How much tummy time is (did) your 1-month old getting? My DD is super sleepy and I find that I barely get her on her tummy for 1-2 minutes a day. Otherwise, she's either nursing or sleeping or crying. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much, everyone! I didn't realize that time on my chest and upright counts. She's actually upright almost every time someone is holding her (she doesn't like the usual hold), so I should be good. Thanks again!
We do tummy time on our chests, and holding upright/in carrier at 3w+ for our daughter. We probably do it - I honestly haven't kept strict track of it because we just kinda do it all day long - at least 10-20mins worth a day in tiny increments, when she is awake. Ours sleeps a lot too!
I tend to be the one doing it upright and daddy helps to do it flat on his chest when he gets home since I am recovering from a c-section still (it hurts to have her on me while I am flat on my back and her feet were accidentally kicking my incision area at times >.<).
My LO is 7 weeks old and we have done about 15-30 mins a day.. definitely not all at the same time though. He actually really likes it, so I've been lucky there. Try for a few mins at a time several times a day. It sounds like your LO is getting more practice than you think since she's on your chest too. GL!
The other tip I read on here which helped me was to put LO on their belly for a couple minutes on their changing pad at each diaper change. I didn't do it every time, but I started doing this with DD and she did really well with it.
Re: Tummy Time Q
don't stress about it, chest time is great too
when baby is a little older they'll be awake longer so you'll be able to do tummy time more often
I tend to be the one doing it upright and daddy helps to do it flat on his chest when he gets home since I am recovering from a c-section still (it hurts to have her on me while I am flat on my back and her feet were accidentally kicking my incision area at times >.<).