My Baby Can Turn!

At about 4th month, Valerie started turning to her side, mostly to her left. But it was not a full turn. She'd just turn to her side and lie there for a while. This got mommy and daddy pretty excited. We thought Valerie was going to turn soon. But this didn't happen until about 2 weeks later.

It happened in the middle of the night. Baby Valerie suddenly woke up about 4am and refused to go back to sleep. And there we saw her stretching her body to the fullest, trying to turn. But she didn't know how. We waited for a while, but nothing happened. Mommy tried to pat her back to sleep but Valerie cried in frustration.

Somehow she was determined to turn that morning or she's not going back to sleep! Desperately, daddy gave her a light push near her feet and then.. voila... she turned!! You should see the glow in her eyes when she managed to turn. She was very very pleased with herself. And immediately after that, she went back to sleep! Hah!

The next morning, she tried to turn again. This time, she managed to do it without daddy's intervention. Not that well yet as one of her arm still stuck underneath. She has yet to figure how to release her arm.

But like the saying goes "Practice makes perfect", Valerie kept turning more and more the next few days. Soon she mastered the skill. Within seconds she would flip both her legs to one side, giving her the momentum and then turn and look at you. And soon she figured out the release arm part. Mommy was so proud :D

At her next doctor's appointment, the paedi did the usual examination and then asked me, "Can Valerie turn yet?". But before he could finish the sentence, Valerie already lying on her tummy and smiled at him. So, that answered his question. Hehe...