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Rolling over in infants: age, ethnicity, and cultural differences

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Rolling over in infants: age, ethnicity, and cultural differences

E. Anthony S. Nelson, Ly‐Mee Yu, D Wong, H Y E Wong, Larina C.L. Yim · 2004 · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Children
About 240 babies
Where
Hong Kong
Ages
Birth to 9 months
How
Mothers recorded on a chart when their baby first rolled
What it found
Babies first rolled from back to tummy at about 5 months on average, and from tummy to back at about 5½ to 6 months, the opposite order to what many textbooks say.
Limits
We have only read the summary. A third of the mothers who signed up didn't return the chart.

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