Since mastering the roll to the side about a month ago, Leni has tried to roll over completely at various occasions - and usually stopped by that pesky extra arm. Each time I told her that I don't know how to teach her how to roll over, she would just have to figure it out herself. It's a good thing I didn't try to teach her (beside the futility of attempting to instruct a four-month old who doesn't understand the english language), because I never would have come up with her method, which she discovered on Thursday, and perfected yesterday.
She lifts her legs up straight into the air, and lets them fall to the right. Then she continues to turn her body, burying her face into the floor. She then straightens her legs to complete the rotation, which of course pins her arm underneath her. A few grunts later and the arm is free.
This process would be vastly harder if she was proportioned like an adult, but somehow with her little baby body it works just fine. It's fascinating to watch her brain go through all the steps, and the excitement the fresh perpective gives her.
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