Rollin' with Leia

Leia has accomplished a few exciting things the past few weeks. We are so very proud of her. After her 4 month birthday we felt that she was ready to start eating rice cereal. Her Doctor had already let us know that by 4 months we could start her on solids. She took to it very well. The first few servings were very watery, but she slurped it up and seemed to enjoy it. After about a week of watered down rice cereal, I decided she was ready for a little thicker consistency. Although she seemed ready and willing, her body totally disagreed. :( She had not had a bowel movement for about 5 whole days and it got us pretty worried because she is so regular. It didn't seem to bother her that much. She wasn't unusually fussy nor did she cry any more than before, but as we all know it's not very fun to be "stuffed" up. So we had to step in and see if we could help her out. I gave her apple-prune juice, fed her baby food prunes, massaged her belly and NOTHING. So we had to go there...that's right, Glycerin Suppositories!! Not so much fun, but they have a newer version(Thank goodness) They look like little suction bulbs filled with liquid glycerin.it took less than 5 minutes for Leia to be relieved!! WOOHOO! & we could tell right away that she felt so much better.
Another big step for Leia is she is now rolling over from her back to her front. Usually babies roll from stomach to back, the doctor said that's easier for babies to do, but not our little superstar. For awhile now she's been pretty wiggly while she lays on the floor. I'd place her in the middle of a blanket on the ground and go do dishes, check e-mails or what not and then come back to find her completely off the blanket. Just this past week though she had been flipping her leg over and really trying to get on her stomach, but she just didn't have the extra uumph to get over..until today!!! Butch, myself, grandma Lorna and Nia were all here to witness it and even caught a video clip of it. I will post it up asap.
I have much more to write but it's getting late and they are both asleep..for now! So I need to get some rest before one of them wake up.