Tummy Time ?

Hi everyone,

The Pedi wants me to include tummy time in the girls' schedule. The problem is they hate being awake on their tummies. I am trying to have them sleep on their tummies durng the morning and afternoon when I can constantly watch them. But, once they wake up, they start to fuss and cry. I even bought the Boppy Tummy Time toy thinking that it would make it more fun, but no luck. I have even tried to have the girls face each other, but the girls don't pay any attention to each other. If anyone can tell me at when babies will start to socialize that would be helpful too.

Sorry this is so long.

 

Most babies do not like tummy time at first. I would recommend that you just do small increments of time, 2 minutes here, 2 minutes there, throughout the day, and they will start to get used to it. We had the Boppy Tummy Time Pillows and they were great! They lift them up just enough so they aren't doing a face plant into the ground! Great for building up those neck muscles. Stick with it momma, they will start to enjoy it!

How old are your babies? Mine first noticed each other around 4 months.

 

[SIZE=12pt]My girls came home after two weeks in the NICU and we started belly time a week later. They hated it in the beginning and would cry. What we did was start them on their backs talking to them, playing with toys and cooing. Once they were having a good time we would be sneaky and roll them back and forth from side to side and then carefully roll them on to their tummies. Then we would keep talking, and wait to see what would happen. If they got fussy we would let them go a little and then if they really cried we would turn them back over and play some more with them on their back and then roll them over again. It was tough in the beginning because they didn't want to stay on their bellies for more than a minute max, but now, at 7 months, they will stay on their bellies for well over a half hour playing with and reaching for toys. The girls also never slept on their bellies, even for naps and if they fell asleep durng belly time I would roll them back over onto their backs, because I wanted to be comfortable sleeping on their back all the time. (Of course now they roll on to their sides to sleep.) Hope this helps a little.[/SIZE]

 

I was thinking the same as Becky, very small increments at first. Emma HATED it and would cry within a minute. So I would only do it for a minute at a time several times a day. Over time she got used to it.

Mine first "noticed" each other just before four months. I used to crack up when we would hold them practically nose to nose and they would look anywhere but at their sister.

 

my girls hated and still hate tummy time, but it's necessary to help them strengthen their neck, back and arm muscles and learn to roll. We did it for short intervals throughout the day adn we still do, but now that they can roll, they generally roll right to their backs when i put them down. I would think that sleeping them on the tummies would not be very effective since you want them to be lifting up their heads, then eventually doing mini pushups etc on the tummy.... just a thought..

 

Mine hated tummy time too, would lay there for a minute straining to lift their heads and then bawl ... now they love it because they sit with their heads held high and it's a new viewpoint. In fact, Chase is starting to hate his back, you lay him on his back and he rolls to his tummy and lifts his head up and gets on his forearms to check out the world. Except now he can't figure out how to roll back so then he gets frustrated and bawls. So it seems the tummy bawling never ends!!! Just hang with it, even though they cry they need the tumtime. It helped us to lay out mirror toys and colorful toys that they liked in front of them, they'd focus on those and forget they were on their tummies.

 

One of my girls loved it and the other hated being on her tummy. With the one that hated it, we used to just roll her on her back, side to side, then onto her tummy for a few minutes. She eventually got used to it.

 

My twins hated tummy time. I would take time with each of them and lay on my back with a baby on my tummy. Then you can talk to them and entertain them while they spend this time on their tummies.

 

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my girls hated and still hate tummy time, but it's necessary to help them strengthen their neck, back and arm muscles and learn to roll. We did it for short intervals throughout the day adn we still do, but now that they can roll, they generally roll right to their backs when i put them down. I would think that sleeping them on the tummies would not be very effective since you want them to be lifting up their heads, then eventually doing mini pushups etc on the tummy.... just a thought..

My thoughts as well!