my baby is almost 5 months old and he is not rolling over. should i worry?

Answer 1

Not yet - my baby rolled over at four months, so yours is still within the range. All babies are different, and if yours was premature, development will be behind by at least as many weeks as the baby was early.

Answer 2

Is your baby holding it's head up by it's self? If so your fine baby don't allways roll over. Other just take there time you never know baby might be an early crawler. Don't base everything on books and other people if your baby is healthy and responsive relax... there will come a day when you will be happy they are just laying on the floor.

Answer 3

Anywhere from 4 to 6 months is considered normal. All of my boys waited until 6 months to do it. My daughter did it right at 4 months! It's hard not to worry though and sometimes friends and family members can be a pain about it! Try not to worry!

I still think my daughter did it so early because her brother who was 20 months old took a great deal of pleasure in moving her toys and pacifier out of reach so that she would cry and struggle for them. So if you're willing to irritate her you can try that. I've never had the heart to do that so I just let them go until they do it.

Your pediatrician will check them out at 6 months and will be able to tell you if there seems to be any unusual weakness or anything.

Answer 4

don't worry about it. The guidelines that the doctors go by are just general terms and they use averages to get the time line as to when your child should start doing things. So if someone starts walking really early then logic tells you that someone else is starting to walk really late. My daughter is 7 months and is pulling up and starting to walk from one piece of furniture to another, but my two boys didn't do that as early. So when everyone says each child is different, believe it.
Just talk to your doctor about any concerns you have, the more info you have the more comfortable you will feel. And as long as your doctor feels that your baby is progressing well, don't worry when or how he begins doing things, he'll do them when he is ready to.

Answer 5

Unless he is not moving at all I would say that he is just fine. There is a wide range of normal for when babies should hit their milestones. He is right in the normal range for his age. Some babies do not roll over until 6-8 months.

Answer 6

Every baby is different. My son is 5 months old and he can roll over by himself.

Answer 7

No, every baby is different and develops at his/her own speed. There could be lots of reasons why he has not rolled over(such as not enough floor time?)Just run it by tour pediatrician at his next well baby visit, though by then he will probably be starting to roll. Have a great day!

Answer 8

No, I don't think you need to be worried over this. A lot of babies just work at their own pace. I didn't even get teeth until I was over a year and a half old. It just depends on how much influence they have. Maybe if you work with them, they'll learn to do it faster. :-]

Answer 9

Your baby is fine... I would say at his next well baby check-up if he still isn't rolling to go over it with the doctor. In the mean time make sure he gets plenty of belly time (supervised) and encourage him too. I found with my girls they rolled belly to back before back to belly.
Good Luck

Answer 10

i wish i would have read this 2 months ago! i wsa worried too whe my baby didnt at 5 months...she just turned 7 months and started rolling between 6 and 7 so its ok.