to speed and get him where he needs to be. If I could do it all over again, I would have had him screened earlier....

Warmly,

T.

Hi K., I had a similiar situation with my youngest son. He had rolled over, but not very much. Sometimes it would be upwards of a week between rolls. He was sitting and reaching for toys though. When I asked my peditrican she told me not to worry. He had moved on to the next milestone and probably did not want to go back to rolling over. She did say it was important for him to still get tummy time since the next big milestone is crawling. Good Luck!

I know that you've already written back, but I wanted to just wanted to give you a couple ideas that worked for my girlfriend. Get a small inflatable beach ball, blow it up and lay your baby on her stomach, on the ball. Hold on to her ankles or waist (whichever you feel most comfortable with) and roll her forward and back. Do this for a few minutes every day.
You and your 2 year old could also try to rolling around on the floor in front of the baby, and crawling. My girlfriend and I both noticed that our babies want to do exactly what the toddlers are doing, so it may just stimulate her and give her the idea/want to roll.
My children are 20 months apart, and I know how exhausting and frustrating it is trying to "protect" the baby from the toddler and the toddler's smaller toys. Try to give your baby more time on the floor though. Sometimes I would quarentine off an area and tell my son that he wasn't allowed within those particular limits for X number of minutes. OR I'd put her on the floor to play and break out the crayons and coloring book and color with my son to give her some time on the floor.
I hope these help. And don't worry about your upcoming appointment. Another friend of my had to have a physical therapist help her 14 month old learn to roll, crawl and then walk. Within 3 months, he was already walking. Best of luck.

She absolutely needs to be on the floor quite a bit during the day for "tummy time". This time is the perfect time to gain body muscle strength to roll, later to get up on all fours and later to crawl and so on. What and when she learns now is a chain reaction to what she will accomplish later. You would think she'd be doing some rolling over in her crib and her own tummy time in there. I would put her on the floor as much as possible with toys just out of her reach, and a couple within. Your older child just needs to learn to be careful and have her own space as well. They can play together with supervision. If the doctor is truly concerned then I'd request to have her evaluated to rule out any other problems. Better to know now than down the road. But put her on the floor with toys and let her go!

K. B
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put her on the floor try rolling her and let the other kids also help. is she trying to stand?

My daughter didnt roll over until she was 9 months old, then she went straight to crawling and pulling herself up. I would suggest to your doctor though if you really think your gut feeeling is telling you something is wrong to hold off on any more vaccinations until you figure this out. Vaccines can really damage a childs nervous system and aid to devellopmental delays in some children. Good luck.

i believe that when a child is ready to roll over he or she will,do not get upset over it they move at there own pace,when it happens it happens ,every child is differant,do not stress. M.

Definitely call the Early Intervention (EI)###-###-#### is the number I have called in Bucks County, but tell them where you live and they might give you a different # to call. Tell them the situation and they will send a team to evaluate your daughter. If they determine that she has a delay (it has to be at least 25%) then they will set up services. Most likely she will receive physical therapy (PT) to work on her muscle tone. My now 2 1/2 year old could not sit up at all when he was 9 months. He started PT and OT when he was 10 months and they had him sitting up in no time. They know how to work the right muscle groups to strenthen them. He walked at 15 months which is a little late but not bad considering he couldn't even sit up at 10 months! If they do set up therapy, they come right to your house and it costs nothing (your taxes pay for it). They have been great with my son! It's worth it to at least have someone evaluate her rather than wait and regret that you didn't try something.
She might just need a few months of therapy to catch up, or she might need longer depending on how she develops.
Good luck with whatever you decide!

Hi K., Put the child on the floor. The 2 yr old will just have to deal with the rules! She won't roll, crawl, stand or walk if she doesn't have lots of floor time to TRY! Good luck and best wishes.

If you haven't had her on the floor much up to this point, then I wouldn't worry. She can't learn a new trick if she hasn't had time to practice it. Also my son only started rolling over at 8 & 1/2 months. He also started crawling, pulling up on furniture & cruising all at the same time. For a long time he was making no progress, then all of a sudden (it might have even been all in the same day) he just started everything! I recommend increasing your daughters floor time and find toys to encourage her to roll over. I wouldn't worry too much every kid is unique & does things in there own time.
However, if you truly are concerned & can't shake that feeling, then by all means, take her to the doctors.

No worries! My 9 month old doesn't roll over yet either. I was just at the doctor last week and he said not to be concerned at all. He stated that sitting is harder than rolling over and it will all happen in due time. I also have a 3 year old and for the same reasons our 9 month old doesn't get much tummy or back time. She is perfectly content just sitting there playing with her toys and watching her sister play. :)

See if your pediatrician will write you a prescription for an evaluation. Ask them where to go to have it done. It may be nothing, but I feel better "safe than sorry"! Good luck and don't freak yourself out over this--she may just not WANT to do it!

If she is a large infant that may be the reason that she hasn't rolled over. (My kids all were quite large...and as such they rolled over late....our pediatrician said it's because they were heavy :) Since your pediatrician has expressed concern....then I would immediately start putting her on the floor and encouraging her to roll over. Perhaps do it when your 2-year old is eating lunch or engaged in another activity. Best of luck.