html - Prevent flex items from rendering side to side

Question

I'm using flexbox to center some items in a block, but I want each item inside to be in its own row. For example, I want the orange square to be above the text, but after using flex it's moved it to the side of the text - does anyone know a way around this please?

.container {
  height: 200px;
  width: 200px;
  background: cornflowerblue;
  position: relative;
}

.inner {
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  top: 0;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -moz-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

.square {
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  background: tomato;
  display: block;
}

<div class="container">
  <div class="inner">
    <div class="square"></div>

    <p>some text</p>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 1

Add this style:

.inner {
  flex-direction: column;
}

That tells the flexbox to display its children in rows instead of columns. (I know, weird, right?)

Updated Snippet:

.container {
  height: 200px;
  width: 200px;
  background: cornflowerblue;
  position: relative;
}

.inner {
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  top: 0;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -moz-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.square {
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  background: tomato;
  display: block;
}

<div class="container">
  <div class="inner">
    <div class="square"></div>

    <p>some text</p>
  </div>
</div>