A worrier by my very nature, there's hundreds of things to worry about when a baby enters the mix.

For example, a few weeks ago? Sawyer started rolling over. He did it a few times one day and then two days later he did it approximately 10 times. Every time I put him on his tummy, he rolled to his back. Since then, though? Nothing. He doesn't do it any more. Do you think maybe I've worried about this?

Now when I put him on his belly he complains. and complains. and complains. and COMPLAINS. Mike says he's just not interested in rolling anymore - been there, done that. Mike doesn't worry about these things. If Mike's worried, it probably means the world is collapsing at our feet, so I have a hard time accepting Mike's explanations for things... I have learned that he can be correct at times, though. (This is something I have trouble admitting, so *shhhh, our little secret!)

When Sawyer gets on his tummy now, he scooches up his butt and tries to move. I imagine that he's thinking to himself, "Rolling over is for babies. I want to get MOVING!" Though he works so very hard at this new scoot maneuver he has developed, he complains the entire time. I usually let him stay there until the complaining shows signs of turning to actual tears, because if I picked him up after the first complaint he would spend absolutely no time on his tummy. Then when I do pick him up? He looks shocked. He leans forward as if he wants to get back at it, as if to say, "How rude of you to interrupt my hard work, Mom!"

I've decided that I have a very determined, but very easily frustrated little man on my hands. Like his mommy, if he doesn't perfect a new skill immediately, he has no patience for it. He doesn't give up like his mommy would, though. He keeps trying. He groans and grunts the entire time, but he does not give up.

Sawyer has the ability and the skills to roll over, he proved that to me a few weeks ago. He just isn't doing it.

What he DOES, though? He reaches for everything in his path. If you're sitting at a table with him in your lap, be careful of what is within his reach because he will go for it. I didn't think I'd have to worry about that for another couple of months, but I was wrong. Also? He loves nothing more than to stand AND His face lights up in the most magnificent smiles All The Time. Did you know? The other day, I was in the bathroom getting ready, and I had him in his bouncy seat playing with a toy. I turned away for a moment, and when I looked back at him, I noticed he had dropped his toy and was leaning almost out of the entire seat, reaching to pick the toy up again. How did my baby get so big to be able to do that? I guess the bouncy seat is for supervised play time only, now. He also kicks his legs up in the air, grabs onto his feet, and examines them with great intensity. Oh. One more thing. He's trying to master the art of taking his pacifier out of his mouth and putting it back in. It's quite the challenge, but he is determined.

Maybe this is one of those times when Mike is correct. Maybe the point isn't that Sawyer doesn't roll over anymore. Maybe the point is that Sawyer does this, and this, and ohmygosh he just started doing THAT. He's so curious, and he's developing new and interesting skills every single minute. Maybe I should stop lying awake at night worrying about what he's NOT doing, and start lying peacefully at night rejoicing in all that he IS doing.

I'll try.