Mio surprised me today by rolling over from her back to her front for the first time! We hadn’t anticipated her to hit this developmental milestone for at least a couple more months, so it was quite a pleasant surprise. I had her lying on her back for a while on her playgym, watching her out of the corner of my eye while I was making lunch for myself in the kitchen. I saw her slowly turn herself and roll over — it took fifteen minutes, but she did it! Thinking it may have been a one-time fluke, I put her on her back again. When I looked over five minutes later, she was once again on her tummy!

Thinking that if she’d done it two times, she’d do it a third, I decided to try to catch it on video. Here is her attempt to roll over.

(Please excuse her poorly color-coordinated outfit. I just pulled out whatever clothes I found this morning to dress her, not knowing that she’d have such a camera-worthy moment today! Shame on Mommy for letting Mio commit a fashion faux pas in her moment of glory!)

All the effort to roll over must be exhausting — Mio fell asleep midway, while still on her side!

After her little nap, she woke up and did it again successfully this time! The proof is in the video:

 

Since then, she’s been rolling over several times, and she’s been getting faster and better at it each time. She must have done it a dozen times today! It’s her new favorite thing to do, apparently. 😛

We are so proud of Mio and how much she’s becoming able to accomplish!

I’ll end this post with a bonus video of Mio smiling and cooing. 🙂