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6mo hates tummy time

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Beenybobs · 08/02/2024 17:48

My 6mo daughter still hates tummy time!
We’ve been doing tummy time daily since she was a few days old, so it isn’t anything new. She will only support on her arms/hands if we put her in the position to- and only do it for 20-30 seconds max. She doesn’t spin herself on her tummy or move in any way. She will reach for toys initially but after 30 seconds-1 minute just starts screaming. She loves rolling back to front, but then screams when she gets onto her front. I constantly do aided rolling from front to back to try and encourage her to do it herself, but she absolutely won’t.
She seems to be doing well otherwise developmentally; she sits unaided, claps hands, babbles to no end, loves her food, jumps/tried standing when she’s supported on her feet.
But tummy time/crawling/rolling front to back seems like it’s never going to happen!
I’ve tried every distraction I can think of (including making the dog lie in front of her as she loves trying to get hold of her!).

Any advice, tips, tricks or anything would be amazing!
i really don’t know what else I can do to encourage her.

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Richie23 · 09/02/2024 05:22

I would just carry on encouraging her as you have been. She may not be bothered about rolling onto her back, maybe she enjoys standing or sitting and wants to do them more than being on her tummy.
My little one is 11 months, always hated tummy time. He learnt to roll from front to back so every time we tried tummy time he’d just go straight onto his back. By 6 months we’d given up tummy time as he would just be on his back instead. He much preferred to be sitting or standing and by 9 months could walk across the room on his own (he’s never crawled). He only started rolling onto his belly last month when he realised it helped him get into a position to stand. Some babies just don’t enjoy tummy time and would rather practice other skills! You can just keep trying with tummy time and helping her roll etc, but maybe stop before she gets too upset as she’ll then start to associate it with that bad feeling. And give her more time sitting and standing and seeing how she gets on.

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