Tummy time help

[kitty8199]

she HATES it.  I know she needs it to build her muscles.  Any way to make her not scream, and actually enoy it, or do Ijust have to make her suffer through it. 

[momme2anangel]

BUMP!

[momme2anangel]

all mine hated tummy time. I would make them stay there for 15 minutes anyways. Eventually they started to like it. My youngest hated it so bad until he could crawl!

[slipperfeet]

good question, here's a bump bc i wanna know too

[MIA0223]

Mind hated it too. I waited until she was ready. Not every baby follows "by the book" try it but dont make her do it if she cries. She will do it on her own time!

[hailnbray]

 she doesnt actually need it. there are tons of ways to build muscles and it will come with time.

[IrishDuckie]

Yup! She'll get used to it. But to try to keep her a little calm lay there with her.

Quoting momme2anangel:

all mine hated tummy time. I would make them stay there for 15 minutes anyways. Eventually they started to like it. My youngest hated it so bad until he could crawl!

[BethPrice1345]

Mine hated it too, but they liked it better if I laid on my back and put them on their tummy on my chest. I only did it once a day or so for 5 min or until they fussed. Good luck.

[jessnjosh87]

Just suffer. One day she'll figure out how to hold her head, then the wriggling, rolling, crawling...and then there will be no tummy time!!!! EVER, unless she's sleeping on it....haha...

[kitty8199]

Quoting BethPrice1345:

Mine hated it too, but they liked it better if I laid on my back and put them on their tummy on my chest. I only did it once a day or so for 5 min or until they fussed. Good luck.

she doesnt mind that she likes that but falls asleep

[booski555]

My DD hated it to the point were she would struggle to try to turn over then start crying cause she couldnt. so i started laying her on my chest and sliding down on the couch so she was slightly elevated but still on her stomach. she liked that a whole lot better cause she could lift her head and look right at me. Now that shes gotten more head control we do tummy time on the ground, she still hates it, but not as much. and we only do it for maybe 5-10 minutes at a time, multiple times a day. Its gotten A LOT better and last night she actually did mini push-ups the whole time and she wasnt as pissed off. lol. just go slow and listen to her. if shes not ready, then shes not ready.