TUMMY TIME
my daughter is 4mths old and she HATES it on her tummy i put her on my bed , on the floor on even on the floor lying on her dads chest. she wont have a bar of any of it. we did it about 3 times a day and she lasted not 30secs each time, so we only put her on her tummy when shes all smiley and happy . about once a day. and when she gets grumpy we turn her over. she never lasts for more than a minute tho.
all kids are different aswell.
they do stuff when they r good 'n'ready smile
you could sit him on your lap keeping his back supported and this makes them hold their heads up which is neck muscle control too.
Do what ever you gut tells you to do. theres no wrong or right way with some things, its just what comes naturally
DD 13/11/03 -DD 11.11.05 - DS 17.4.08
My daughter is now 5 1/2 months old and loves her tummy time, however when we first started putting her on her tummy she too would cry and have a tanny and would not hold her head up at all. My ecn told me to roll up a small blanket and place it under her chest/arms (sort of under her arm pits so her arms are haning over the blanket). It encouraged her to hold her head up making it a bit more interesting. It still took a while for her to really enjoy it but it did make a big difference.
Hope this helps,
Dan
Jasmine
the rolled up blanket.
thanks
DD 13/11/03 -DD 11.11.05 - DS 17.4.08
My son never used to enjoy his tummy time either. Cruel as it may sound, we would leave him on his tummy for a couple of minutes a day, with or without crying! But i found hanging a toy in front of him just above his head gave him something to look at and he began to actually enjoy his tummy time! Through the early days, although he wasn't too happy on his tummy, he was lifting his head up and strengthening his neck! We were pretty impressed though, because he was holding his head up on his own in the very early weeks of his life ... very strong little boy:)
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Thanks for your suggestions - I tried the rolled up towel and it works a treat! He can now lay on his tummy for much longer and actually smiles and looks around. smile
My baby didn't like tummy time much at first. At about 5 months she got into it.
When I go out, I lay her in her pram on her tummy (if you have a pram you can do this with) and she LOVES it. I pull the big flap up so she can see out. She can see everyone approaching and they can see her and always have a chuckle and say what a great idea it is. People always stop for a chat as they think it is fab!
You might like to try and have your son laying on your arms and walk around, you could pretend that he is superman. i found that my daughter loves it everytime we go flying around the garden.
nsw, baby girl 15/11/03
Another way is if there's something they like to look at eg TV, toy with flashing lights, put that to the front or side so that they're distracted.
Kristy
member since 2004
Narelle, Eilish 5th june 2002 TTC since dec 2002