Tummy time

1. How much is necessary?

2. What age to start it?

3. What to do if the baby hates it and just fusses / cries the whole time?


Thanks!

At risk of looking dumb, what is tummy time?

Originally Posted by AnnaBanana

1. How much is necessary?

2. What age to start it?

3. What to do if the baby hates it and just fusses / cries the whole time?


Thanks!

Tummy time should start immediately (IMO). That is hat we did with our daughter. We would typically do about 2x's per day when she was really young. As for the length of time, we left it up to our daughter. When she started to fuss or appear to become frustrated, we ended tummy time.

If your baby fusses the whole time, I would suggest to keep at it but reduce the time but make it more frequent. They well become accustom to it.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Xax

At risk of looking dumb, what is tummy time?

Don't worry Xax... I waited for 30 minutes until someone would reply, so I could find out what was 'tummy time'..


C.

you can also use those inflatable donuts, or a pillow to make it a little easier on the baby.

Tummy time is time that you put a baby on his/her stomach so that he/she starts to develop the neck muscles to hold their head up.

Originally Posted by Xax

At risk of looking dumb, what is tummy time?

I have 3 kids and I dont know either

What is tummy time

Daughter hated it from the start. She would just lie down and cry and never stop. She preferred to stand. However, now she gets down on her stomach on her own with no issues. So we just let her have her way. At 7 months she has no problems walking around her crib holding on to the railing. Her balance is getting better too. She can stand up for several seconds now on her own and getting stronger each day. Who needs crawling when they can walk.

Originally Posted by Xax

At risk of looking dumb, what is tummy time?

Tummy time is when you put your baby on their tummy so they get used to it as most of their early months will be spent on their back.

The class we took said to give your baby about 10 minutes of tummy time a day to begin with. My son hated it at first, but now that he learned how to roll over he prefers to be on his tummy. If I put him on his back now, he almost instantly rolls over to his tummy.

I do tummy time with bare bum time and they do hate it until about 3 months. I always put a couple of toys in front of him and his older sister usually amuses him

this is new to me. Raising kids has changed I guess the last few years. Didnt know u had to take a class to learn this.

we just out our kids on thier tummys now and then until they got fussy. They learn to roll soon enough and flip back and forth

Whats the advantage to this If someone says it furthers development, I call ********

my son is indifferent about tummy time
he'll just either
1) lie there and do nothing
2) sleep (he hates to be put down on his back)
3) try to lift his head maybe once every 1/2 hr..haha

he prefers the "superman" position...where my husband places his hand and arm under my son's neck/body and between his legs (like a monkey on a branch)..weird my sons prefers his arms and legs dangling

there is a tummy time article in Today's parent April edition

I also thought another reason was because you don't want the back of his head to be flat too.

Originally Posted by Kranberry

I also thought another reason was because you don't want the back of his head to be flat too.

This is the most important reason for tummy time. With the new reccomendations about babies sleeping on their backs to prevent SIDS, there has been an increase in babies with flat spots on the backs of thier heads.

The flat spots can be pretty sever to the point that it may require medical intervention to correct.

Gaf

try putting a mirror in front of them when they go on tummy time.