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"throw away the books and do it my way!"

Limited time so haven't read the thread.

Tummy time? I hadn't even realised they should have tummy time! Though I do remember hearing "tummy to play, back to sleep". dd never liked being on her tummy. So after one or two attempts (just out of curiosity to see if she'd try to budge herself) I never gave it another thought.

Don't really understand why they need it? (sorry aitch will look at your link when i have more time).

My DS hated tummy time too so we just used to let him lay on our chests (as we reclined on sofa). It's a lovely cuddle and sort of tummy time. Also held him against chest lots when walking about as that encouraged him to lift his head to look around.

right, so blue22 the moral of this story is that if your baby is sleeping on her back you should be doing 'something', whether that's tummy time or keeping them actively supported in a sling. but don't just ditch it with no plan b.

as it happened, both of mine were in slings and slept in a hammock, which is pretty sound, anthropologically-speaking, but dd1 still hated it until the chiro unjammed her neck.

I never did "tummy time" with either of mine. I carried them in slings, had them sat on my lap or in a reclining baby chair, or laid them at an angle on my chest. Both of them crawled at the "normal" time.

It really isn't needed. Anthropologically speaking babies are not put down, not on their backs, not on their tummies, they are carried every where and sit on laps all the time. They all crawl and walk just fine.

If she doesn't like it don't do it, sit her on your lap or lay her on your chest, these things will develop her neck and upper body muscles, with no stress or tears!

Oh gosh I have never ever heard of tummy time. My dc were born in 2001 and 2003. They were both walking by 13 months. Don't have you baby doing something that makes her cry because you feel you ought to ...

(although i would also say that being 'glued' to someone, presumably in a sling or somesuch, is a more 'active' way of bearing oneself, so probably attends to a lot of the muscular stuff that they might otherwise be missing out on just lying on a mat, iykwim?)

well that all seems to make sense...

True Aitch you do need to look for reasons. I think ds hated it because it involved putting him down rather than any chiro type reasons . He also hated being put on a play mat on his back or just not being glued to me or dh in general . I wondered what the hell a play mat was for until dd came along!