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Trying to feel out something I could be doing wrong or not at all.
Our 12 week old won't do more than maybe a couple of minutes of tummy time without getting fussy. I've been working with her at least 5 days a week trying to increase tummy time but it stays the same.
We've tried right before, after and 20+ minutes after feeding. Usually anything within 10 minutes results in spit up. We have multiple reactive play mats that crinkle or make lights and noises. We've also tried small propping pillows and talking/interaction.
She's on par with everything except tummy time, any suggestions?
It's to build neck strength and prevent flat heads from what I hear.
Oh, well a million years ago when my children were babies that happened when they were being held, in their jumper or sitting on the couch surrounded by me and pillows.
Oh, well a million years ago when my children were babies that happened when they were being held, in their jumper or sitting on the couch surrounded by me and pillows.
That's how I did it too and it wasn't that many years ago. He loved his sit in toys and his Johnny jump up. However we all know things change.
I can count on both hands the number of times my babies did tummy time. They all hated it and I rarely bothered with it. They all met their milestones early or right on time.
It also has to do with the back to sleep thing for SIDS. My kids back in the 70s slept on there tummies and crept in their sleep to the head of the crib. My son hated tummy time when awake.
My dd was ok with it.
Sitting in a johnny jump up is NOT tummy time, btw.
Historically, parents were advised to place their infants in the prone position to sleep. As a result, infants were provided with an opportunity to develop the musculature necessary for gross motor skills such as crawling and creeping. Since the initiation of the Back to Sleep campaign, these skills appear to be developing later during the first year of life. Whether or not this apparent delay in development has a long-term impact has yet to be determined. The purposes of this project were: 1) to examine, through a comprehensive review of the literature, if the Back to Sleep campaign has a negative impact on gross motor development, and 2) to apply the results of the review to physical therapy clinical practice.
Several studies found that back sleepers have delayed early motor skill milestones, although one recent Israeli study found no difference in gross motor developmental skills at 6 months among supine and prone sleepers.10, 11 Some studies have noted that even though supine sleepers experience these early delays, there is no significant age difference in terms of when the infants learn to walk.12, 13
Multiple studies have found a positive correlation between the amount of time supine sleepers spend prone during their awake hours and motor skills development.14, 15 This finding reinforces the need to educate parents about the importance of Tummy Time.
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