Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Rebellion against Tummy Time
Nicholas has never been a huge fan of tummy time, but recently his tolerance for it has gone from around 5 minutes to around 10 seconds. Last night he let me know what he really thinks of tummy time. I put him on his tummy, he got mad, and flipped himself to the right onto his back. I flipped him back onto his tummy, he flipped himself to the left onto his back. I flipped him back onto his tummy, and he immediately flipped himself to the right onto his back. All of this took place in less than a minute, but since that is one of the main skills tummy time is supposed to develop, I'm not going to worry that he didn't get in the 10-20 minutes the doctors recommend. Did I mention that he is both incredibly strong and stubborn?
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What is tummy time?
ReplyDeleteShould have gone with ''Jackie Chan Adelman''
ReplyDelete"Tummy time" is just that, time spent on their tummies. When they stopped leting babies sleep on their tummies, they started developing skills like crawling, holding their heads up, etc. later just because they didn't have time to practice and develop the muscles. So the recommendation now is to have this time while awake each day.
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