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CIO during tummy time?... WWYD?

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DD vehemently hates tummy time. Her whining leads to crying to shrieking within a minute. I have tried the usual things to make it more enjoyable for her: getting in her face, making faces, singing, playing music, holding up toys for her, propping her up on the boppy, starting out with a minute at a time and trying to increase gradually, etc. But she still hates it with a passion!

I have her doctor telling me that her head is getting a bit flat and she needs One Hour of tummy time everyday. I also have a "child development expert" telling me that she needs tummy time to develop her upper body strength so that she can crawl and walk at appropriate times. They both tell me to let her cry it out.

It is so hard to watch her cry, but I want to do what is best for her development. What would you do? Abandon tummy time or let her cry it out? 

ETA: The doctor suggested giving her an hour of tummy time split up into four 15-minute sessions... not one hour straight.

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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member
    You can get all the benefits of tummy time by wearing your baby. Does she like that more? I'd try to wear her for a couple hours a day, at least, rather than making her do tummy time.
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  • jg_girl1jg_girl1 member
    We do less than 5 min at a time and we do it after every diaper change. I also periodically have her do tummy time on my chest, she does not mind this as much.
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  • McAllie5McAllie5

    Ditto on the babywearing. DS hated tummy time before, and now he thinks it's kind of ok, for maybe 3 minutes. I wear him all the time now, though, and he's made a lot of improvement in his head strength in the last few weeks. 

    We also put him on his tummy for maybe 2 minutes after each diaper change. Sometimes I wait for him to make the "meh-meh-grunt-whine-uunnghh" before picking him up, but more recently he takes so long to get frustrated that I pick him up while he's still happy.

    She'll probably get better with it as time passes. You could also try laying her on your belly or chest, facing you, while you lie back at a 45 degree angle. This way she's close but it eases her into the idea of being on her tummy.

    Good luck! 

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  • jreese14jreese14

    I feel like CIO for tummy time doesn't make sense to me, but that's just from what I know from my own LO. If I let him CIO, it would just end up with him crying it out until he fell asleep on his tummy? I feel like CIO can't work for play time and then again for sleeping? That's just me though...

    DS hated tummy time as well, and did exactly what you described, so we just propped him up on the boppy and put a mirror underneath for 2-3 minutes (or as long as he tolerated it) sporadically throughout the day. He also has a rattle that lights up when it is shaken, so that is how we kept him entertained, he loves the light. Eventually he lasted 5 minutes, and then 10, and then we took the boppy away and now he will do tummy time without the pillow for 15-20 minutes until he just gets tired or holding up his head. Have you tried propping LO up on a pillow? I would suggest that, or I agree with PP, wearing baby works just as well, but our LO didn't like being worn.

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  • katieandjeffiekatieandjeffie

    imagetokenhoser:
    You can get all the benefits of tummy time by wearing your baby. Does she like that more? I'd try to wear her for a couple hours a day, at least, rather than making her do tummy time.

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  • jazzyagjazzyag

    imagetokenhoser:
    You can get all the benefits of tummy time by wearing your baby. Does she like that more? I'd try to wear her for a couple hours a day, at least, rather than making her do tummy time.

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  • janice74janice74 member

    wow, 15 minutes seems like a long time at this age.  I would just do a few minutes here and there and wear LO around to develop upper body strength and help with the flat spot.

    DS HATED tummy time and yet he was crawling and walking before any of his peers.  I wore him a lot, and once he could roll to his belly and realized he could pull himself around on his tummy he started to like it more. 

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  • kacellekacelle member
    I wouldn't listen to any "child development expert" that recommended allowing a 3 month old to CIO.  I've almost completed my degree in child development, and no expert thinks that 3 months old is old enough to be left to cry for any reason.
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  • Temp38995750004016Temp38995750004016 member
    token and others who say wear her....LO falls asleep after being in the Ergo for just five minutes.  Every time.  Is she still getting the developmental/muscle building benefits if she's passed out with her head up against me?  = )  She's not a fan of tummy time.
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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member
    She's still getting the "no flat head" benefits. And the mommy snuggles benefits. She has to wake up to work her muscles, but even 5 min here and there helps that.
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  • Temp38995750004016Temp38995750004016 member

    imagetokenhoser:
    She's still getting the "no flat head" benefits. And the mommy snuggles benefits. She has to wake up to work her muscles, but even 5 min here and there helps that.

    Thanks.  And strangely, she spent 45 minutes in it today while I put away groceries and cleaned the kitchen.  Maybe she's starting to like it.

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