Milestone

Beckett didn't like tummy time for a long time, and it still isn't his favorite, but he doesn't mind it as much lately. According to What to Expect: The First Year, by the fourth month birthday, babies should be able to: "on stomach, lift head 90 degrees, laugh out loud, and follow and object in an arc about 6 inches above the face for 180 degrees (from one side of the face to the other)." The book says the "should be able to" lists fit approximately 90% of babies, as measured by the Denver Developmental Screening Tests and on the Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CLAMS). Shonn and I just read through this list last night as kind of a fun check - we aren't planning on instituting milestone drills anytime soon. The only thing on the "should be able to" list we hadn't seen yet was the 90 degree head lift, partly because we don't do as much tummy time as suggested. (An hour a day! WHAAAAT?!) But today during tummy time, look what Beckett did! (And I promise this wasn't the result of a milestone training session.)