The twenty-second week

This week Madeline has gotten closer than ever to rolling from her back to her front. This type of maneuver takes much more coordination and momentum than a tummy-to-back roll.

When she's on her back she'll often roll to either side, throwing her opposite leg over and coming this close to going the distance. For practice I'll lay a toy just within fingertip reach near the side of her head. She'll turn and crane her neck and reach with all her might. I have a feeling she'll get there soon.
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Also this week, Wednesday was the first day that Madeline has taken all her naps in her crib. For a few months she had been taking daytime naps in the swing, its gentle motion often a surefire way to make sure she stayed asleep. She's been sleeping at night in the crib for some time, and we moved her morning nap from the swing to the crib a couple weeks ago.

The ultimate goal is to ensure she's not dependent on being in motion in order to sleep. We've been working gradually to replace swing naps with crib naps in tandem with our efforts to get her to sleep more soundly on her own at night, which seem to have been largely successful up to this point.