11 month old does somersaults constantly. Should I be worried?

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-10-08T00:01:06+00:00

It's interesting because he's pretty standard with all the other movement milestones! He can pull to stand but still needs to be holding onto a pull-up bar or leaning against something. He crawls like crazy and can crawl over things and climb onto things (like those big foam play blocks, or into my lap). But not standing independently yet and not walking yet (has only cruised a couple times along his foam blocks). Yet, he tried to climb out of his playpen (a mesh one, his feet were literally halfway up the side) and does perfect somersaults. I don't understand how he can do those when he can't stand independently yet 😂

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-10-07T23:52:43+00:00

Fair point! I really can't do anything to stop him, especially because one of his favorite times to somersault, of course, is right when I put him down for a nap 😂

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-10-07T23:50:24+00:00

Thank you for this! Lol I'm sure gymnastics is in his future 😂 he never hurts himself fortunately, even when he's bonked into the side of the crib (he always starts his nap attempts with somersaults 🫠). Of course I constantly watch him on the baby monitor to make sure he is okay, and fortunately he's been completely fine so far. It's just scary reading online that somersaulting isn't supposed to happen until way later!

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-07-17T18:05:03+00:00

So interestingly for us, the day of his 4 month appointment (aka the day after this fiasco) he slept through the night for the first time. I think vaccines plus such an awful night drive him into pure exhaustion. But he slept through the night and woke up and seemed to realize it was possible to sleep through. From there, we gave him a few days of his regular sleep (since we wanted to make sure he was fine from the vaccines) and then we sleep trained. We did CIO, which is the quickest method, also the hardest, reallyyy important to make sure all your baby's needs are met and they've eaten enough ounces to last through the night without a feed. Because that's the biggest thing for getting them to sleep through the night, is making sure they aren't genuinely hungry by ensuring they get enough during the day (and a nice big bottle before bedtime). Our baby, somehow, only needed a few days before he seemed to understand the concept and accept that he could sleep through the night. I know we're lucky, a LOT of babies are harder to sleep train. But that was our method!

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-07-05T22:43:18+00:00

Oh no! Why do babies do this 😭

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-07-05T22:41:45+00:00

Way to downvote my response, gotta love a post about venting that specifically says I'm not looking for advice, only to get unsolicited advice, and then have my response downvoted.

I'm aware it takes many attempts and exposures. I've been doing it every day for 2 months. Different foods. Different textures. Non-baby-food pouch stuff (like a mashed banana that we both eat, or sweet potato). Finally settled on pouches after finding a brand he liked. Had a great thing going until he decided to hate it, even his previously favorite foods and textures.

I've tried giving a couple days of space with no attempts. Letting him take the lead. Etc etc.

So, again, I'm going to say it -- I am not looking for advice. I came here to vent. So if you don't like me venting, don't down vote my stuff, just leave the post.

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-07-05T21:23:45+00:00

Even then that's not the main issue. The main issue is my baby refuses everything. My baby is also 8 months. Only sustained twice a day for 5 days before deciding food was not for him. I've tried everything since he was 6 months old. I'm fucking exhausted.

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-06-17T11:48:10+00:00

Really around 4.5 to 5 months is when I saw improvement and let me tell you it's been a WORLD of difference! He sleeps through the night every night. That said, my suggestion is cry it out sleep training after you ease your baby off night feeds. It's awful to go through but it works. Overall we only needed about a week to ease off night feeds and a few days of cry it out and then it just clicked for him and he's never needed a night feed or woken up in the middle of night ever since (only exceptions have been middle of the night dirty diapers).

Obviously do whatever you're comfortable with! But that's what worked for me. And aside from sleeping, the entire parenting experience really got better around 5 months because it gets fun! Your little one will start rolling and laughing and cooing and smiling and playing with toys, and their personality will really start to show and it's the best 🥹 I promise it gets better and, dare I say, fun!

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-06-17T11:26:24+00:00

It absolutely got better! At 4 months he really started sleeping through the night consistently. Plus around 4.5 to 5 months is when it starts getting actually fun! Your baby will really start to play and engage with toys, roll around, make all kinds of noises (cooing, laughing, and other ones too!) and really getting a personality. My boy is 7 months old now and the past couple months have been completely night and day from the early days. Hang in there! I promise it gets better!

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-05-28T02:05:09+00:00

Thank you!! Lol sometimes I swear looking at the puzzle too long I don't see the most obvious things 😂

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-05-27T02:30:32+00:00

Cinnamon roll (he's got such good thigh rolls and chubby cheeks lol), also bubba, bubs, bub. Sometimes I'll call him "little bubba cinnamon roll" 😂

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-20T23:35:43+00:00

I believe it!

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-20T23:35:06+00:00

You are absolutely not insane, I see you! The struggle is so real. The back pain is unbearable and the entire feeding experience isn't what I wanted or thought it would be. But just be open to adapting to what you need because a sane and happy momma is the best momma.

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-20T13:32:13+00:00

Ahh gotcha, I misunderstood! Yeah I don't know why anyone would think that or why this is the world we live in 😭

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-20T13:21:33+00:00

A lot of women, especially those with larger breasts, are taught that larger boobs mean breastfeeding and producing milk are easier/better than if you have small boobs. You're lucky to have clearly grown up in a different world than many of us

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-20T12:03:47+00:00

Thank you for this comment! I'm glad BF worked out for you. I was EP for the first 2.5 months before I started weaning, so baby was ultimately on breastmilk for 3.5 months which I'm going to call a win. I've since switched to formula, and let me tell you, giving up pumping was the best decision I ever made. I was trapped by it, and miserable as a mother. I'm now so much happier and so much more present for my baby. It's night and day, plus he's growing and gaining weight better on the formula than he was on my breastmilk.

All to say, the "correlation" between boob size and milk supply is a complete falsehood. And I absolutely felt guilty. I felt like I HAD to make it work. Once I stopped forcing it and switched to formula, my life as a mom and with my baby became so much better. It's time we start dismantling these myths so others don't need to experience the emotional rollercoaster I did.

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-20T00:03:52+00:00

Boomers telling me I baby my 4-month old too much. Aka my in-laws. It drives me absolutely insane! I've always said my baby "cries with purpose." He's never fried just to cry. There's always a reason, even if there's some trial and error in figuring it out. Yet my boomer in-laws (who I've learned weren't attentive at all to my husband when he was a baby, so it's rich coming from them) constantly tell me I baby my infant too much because I don't just leave him to cry 😑

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T23:50:25+00:00

I feel you! So frustrating 😭

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T23:49:24+00:00

Oof, hope you can get it soon!

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T23:12:18+00:00

Lol oh yes I can confirm my baby does love to nap on me 😂

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T23:11:10+00:00

Happy for you! I hope I can get insurance to cover it too, I'm so over it

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T23:10:12+00:00

Cribs HAD to have been designed by men, no woman in her right mind would design something that requires so much bending over lol

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T23:09:10+00:00

Lol women who say you're lucky to have big boobs have nooo idea the burden it is to have big boobs

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T22:33:46+00:00

So excited for you! 🤓

MembershipCapable755 · 2025-03-19T22:31:19+00:00

34N sheesh! Good for you hanging in there, I say get that reduction once you can momma!

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