interesting suggestion for tummy time

augustusgoose · December 2014

https://mamaot.com/2014/08/11/use-therapy-ball-make-tummy-time-easier-fun-baby/

steprozz · December 2014

they do this with B in physical therapy to help strengthen his neck muscles. he loves it!

lest12 · December 2014

@steprozz - I'm curious and just trying to envision how this works. What does B do when they're rolling him around? Will he lift his head/neck/shoulders? Does he cling to the ball?

(Are my questions dumb?!)

I'm going to try it with L tonight Thanks OP!

frenchchocolate611 · December 2014

We use the ball too - Everett loves it! My mom is a PT and she is the one that suggested this to me. We used it a lot when he was really little, but he still loves rolling around on it now.

E does lift his head and shoulders when I hold him on and he does hold onto the ball. I think its just more fun for him than laying on the floor. He like this a lot more than the floor when he was younger, but now he likes to be on floor as well since he is starting to try to crawl.

steprozz · December 2014

@lest12‌ you basically roll it back and forth. when you roll the ball forward and there is less of the ball under him, it forces him to hold his head up. when it's rolled back and there's more of the ball under him, he has to work harder to lift his head up. you can also roll side to side if you need to work on head-righting

at first he tried to cling to it but them he realized it's fun and it's probably one of his favorite PT activities now.

amackattack · December 2014

Funny, we've been doing this on her inflatable crawler ever since she was teensy. I showed our PT once and she said that was a great exercise. Haven't done it in awhile because she's constantly on her belly playing with toys.