Hello,

I would also like to see the video but YouTube says it has been removed. Is there a different way to watch it?

Thank you for all your great content 🙂

The video is unavailable, I wonder if you can upload it again?
I remember this being the video that opened my eyes to uninterrupted play a few years ago. I really want to share this video with my family to teach them this lesson. I wonder if you can get this video online again?

Ohhh such a shame!!

Hi Danielle – Unfortunately it seems that the parent who shared this with me took the video down. It was so inspiring! but it was widely shared in people’s presentations, etc., and that may have been too much for her in the end. I may need to delete this post.

Janet, I can’t see this video can you help?

My 11-month-old daughter does not spend much time on her back, except to sleep and to be changed. I did plenty of tummy time with her when she was younger and had her sleep on her stomach until recently because she slept more easily that way. Now she sleeps more easily on her back because she doesn’t seem to have as much mobility from that position. In the morning I do sometimes find her sitting up, however.

Do you think I should have her spend more time on her back? I have rarely witnessed her roll, and the few times I have seen her roll, it has usually been front to back.

I bet your baby has long since gotten through this, but for anyone coming after, we went through the same thing! Our baby is nearly 6 months old now, and had a similar chapter (can’t remember exactly when) where she’d swiftly roll onto her tummy (which had previously been fine), and just as quickly get really upset.

Before we’d read much RIE lit, we’d tried rolling her back over a couple times (BIG mistake: she SCREAMED, and she’s generally a very peaceful baby). She’d gotten from her tummy to her back before, but stopped doing it at all for a while.

We eventually just checked in with her when the effort-grunting turned toward crying, giving her a break if necessary: “You rolled onto your stomach. It looks like you’re having a hard time! Would you like a break? [more crying] Okay, I’m going to pick you up now.” Then we’d hold her for a while, wait for her to calm down, and put her back down on her back. She’d often roll right back onto her stomach, which was fine for anywhere from 5 seconds to many minutes, and we’d repeat if necessary.

She’s now happily doing barrel rolls across the floor (slowly!), rolling into armchairs, and then hanging out and “talking” to them. I think it only took a handful of weeks, but of course, “the days are long and the years are short.”

For us, figuring out where our line was between “the baby is struggling and making whiny grunts” and “the baby’s upset and her crying is starting to escalate” helped a lot, as did just acknowledging that it can be uncomfortable for us to see a baby struggle! (I have a WAY harder time with this when there are other parents present who we don’t know well! They’ll say “she’s getting frustrated” with an implied “so you should fix it;” we just see it as a statement of fact and an invitation to pay attention.)

I was going to say the same. My now almost 3 years old had NO patience at all. He would start screaming like crazy. When he was older I could talk to him and encourage him to not give up but not before! Let’s see if my now 2 months old has more patience