Are you doing tummy time?

Mama Jan · February 2012

I always suck at tummy time... are you doing it yet? For how long? How many times a day? I know the pedi will ask me next time we go in and I'm not entirely sure how much I should be doing it....

Jess084 · February 2012

I read somewhere (don't remember, Mommy brain) that you should do it for a few minutes a day at this age, so we do. He hates it!

rosebud218 · February 2012

I just give him his tummy time while he is on my chest. He still pulls his head up and looks around, moves it from side to side. I probably wont do full on tummy time till he is older and can enjoy it more.

Lhand11 · February 2012

He def does it when he is on my chest and then on the floor when he is in a good mood and alert. I do it until he gets frustrated. I do it once a day on the floor when I remember.

khanley1980 · February 2012

Same here, I try to do it about 1x per day for a few minutes. Once in a while we don't get to it!

Kelmarwil · February 2012

We started it at 9 days and she gets it almost every day at least once. First few days she could only stand a couple minutes, now she can do it for about 10-15 minutes or until she rolls herself over. Pedi is really impressed how well she can control herself already!

SoonToBeMsP · February 2012

rosebud218:
I just give him his tummy time while he is on my chest. He still pulls his head up and looks around, moves it from side to side. I probably wont do full on tummy time till he is older and can enjoy it more.

This is where we are at. I am thinking about starting it on Wednesday when she hits 3 weeks.

alimartinez · February 2012

We started on her birthday with tummy time in the hospital, on our chests. We also like to work in some skin-to-skin time when we can!

CharlieTheUnicorn · February 2012

No, we don't do tummy time. She gets plenty of head exercise while being held. I'm sure she will get plenty of play time on the floor when she is old enough to enjoy it.

rachel.wenger · February 2012

Jess084:
I read somewhere (don't remember, Mommy brain) that you should do it for a few minutes a day at this age, so we do. He hates it!

Same for us exactly. He screams his little head off...so we tried to do it while he's laying on my chest. That seems to work a lot better (no screaming). :-)

Mama Jan · February 2012

Oh yeah, I didn't even think about the chest time. He spends pretty much all his time on my chest and does a lot of lifting during his awake times.

JWSchwarz · February 2012

I try to do it about 5-10 minutes a day but we haven't done it every day. He has a play mat and I put him on his stomach and he turns his head from side to side and tries to wiggle forward. Then I put him on his sides and try to get him to roll over. then I let him sit up as I hold him. He hated it the first couple of times but he doesn't seem to mind it now.

fyrefairie · February 2012

rosebud218:
I just give him his tummy time while he is on my chest. He still pulls his head up and looks around, moves it from side to side. I probably wont do full on tummy time till he is older and can enjoy it more.

This for now, but DD is only 9 days old

shortstuff15 · February 2012

CharlieTheUnicorn:

No, we don't do tummy time. She gets plenty of head exercise while being held. I'm sure she will get plenty of play time on the floor when she is old enough to enjoy it.

this is us.