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8 month old and tummy time

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TheGirlAtTheRockShow · 10/03/2015 07:35

DD is 8 and a half months old (7.5 adjusted) and hates tummy time -always has. I encourage her to spend as much time as I can on her tummy as I know it's important for all milestones. However, now she can confidently roll she just flips onto her back straight away. I try playing with her, she has toys in front and around her, but no - she flips to her back. Her favourite position is sitting, but she can't get there on her own. She cries till I sit her up. I know learning to sit herself involves tummy time!
Any ideas how I can get her to endure it for longer?

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Queazy · 10/03/2015 20:26

My dd hated tummy time and we didn't do it. She's now 18mo, running around and chatting, and happily rolling around when she wants to. I spent evenings googling tummy time and panicking that my dd was going to suffer because of it. Please don't worry. Surely this hasn't been a focus of child development throughout the ages - my mum and aunt had no idea what I was on about.

findingherfeet · 10/03/2015 20:30

If she's not too big pop her on your chest on her tummy, she'll use the same muscles looking up to interact with you that way....

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