Sitting up!

Alayna has been trying to sit up for a while now, but she is so darn heavy that it was hard for her to balance! We were all up here talking at work one day and Joy was remembering how one of her babies was so big it was hard for her to sit up. She was laughing and said they used to take her fat rolls and spread them out "like a big boppy" so she couldn't roll over. And you know what? It works! I started "arranging" Alayna's bum so that it wasn't quite so round...and she could sit up! Once we had the rollover fixed, she was able to work on stregthening her torso to hold herself up! All of a sudden one day she figured it out...now she can sit for over 15 minutes before she gets tired and flops down.
Her new adventure is how to get from all 4s to the sit without help. And bless her heart, she tries SO HARD! She can swing one chunky leg around underneath her, but can't quite figure out how to scoop her belly off the floor from there. So, she gets as far as she can and then wails until I come and give her a lift!
She needs to work a little on her descent, too. Right now, when she gets tired, she just throws herself over to the side with intent and swings her arms around. Most of the time, it works out just fine and she lands in a graceful recline. But, on the occasion, the timing is a little off, she lands smack on her forehead! Ouch!