Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Tough Tummy Times

Lately I have been noticing that my son's neck is getting stronger and stronger. Sometimes I will be off in the distance and my fiancee will tell me, look look LOOK! Because he is 6 inches off her chest holding his head up, and she is there to catch him should he move even the slightest, but letting him work on his neck mucles. For both of us, when we hold him he does this, he tries with all his might to hold his head up when we hold him.


We have this toy that we borrowed from my fiancee's sister and brother-in-law, we have attempted to put him on it once. That was enough, he seemed too small for it as he didnt like it at all. And not too mention, as my fiancee tells people all the time " he had a four centimeter larger head than the average baby" he has a big head to hold up. Im not too sure what age group it is for, I was just told that you have to start tummy time right away, start building those neck muscles to see what you can do.




I have seen another lamaze toy out there, and there are mirrors, as shown below, but they are expensive, I am more than willing to buy them if you parents out there say yes they are awesome and they work, but I am wondering what tips for tummy time you may have. If we put him down on the floor or on a mat with nothing, he doesnt do too well, he most of the time just lays there, and gets mad pretty quickly. Any thoughts?
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    I have a completely unrelated question.... As an expecting mom... what about Diaper Genies or other comparable diaper pails. Are they necessary or can you just use any sealable garbage can??

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  2. UnknownMarch 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM

    I think babies in general don't like being on their tummies in the beginning. I don't think it matters how many toys you have in front of them. There necks will get stronger even if you don't do all that much tummy time, we only did it once a day or so and he got strong really quickly anyway. I was more concerned about Jude getting a flat head, so I held him a lot.
    Now that he's older he only wants to be on his tummy, even during diaper changes which is really annoying.

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  3. New Dad 2009March 19, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Anonymous, I have created a new post discussing that topic, if you want to check it out "Diaper Genie - Worth its weight in gold"

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  4. AnonymousMarch 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM

    I agree that most babies don't want to be on their tummies. I put mine on a colorful blanket until they fussed and then rolled them over. The benefit to them not liking tumy time is they usually learn to roll over a little quicker. I found with my little guys anyway.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 23, 2009 at 5:47 PM

    My daughter hated tummy time at first but I just did it a few times a day for a couple of minutes and I'd put colorful things in front of her so she'd lift her head to look at them. Eventually she just got over her fussiness....every baby is different though so just keep trying a few things!

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