https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:05:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tummy-time-3#post-666807 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:53:29 +0000 Tidybee 666807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really have any suggestions as it seems you are trying really hard. DD hated tummy time (similar behaviors to yours) until about 12-13 weeks. And then it changed overnight. She still doesn't love it but she'll tolerate it for so much longer these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tummy-time-3#post-666102 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:36:08 +0000 Maysprout 666102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband would lay down and put his hands under her feet and let her crawl up his belly, she loved that. I'd get down on the floor with her and coo at her and sing to try and distract her a bit.<br /> Sorry that you lost your mother, you've got a lot going on with a newborn too, try not to worry about whether she's on target too much, they catch up, and it's a great sign that she's a social LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tummy-time-3#post-665979 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:50:04 +0000 kml636 665979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO also hates tummy time, but if it's of any relief to you, all my friends with two LOs told me they never did tummy time with their seconds and they were right one track with their milestones still! So, just a thought! That definitely made me feel better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tummy-time-3#post-665964 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:43:27 +0000 swurlygurl 665964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 10 weeks today, and she hated it at first. I would make her do it til she started crying (more than just fussing and grunting) and then pick her up - even if it was just for 10 seconds. I would do it probably 10 times a day. As time went on, she could go for longer and longer before getting mad.<br /> Hopefully she'll learn to like it more! </p> <p>Sorry I don't have any creative ideas... :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tummy-time-3#post-665948 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:38:52 +0000 wheres_c 665948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice but I'm in exactly the same boat. We moved, so lots of packing instead of tummy time early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tummy-time-3#post-665893 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:24:45 +0000 rnmcdonnell 665893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The blog post today got me off my butt to ask for some advice on tummy time. My 14 week old is waaaaay behind. She hates tummy time with a capital H. It's my fault because between 3 and 10 weeks, we didn't get to practice much - my mother was dying and inevitably passed away and there was a ton of traveling back and forth to see her and being stuck in hospital rooms and whatnot. We did work on it, just not with enough time or consistency, it was sort of squeezed in when we could and I wouldn't push it when she would get frustrated and cry.</p> <p>So unfortunately she is stuck where she was around 6 weeks - she will do the occasional pick up of her head, but 90% of the time she just cries into the floor or boppy or whatever. And if there is something that her mouth ends up against (blanket, boppy, etc), she just sucks on it and then seems content to do that and lay there. I've tried doing it on my chest, on the floor, boppy/no boppy, involving toys, involving mirrors. Nothing works.</p> <p>The ped at her 2 month said to try some alternative positions (carrying her on my forearm, etc.). The variety seems to help her not get angry as quickly, none of them "work", in that she's not trying any harder to pick her head up and I don't see much improvement. She can hold her head up while sitting on my lap or when I carry her up over my shoulder (though she's not great - still unsteady, but she does at least try in those positions).</p> <p>So, I'm wondering if anyone else ever experienced this and how it ended up or what tips they might have. I've tried all of the typical stuff - mirrors, toys, talking/singing to her, getting down on her level, so I'm looking for something a little more creative :) Of note, she has some interest in toys, but less so than other babies I've seen and is much more interested in people/us. She likes "talking" back and forth and generally looking at us and smiling. So I think we would be more motivating to her than toys, but the methods I've tried in that vein aren't successful either.</p> <p>I'd LOVE to hear suggestions on what to do here if anyone has any! </p>