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Tummy Time

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What are your LO's doing when they are on "Tummy Time"?

I feel like my DD is behind... She sort of hangs out eating the mat. I can get her to hold her head up a bit but its only for a few seconds. She will shoot up if she is on me during tummy time. I feel like she does so much better that way. I am still diligent about putting her on the ground but I feel like she isn't making progress.

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  • DrRxDrRx member

    We've been having the same problem with Adalyn.  Today the EI showed me to roll up a thickish blanket and put it under her armpits.  Not so big that her she can't push off the ground, but not so thin where she is just laying flat.  Then, she held a toy that Adalyn likes to look at and would get her to try to lift her head.  It really seemed to help a lot.

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  • tiffinchtiffinch
    My son still hates it!  Honestly he only does it about 2X a week. At 2 month check up his pedi said he is where he should be at. 
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  • starrynight1658starrynight1658 member
    DS is way more interested in eating the mat or his hands than he is in trying to hold him head up. I second the recommendation to put something under their chest--our mat actually came with something for it. Now that DS is a little bigger, putting that under his chest keeps him up enough that he has to work to keep his head up and he can't just lay there sucking on whatever is in his path.
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  • Heather2256Heather2256
    DD gets most of her tummy time on us. Heck, she was holding her head up so well that at 5 days old the nurse practitioner at the doctor's office was like, "You're not suppose to be doing that yet!" Lol! But when she's on the floor sometimes she just lays there. I think it really depends.
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  • RMama2012RMama2012 member
    my lo is the same way.  He has great head control and does great while on me but he doesn't like to be on the floor.  However, today I propped him on his hands like he does on his own while on my chest, and he did great.  I did tell the dr that he didn't like it but does well on my chest he said that's fine.
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  • littleredfishlittleredfish member
    DD was holding her head up and looking around the day after she was born (see siggy pic), granted she was a week late, or 2 by our u/s tech. Anyway she can hold her head up just fine on us but as soon as we put her on the mat she either cries, eats the blanket or just lays there staring into space. She's turned her head to the other side maybe twice since she's been born and has yet to lift it up to try to look ahead.
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  • gatogrrlgatogrrl member

    DD is the same way -- "eating the mat" is a good description!  I brought it up with her pedi at our 2 month check up, and the pedi put her on her tummy to see what she was doing.  She praised DD for moving her little legs around a lot, trying to get some traction. 

    She said that since DD is holding her head up pretty well when being held upright, she wasn't concerned that she didn't pull her head up in tummy time.  Some babies aren't interested in that, but get more into pushing with their legs.

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  • mrsshawnavanbmrsshawnavanb member
    DD still hates tummy time and also "eats the mat" alot, or sucks on her hands. She gives us at least 2 head lifts each time and has rolled over twice, but most of the time she starts a screaming cry after a few minutes and is done. She controls her head very well and loves to be up on our shoulders but she has a slightly flat head which is why we've increased tummy time to as many times a day as we can get her to do it, even if it's just 3 minutes here and there. Our pedi said to shoot for 30 minutes total per day which we haven't quite gotten to yet.
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  • jp0129jp0129 member

    I will have to remember the rolling blanket technique.

    DS will pick his head up a couple times then he just sucks on the matt. However he does kick his legs alot and scoot. 

    If I hold him over my shoulder he picks his head up no problems. I still feel like he is behind though.

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  • prettybird05prettybird05 member
    DD holds her head up really well, but she still hates TT.  I put her on her mat with a rolled up blanket under her chest.  She looks in the mirror for awhile, but she only tolerates about 4 minutes before she starts screaming.  She does not eat her hands because she seems scared to lift her hands up at all. TT always ends in a terrible crying fit.
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