Tummy Time - Los Angeles,CA

I have a 3 month old and I started him on his tummy already. It did not last very long at the beginning. Maybe just a few minutes because he was agitated. Now he can spend more time there but not more than 10 minutes. Good luck to you.

Start now. The sooner the better because it will help her develp the muscles she needs for later activites like holding up her head and beyond. Have fun!!
S. M

My pediatrician had me start my son when he was one week old. He's a pro now. Good luck.

I think about 2 months is great. They will start lifting their head to see better and make it stronger. You can get special mats with mirrors and toys on them to make it more interesting for your baby.

As soon as you come home from the hospital! You'd be amazed how much they like it and how strong they are to be able to lift their neck even at a couple days old.
L.

Start now :-) Maybe only a few minutes at a time, put lots of toys around her to look at, pat her back and talk encouragingly to her. My son is now 3 months and still hates it, but now it takes him about 5 minutes to get mad and scream. Ok, he is actually now starting to smile at his toys for a moment. I pick him up and he's over it in 5 seconds. I hated hearing him cry so, but my mom, without even a second thought, put him on his tummy. He was ok with HER doing it. Sometimes mom know best. Good luck!

Addendum: Ok, one day later and my son is actually doing ok just hanging out on his tummy and looking around. He's almost going to roll over too, but his arm still gets in the way!

Hi R.,
I think two months is a good time to start. She won't last long in that position in the beginning and will get fussy pretty quickly and that's fine. Just as long as you give her tummy time every day. Hope that helps.

Hi R.;

Your daughter is only two mths old. She needed lot of love and attention especially you as her mother. If you breastfeeding her is a best milk. Mother's milk is the best because not only you will giving your two mth old baby a very good bonding between mother and daughter. It is sad that mother has to go back to work after two months of having a child but what can you do. I suggested you to keep pumping your breast milk and refrigerate it so that you can still give it to her and have a pleasure of mother's milk. Enjoy your precious gift from god. Take good care of her and spend lot of time with her since you're going back to work pretty soon. I can suggested you also if your work is closer at home, please come home for lunch and visit her and continue those time of moment with her so that she will remember you coming for lunch. I thought it is an idea.
Good luck.

A.

HI!
Tummy time can start as soon as day one. We started it early and my daughter could hold her head up(for several minutes at a time) by the time she was 2.5 months old. Of course we continued it for many months so she could continue to strengthen those muscles.

My son just had his 2 month check-up, and our ped said to start tummy time now!

I talked to an occupational therapist (we were at the same party) when my son was about 5 months old. She said at that age he should be doing at least 30 minutes twice a day. She said that he would get frustrated but to try to let him work through it. It seemed like a lot at the time but she was totally right! He was at first frustrated and within about a week, he was lovin' his tummy time. I realize now that I was too quick to pick him up when he started crying during tummy time. He was also spending more time in the saucer or jumper which she was not a big fan of those. Apparently, saucer, jumper & walker keeps hips out, prevents them from moving forward which is necessary for them to start crawling. I admit, I did not totally give up the jumper or saucer but I was very careful to limit the time spent in those & up the tummy time. He's now 7 months & just starting to crawl!

i would certainly start her now. i ran a childcare for years in phoenix and moved to santa paula last year. i have finally received my calif. license and am opening my home childcare here. i am really excited. miss the kids. all my mothers had me do tummy-time at this age or even younger as they said that is what the pediatrician recommends. how exciting for you. enjoy.

Hey Rowenza,
Tummy time is a great time to bond with your baby. I started tummy time with my daughter at about 3 1/2 to 4 months. She was crawling by the middle of her 4th month. Any earlier may be too soon. Have fun with it. Also, to encourage the crawling, try placing some of your baby's favorite toys in front of him or her. This always helps too.

TUmmy time now!!! You just put her on her tummy. It won't last long because I am pretty sure all or at least most babies hate this for a while. So she will fuss. But leave her there for a minute or two at least 4-5 times a day so she gets more strengh. Eventually she will love being on her tummy, it might just take a few months. You can also put a bright toy or two in front of her that way in a couple of months or so she will start to grab for it.

Have fun

We started the day we got home from the hospital. The sooner the better.

You can start tummy time on day one as long as you are watching the baby.

Enjoy!
D.

It's never too early to start tummy time! We started with our little girl from the moment she was born, but by putting her on our chests (this had the double benefit of providing skin-to-skin contact). I recommend starting babies this way and then as their neck muscles get stronger, transitioning them on to the floor/rug with a rolled up towel underneath (sometimes the Boppies can be a little too thick at first). Even then I still loved having my daughter on my chest and then eventually my tummy. Just be careful where and how you do tummy time this way. I liked being propped up on the bed so that if my baby should slide off, she'd plop onto the matress and not the floor.

Good luck and have fun!

I layed on my back and had my daughter lie on my belly/chest. This got her used to and comfy with the position and then layed on the floor with her.

Jen

early and often, she will let you know