Feeling guilty

I am now making up for it, but I wasn't as dilagent at tummy time with Evan as I was with the twins. I think I am now 'paying for it.' He does lift his head up, but not very much and he seems pretty comfortable laying on his tummy with his head on the side. I wasn't thinking. Tell me there is something that will fix this! I am giving him tummy time now a few times a day. I just worry. Little comments from my mom (His head is a little more wobbly at this age than it should be) hurt. :cray: Is there anything else I can do?

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:hug99: Sorry her comments hurt you. It sounds like you are doing the things that I know to do to help. :hug99:

 

If I remember your ticker, was he a little over 2 months? That doesn't seem bad. My son was just lazy. (Plus I think he has a huge and heavy head!) But he would just lay there and suck on his arm instead of lifting his head like his sister. Plus, he never got as much tummy time because he always spits up so much. And as soon as he would fuss I'd flip him right back over. So maybe 5 minutes tops a day. It wasn't until we took them for their three month pictures and they had him propped up for a photo that we saw he really could hold it up so much better than we thought. I think being on the prop made him more comfortable. I posted about rolling over yesterday and someone suggested using a rolled up towel with tummy time. I had forgotten how much better he had done with the photographer. I did that under him today and he held his head and shoulders so high. So maybe propping him up more would make him more comfortable with it?

 

Dont worry now that he is getting tummy time, that will help tremendously. Plus at just over 2 months mine could barely do anything. I dont think it was until they were 4 months old that got really nice head control...so there is plenty of time!!

 

I was very bad about tummy time this time around with my singleton. I just can't put her on the floor as much as she needs to be becasue the twins will (and have) fall on her. They run, jump, skip, hop all day and unless I can be right there to supervise, they baby is inthe swing, being held, whatever. As a resul, she didn't roll over slmodt 7 monts. But, she tooled over from tummy to back one day and back to tummy a few days after that. Now she rolls all over the place and will be crawling soon. Before you know it, she'll be off to college! :lol: Just kidding! My point is, she's going to be fine. I used to feel guilty that I wasn't meeting her needs. But, when I think about it, I know that she's just fine.

Don't be so hard on yourself! You're taking care of three small children and doing the best you can. Back in the day thye probably never did tummy time and we all turned out fine.

 

He might just be a laid back baby that doesn't mind lying on his tummy! Nothing wrong with that! Sorry you heard some hurtful remarks. I agree, when we were babies there was no such thing as tummy time, my mom laughed when I told her about it. I've never heard of any adults having neck problems from lack of tummy time.

 

I am sorry that you had to hear such hurtful remarks. My son, if this helps, HATED tummy time. Hate was probably not a strong enough word. Despite my attempts, he would just give up, go flat on the ground and cry. He did not start getting a little better about until last month. He rolled over later then his sister and does not roll as much as her. Now that he knows he can roll over, when I put him on his tummy he just rolls on his back. We go back and forth, me putting him on his belly and him rolling to his back.

Maybe Evan just does not feel like doing it right now. He will get there!

 

Don't worry!!! M got tons of tummy time, and A got hardly any because of her spitting. They both rolled, crawled, got into sitting positions, pulled up, cruised and walked within a few days of each other! And actually Ana did most of these things first.

 

Mine hated tummy time too and I didn't do it as much as I should have and DS was wobbly there for a while (hence his nickname bobble head) but he got it around 4 months or so and is fine now. You can always do tummy time while he is on your chest. HTH

 

Both of mine hated tummy time until they were 4 months old. I would put them on my belly though to give them some tummy time.