4 month old questions

db is jsut 4 months. she has good head control, and will hold a rattle if I give it to her, but doesn't really reach out for toys. she has turned from tummy to back, but not for several weeks. should i be worried about the no reaching yet? she is a very laid back child in general. will ask ped at check up this week, but looking for some experienced advice

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DS is 18 weeks old (4 1/2 months) and on his tummy has just started to reach for toys. We gave him a toy train for hanukkah and he started to push it back and forth. He will bat at toys above him on the play mat. Does your DC have a activity mat with dangling toys to bat at?

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yup. she has an activity mat. she will sometimes swing her hands towards toys, nut its sort of by accident tat she hits them. and she only does it sometimes. on her tummy, doesnt reach at all

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Well, for DS it litterally happened this week that he started to reach for the train. He has not reached for any of his other toys. I felt like he would bat at the toys above him accidentally too. Perhaps a train or moving toy would help.

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DD is 4 /12 months. She has rolled over front to back and back to front but hasn't done it in a week. I noticed that since she hasn't done that, she has been sleeping on her sides at night. Today I tried paying more attention to her on the playmat and put down a comforter for her to roll around on.

She does reach for objects and holds them but sometimes is lazy about it. I know this is when they just learn to do this so I'm not that worried that she cannot hold onto anything for a long period of time just yet. Do you try holding things out for her to grab at? When I dangle things in front of DD - she does try.

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DS is 5 months old. He has yet to roll from front to back. He rolls only from back to front.

When he was 4 months - I would hold a toy in front of him - sometimes he would grab it - sometimes he wouldn't. Now, he goes for things. I think they are just getting the jist of it at 4 months - I wouldn't worry!