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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #105 on: July 09, 2008, 17:38:00 pm »
As much tummy time as possible! Seriously! Nat was on her tummy at every available opportunity and she is now a poster child for tummy time! ;D

If he spits up, give him 20-30 minutes before you put him on his tummy to give his feed time to get past his stomach. :)
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #106 on: July 09, 2008, 18:13:12 pm »
Mine screamed blue murder every time I tried tummy time - until about a month ago. So we hardly did any. And no she never learned to crawl but went straght to walking....  but what can you do?!

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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #107 on: July 09, 2008, 20:58:41 pm »
We did tummy time today after 1:45 feed for 10 mins in 2 shifts.  LO did great at TT.  However, we did wait 20+ mins after feeding, but he spit up down my shirt when I had him on my stomach.  LOL.

The whole A took 25 mins, which may have been too much.  LO did not nap well waking up 2x.
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #108 on: July 10, 2008, 02:28:12 am »
Just tweak as needed. Once you get better at reading cues for tired (and for about-to-spit-up LOL) it'll be easier for you. Maybe for now start out with 10 min at a time.

With Nat we put an old quilt on the floor or on our bed and let her just have a good time. We'd let her crawl toward us, or toward a pattern on the quilt - it's white with a red flower graphic pattern so it was pretty for a new baby to look at, lots of contrast and bright color - and let her go to town. We'd try to end it JUUUUST before she'd get too cranky about it so she wouldn't have too many negative associations with it.

I wish we'd known about this with Josie....   :-\ There is a HUGE HUGE HUGE difference in gross motor AND fine motor skills between the two of them.
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #109 on: July 17, 2008, 18:59:16 pm »
I never did tummy time with my first dd and she developed perfectly normally and on time. I won't bother too much with dd2.  The way I see it there are thousands of babies throughout the world in different cultures that don't have tummy time and still develop normally.  In fact in our culture it's probably only this generation that has started emphasising tummy time, so I really don't see it as being essential to babies development.  Just my personal opinion.
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #110 on: July 17, 2008, 20:32:00 pm »
The biggest reason our generation emphasizes tummy time is that our kids no longer spend much time ON their tummies since the SIDS link was discovered. Kids used to be put to bed on their tummies; they used to spend much more time on their tummies in playpens and on floors (unless people lived someplace where the floor/ground was dangerous). There's now a huge increase in reported learning disabilites and sensory processing problems, a huge increase in ADD/ADHD diagnoses, and while some of that is no doubt due to increased awareness and some due to overzealous doctors, I've seen so much evidence with my own kids and with others that I can't discount the importance of it.

Here's another tidbit: When Josie was first diagnosed with neuro stuff (just before her 4th birthday), we did an exptensive program that included a LOT of creeping and crawling (hands and knees and belly crawl) and within TWO WEEKS she went from completely illegible scrawling and drawing nothing but rainbow scribbles to writing her grandparents a Valentine card. Even now she has visual processing stuff going on, but since Summer started we've begun the C&C again and the difference in her writing and drawing is unmistakably improved. :D
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #111 on: July 18, 2008, 10:55:01 am »
Everything Deb said :)
(well except the Josie story, i have an Ethan and a Quinn ;))
(tho i do know kids who have done much better after tummy time- i am a paed ot)
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #112 on: July 25, 2008, 01:27:51 am »
My ds rolled over first time about a month ago, and he is now 4 months and hasn't even tried for the last 2 weeks what happened? did he get bored of rolling?
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #113 on: July 25, 2008, 15:28:38 pm »
Give him a reason, maybe put a toy where he'd be able to reach it if he rolled toward it; don't forget to do both sides. Might just need some "reminding" if he's had some other new skills superceding the rolling-over one. :)

Opportunity and reason are good ones to get them going! :)
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #114 on: August 06, 2008, 18:16:54 pm »
My lo is 8wks and I am not sure when to start Tummy Time!!! Any advice would be appreciated.   :-\ ???
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #115 on: February 26, 2009, 01:47:10 am »
My DS has never been a fan of TT, but he still gets it every day, although probably not as long or as much as he should. I do do it regularly every morning when I change him.  I always moisturize him at this time and he does not seem to mind the TT so much when he is getting a back rub!  This way I have been able to extend it longer and longer.
Other things that have worked:  placing him on an exercise ball and rolling it gently, putting him on our bed close to the edge with me below and propped on a bf pillow with an activity mat below.  When he was a newborn he spent a lot of time lying on my chest (we actually slept that way for over a month) and that seemed to really help develop his neck muscles - he had a strong neck from very early on. We also use a Bumbo.  He's not rolling yet (just twisting), but he sat unsupported for the first time today (he's 5 months).
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #116 on: February 26, 2009, 06:49:12 am »
lmsj
thanks for that!  your little guy sounds like he is doing brilliantly
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #117 on: November 01, 2010, 12:46:23 pm »
We're having to keep activity time really short with our 5 week old as he takes a long time to feed and won't nap! But we incorporate tummy time by putting him on his tummy on the changing mat as we get everything ready, and also burp him on his tummy over our knees, when he really does lift his head well. So it's not for very long at a time but is very frequent, don't know if that helps anyone?
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #118 on: November 02, 2010, 01:52:58 am »
Every little bit helps. :) As his A time increases you can add more, just take it as it comes for now.
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Re: Tummy Time
« Reply #119 on: December 18, 2010, 18:38:16 pm »
My DD 11 weeks does not like tummy time and stays max 1-2 minutes...We still try to do it several times a day though and her neck and arm strength is getting better...so keep on it...I think any amount of time is good for them :)
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