Coughing during tummy time?

[Foxpaws91]

I've searched high and low and can't find any information about this online. My 12 week old has started coughing when we try to do tummy time, he has been doing it the last few weeks so I stopped doing it for a bit but when I tried again today he started coughing again and I had to flip him back over. Has anyone else had this happen to them? Or have any advice? I know tummy time is important for his development and I'm worried it will slow him down

Hello, I'm afraid I have no advice regarding the coughing but just want to say please don't worry that lack of tummy time will result in being slower to do things.
My daughter HATED tummy time and couldn't do 10 seconds without screeching the house down so I didn't bother at all, except for when running her bath I would put her on her front for maximum 1 minute and she'd scream throughout that. She rolled tummy to back at 3 months and back to tummy at 4 months, at 5 months she now rolls on to her front and spends a decent amount of time on her tummy. It's not uncommon for them to hate it, have you spoken to a health visitor regarding the coughing?

Thank you for that, I feel a bit better knowing that he can still develope his skills without too much tummy time. I'm going to call my health visitor on Monday and see what she says about the cough, he only does it when he's on his tummy.

Hi foxpaws91, did you find out why he was coughing during tummy time? And has he stopped? My daughter (five months old) has started doing it. Only when on her tummy. When I flip her onto her back or pick her up she stops. Can’t find any information anywhere on the internet! Thanks x

Hey, did you find out??

This has just started happening with my 5 month old daughter too, and I notice she breathes out her mouth not her nose - did anyone get any info? X

Both my boys did this! Think it was a slight gastric reflux thing. They grew out it. Both hated tummy time though.