My son is 3 months old, 14 weeks to be exact. Lately I have tried to lay him down on his tummy for stimulation and to strengthen his neck muscles, but he doesn't like it! I tried putting the boppy pillow under his arms/head, but he doesn't seem to like that either. Any ideas on how to make this more successful?
Trying to introduce tummy time for my 3 month old son, but he's not liking it?
threenorns
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yeah - skip it. my daughter despised tummy time with a passion so we never did it.
didn't seem that critical for strength development as she was rolling from back to front and back again at 2-1/2mo, started cruising at 7-1/2mo, started walking alternating with crawling at 9-1/2mo, and quit crawling altogether at 10-1/2mo.
the only time she enjoyed being on her tummy was when she was laying on daddy's chest and then she would go crackers, lol.
for strength development, you can't beat the good ol' jolly jumper. my youngest would spend *hours* every day in that thing just going at it like mad. later on, i found out they're not supposed to be in them for more than 20 minutes but i guess if she was okay since she was able to bounce and jump steadily for two hours or more at a time.
didn't seem that critical for strength development as she was rolling from back to front and back again at 2-1/2mo, started cruising at 7-1/2mo, started walking alternating with crawling at 9-1/2mo, and quit crawling altogether at 10-1/2mo.
the only time she enjoyed being on her tummy was when she was laying on daddy's chest and then she would go crackers, lol.
for strength development, you can't beat the good ol' jolly jumper. my youngest would spend *hours* every day in that thing just going at it like mad. later on, i found out they're not supposed to be in them for more than 20 minutes but i guess if she was okay since she was able to bounce and jump steadily for two hours or more at a time.
my daughter is two months i introduced her to that when she was about one month even earlier but she actually liked it. But sometimes i will lay her on her belly and she will just get frustrated so i roll her back over and she is relaxed. But she loves when i hold her on my chest and lay back a little, she wants to look at my face so she will lift her head up and not be upset about it, you could start working on that first before you lay him down. Sometimes when i lay her down on her belly i will lay down next to her or infront of her so she will try to look up to see me . & when i brought her to the doctor the other day he layed her on her belly to see how her muscles were developing and he did this thing where he put her elbows almost together and her chin rest on her hands he told me to do that to help her learn better how to hold her head up it looked really cute too and she did not seem to mind
just some thoughts
hope it helps
just some thoughts
hope it helpstry putting toys around him to try and reach. really none of my children liked tummy time so the doctor said let them cry through it. after a little while they will get used to it. i could only do this for minutes at a time because it breaks my heart to hear any of my children cry but they did get used to it.
None of my kids liked it either:
Try laying in front of him so he has you to look at.
Lay him on your chest as you lay down on the floor or in a recliner.
Try a bright play mat.
When trying this; he will only tolerate it for a very short time. Don't worry and just keep it up a little at a time.
Try laying in front of him so he has you to look at.
Lay him on your chest as you lay down on the floor or in a recliner.
Try a bright play mat.
When trying this; he will only tolerate it for a very short time. Don't worry and just keep it up a little at a time.