roll over, roll over...

overall, the girls are pretty good sleepers. with avery, it took about 9 months to really get the sleeping through the night thing down, but once she did, it's been smooth sailing (with the exception of sickness and other random blips). nola has one-upped avery and has been better at sleeping than not since 4 or 5 months. at night at least. for naps, she'll have a few weeks of excellent naps, then go through little changes that screw up the schedule.

like this week: rolling over.
and getting stuck.
and screaming her head off.
until she's rolled onto her back.
repeat.

a few days ago i put her down for her afternoon nap and everything was going as planned. she fussed for a minute or two when i left the room, then was quiet. 10 minutes later however, she started screaming. i raced upstairs thinking something was terrible wrong and found her on her hands and knees, sobbing. she had backed herself into a corner of her crib and was stuck.

see, she can roll both ways. and she can get on her hands and knees and either rock back and forth or scoot backwards. but going forwards? not happening yet. which is only a problem when there's a really fantastic toy in front of her across the room or when she's trying to go to sleep.

so for the last few days it's been rough.

but then today...

victory!! it may have only lasted 30 minutes, but she fell asleep on her tummy and the crying was minimal :)

crawling is just one of those things you can't teach. shame.