26 Videos to Help Answer “How Can I Encourage My Baby to Roll?”
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This blog post is a combination of videos that can help you learn how to encourage your baby to roll over. A lot of parents find helping their babies roll over to be really frustrating and often it is because they aren’t taught the building blocks necessary for babies to do it on their own.
Some babies learn all the building blocks without help but a lot of babies don’t, which is why educating parents is so important to me. If we can help babies master rolling, we can decrease the risk they will skip crawling, and improve the ease of learning academic skills in the process.
Here is a list of all 26 videos that can help you solve, “how do I encourage my baby to roll.”
General Rolling Information
Is Your Infant Not Rolling Over? How To Help Your Baby Learn To Roll Over
Tummy Time Parent Resource | Tummy Time & Learning to Roll Q&A + Book Launch
Toy Ideas for Rolling: 13 Exercises For Baby Using Bells From The Dollar Store
Book on How to Do Tummy Time | Tummy Time and Learning to Roll Unboxing
When Should A Baby Roll Over? | Tummy Time & Learning To Roll Live
Is Your Baby Sitting But Not Rolling Over? | Best Book on Baby Development
Rolling Belly to Back AND Back to BellyHow To Stretch Babys Neck Muscles | Backbends on a Stability Ball
How to Improve Head Control in Babies with Pull To Sit Exercise
Total Motion Release Technique for Babies: Upper Trunk and Lower Trunk
Learn How To Stretch a Baby in Trunk Rotation For Crawling or Rolling (traditional stretching not TMR)
Why My Baby Is Not Crawling or Rolling: Test Lower Trunk Side Bend [TMR]
How To Stretch Baby Trunk Rotation In Sitting: Upper Trunk Rotation [great for older babies 5 months+]
How To Test A Babys Trunk Flexibility - Do This For Crawling and Rolling
How to Check Neck Strength in Infants | Torticollis Explained
Simple Tips to Make Baby Side Lying Play Easier | Must Do Activity
How to Check Baby Neck Motion for Signs of Torticollis in Your Baby
Rolling Belly to Back
How To Help Infant Learn To Roll Over Using A Trunk Rotation Exercise [belly to back especially]
How To Teach Baby To Roll Over Back To Belly With TMR Release
Why a 5 Month Old Baby Cant Roll From Tummy to Back | Learning to Roll Book for Parents
Rolling Back to BellyPhysical Therapy Exercises For 3 Month Old: Posterior Pelvic Tilt
Why Cant My Baby Roll Back to Belly | Rolling Baby Development Book
Exercises for Newborn Babies and Other Ways to Strengthen a Babys Neck
For the most updated information and all the videos (including ones that are posted after the creation of this blog post), click the video below or go straight to the playlist here.
Curious About Learning More on Tummy Time, Rolling, or Both?
The absolute best book for parents on tummy time and rolling is: Tummy Time and Learning to Roll: A Baby Development Book for Ambitious Parents and Pediatric Healthcare Providers to Help Babies Learn to Roll Independently. The book comes with a free online video course to help parents fully understand how to complete the different exercises, printable checklists to know exactly where your baby is at, and when to reach out for additional help.
This book was written by Dr. Lauren Baker, PT, DPT, ATC, MTC, who is a Pediatric Physical Therapist in Boise, Idaho, trained in helping parents learn how to help their babies move and master their milestones. She loves teaching parents how to see how their babies are moving as well as how to influence those movements though play positions and exercises to help babies move with confidence and ease.
Tummy Time and Learning to Roll is the first book in the Proactive Play series written by Pediatric Physical Therapist Dr. Lauren Baker in order to help Ambitious Parents and Pediatric Healthcare Providers learn how to help babies master tummy time and learn to roll. It is meant to help ambitious parents understand baby development from birth to six months (tummy time to rolling).
This book is a mix of easy-to-follow and more in-depth information than is typically found in baby development books because Dr. Baker believes parents deserve to have all the information at their fingertips.
This book breaks down each piece of movement in checklists so that parents know what their babies need for tummy time and rolling. It also covers what areas might limit a child with rolling, why it is so important, and when to seek help from a pediatric PT.
This book comes with colored photos and easy-to-follow demonstration videos that can help parents implement safe, strategic play-based exercises with their babies in 20 minutes per day.
A Great Resource For:
Parents and Pediatric Healthcare Providers of babies 0-6 months
Parents of babies who are struggling with tummy time, rolling back to belly, belly to back, or only to one side
Access to simple, easy-to-follow videos of play positions and exercises
Learning the four pillars of movement needed in order to master rolling
240+ Color Photo Examples of:
Tummy Time, Sidelying, and Back Play
Developmental Toys and Equipment
Hand Placement and Strategic Play Positions
Common Areas of Restriction or Weakness
When To Reach Out For Help
What If You Want Extra Help?
If you have concerns about their movement, remember, you can always reach out to a pediatric physical therapist. It's your right as a parent to advocate for your child's development.
Sometimes, a few tips and tricks are all you need to get your baby moving better. We're here to support you and release those mama worries. If you are looking for in home pediatric physical therapy, check our listing of therapists.
For those eager to learn more or seeking personalized guidance, I offer online video parent consultations internationally which can be scheduled by clicking here. I am dedicated to answering questions and providing tailored play activities for each unique developmental journey.
When Should Babies Receive Pediatric Physical Therapy?
Parents can call and schedule with a Pediatric Physical Therapist at any time, for any concern in all fifty states without a referral from their Pediatrician.
Pediatric Physical Therapy is medically indicated in all babies who are not rolling in all four directions by six months (back to belly over their right arm AND left arm + belly to back over their right arm AND left arm).
Pediatric Physical Therapy is medically indicated if you notice a flat spot on the back of an infants head (possible plagiocephaly), a tilt of their head consistently to one side (ear to shoulder - possible torticollis), or a rotation preference of their neck (consistently look only to the right or left - possible torticollis).
Many Pediatric Physical Therapists including Dr. Baker, can successfully treat flat spots (Plagiocephaly) without a helmet with a combination of therapy and positioning strategies if seen prior to 4 months (0-3 months is ideal). Dr. Baker uses the Baby Begin Method of repositioning.
Flat spots can be due to in-utero positioning, rotational preference (right sided flatness most common) and babies are at an increased risk for flatness if they are male, were breech, multiple birth, premature, have difficulty with tummy time, or are in containers > 2 hr/day.
