Tummy time

My son also slept better on his tummy and still does. Once they start moving round at night you can't prevent it.

Hi Everyone

I also started Tummy Time very early - when my girl was only as few weeks old. She never wanted to go to sleep alone, always on my chest. Even putting her down after she fell asleep on my chest would wake her up. But after I started with tummy time, she would fall asleep on her tummy and sleep sound! So i started putting her down on her tummy to sleep in the day on her own. This worked wonders, although I watched her like a hawk since sleeping on baby's tummy is not recommended due to SIDS, I know. I slowly started letting her sleep like this at nights aswell, because this really helped with the cramps she had and she got much more rest which led to a happy little girl. Now she is 4 months old, and only sleeps through the night if she is put on het tummy. We have tried several times to put her down on her back, but after a few hours she wakes up and I have to put her on her tummy. Then she sleep for 10-11 hours a night. (she doesn't sleep during the day - takes powernaps between 30 - 40 minutes 3 times a day!)

My husband, myself, my parents, we all still worry about SIDS, and I still get up twice during the night to check on her, but she seems to love sleeping on het tummy - so I let her!

Tummy time is crucial - my son hated it so I started him on my chest and then on the feeding pillow which worked like a charm. Like Marijke said, even 5 minutes a time is fine.

Eventually he was falling asleep when I put him on his tummy.

Yeah tummy time is really important for all sorts of reasons - muscle development, prep for crawling, getting the fluids in the brain moving etc.

With a really "new" baby, it helps to put a rolled up towel under LO's chest with arms over it - prop them up a bit, rather than lying straight on th floor / bed.

I found a number of "tricks" made the boys more comfy - the towel under chest, them on my chest, I would lie them on the bed and I would sit next to it, so they could see and "communicate" with me. Toys in front of them, a mirror so they could see their own face and expressions (Liam thought that was the bomb - would pull faces at himself).
Then when I was on the couch I would sit at a slight diagonal across the couch and prop them over my leg.

In the beginning niether of them really liked it and if they could see, hear or smell me, they were okay.

And then when they were a bit older (5 or 6 months) I got a beach ball, put them face down on it and gently rolled the ball backwards & forwards - this was the bestest for Brandon, he would giggle his head off A good exercise here is also to put a toy on the floor and encourage LO to try grab it, it re-inforces the grabbing instinct and gets them to put out hands n case of a fall.

I've also been doing a little tummy time as of week 2 or so. Connor really didn't like it at first, but now and again, I think he does enjoy it, but not always. His neck is definitely getting stronger though, so it really helps. I do a little tummy time, for as long as he can handle, during each awake time during the day, sometimes on my chest, sometimes on his playmat or on my bed. What I've started doing today, is putting a pillow under his chest, it helps him lift himself up more and he was a lot more content during tummy time. I don't always know if I'm doing enough or too much, ha ha

I did it from birth , she's only one month now.She doesn't like laying on her tummy so I just put her on my chest.Her neck is really strong and getting stronger daily.

Here you go, an interesting read

www.babyzone.com/askanexpert/tummy-time-101/

And B's first tummy time at 20 days old