Look out world, she's mobile!
Bella has been experimenting with rolling for the past week or so... but hadn't *quite* gotten it yet. She would roll over, be unable to get her arm out from under her, then seem to forget the whole thing for a little while. Then she'd try it again. So I *knew* this was coming.
We've been a little lax I guess about leaving her on the couch. (You know what's coming, don't you?) But we put her on there with her head facing the cushions... that way she can roll either way and still be ON the couch. I'm always right there with her, either on the couch next to her or bouncing on the exercise ball right in front of her, watching her. Occasionally I'll dash 8 feet into the next room (connected, no walls) to get a diaper, but we don't leave her there.
Today I left her there for probably 20 seconds, while I put her baby gym down in the next room. I came back in and there she was, rolling off, my mind watching it in slow motion as I started to run and yell noooooooooo...
Flat on the floor. FLAT!
(Thank all the powers that be in the universe that she did not hit the coffee table. Thank you. Really. THANK YOU.)
I scooped her up, heart pounding, and latched her right on, while I checked her over. Not even a bump. Not a faint red mark, no scratch, no bruise, no nothing. She was just scared, and me shrieking "NO" while I ran in probably did not help! But see? This is why it's worth it to fight for breastfeeding! INSTANT comfort!
So... she is mobile. There is no turning back now! :) I'm tickled, now that my heart has stopped pounding!!!!