How do you do tummy time?

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Just curious how y'all are doing tummy time with your babies. I don't know that I do it as much as I should. Whenever we do tummy time admittedly it's not for very long, maybe a couple of minutes because I just don't like to see my baby struggling with it! I know it's important for her neck and back muscles so I keep doing it, just curious what y'all do!

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My son refused to do tummy time on the floor no matter what i tried. He would literally scream so bad no sound would come out. We used our Boppy pillow and I recline all the way in our couch or lay on the floor and set him up on it and it works wonders! He is now almost 3months and can hold his head steady and up! 
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I talk to him while doing it so it encourages him to want to look up at me :)

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So my son sleeps best on his belly so tummy time was a failure at first because he’d lay down to sleep 🤦🏻‍♀️ I bought a little pillow that plays music and vibrates to help try and not make tummy time sleep time. Here he is with his using the pillow

Then he got better and better and now this is where we’re at

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So I tried tummy time with the bobby twice today, hopefully I did it right. I googled “tummy time with boppy” and copied what I saw in the pictures. She held her head up pretty good at first and by the end of the 10 min she was getting fussy & didn’t hold it up -but that was right about at 10 min. I did talk to her and rattle some of her toys so I think it made tummy time a little more enjoyable. Before I was just putting her on her tummy on my bed & she just looked miserable! We would stop after 2 min. I think with this approach we may actually get at least 10 min of tummy time in once a day. Thanks everyone for all the tips! Keep ‘em coming if you have any other advice!
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I felt the same as you with my first (who is now 7) and I didn’t make him do tummy time except maybe twice but he cried so I said okay we’re done with that now haha. But guess what? He was fine. He wasn’t delayed because he didn’t do it, and nothing was wrong. Other moms told me they did the same thing because it just didn’t seem beneficial to let their babies get so upset. With my daughter she hates it also but I’ll lay on the couch with her on my chest and she’ll lift her head to look at me without getting upset. That might be a good alternative!

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My girl is 10 weeks and loves tummy time.  In the beginning she didn't like it,  but I keep doing it 3-4 times a day when she is the most happiest. I put toys and books in front of her, with or without a support or next to the back door and she focuses on the light.  Also she enjoyes her back massage with oil after bath time.

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He loves tummy time but if I do it while he's tired then he instantly falls asleep

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We do tummy time a couple times a day roughly about 10 minutes each time i have a mat with toys hanging and a keyboard on the end so he kicks the keyboard and it mnakes noise it also has a mirror which he especially likes. 
We also do it with him laying on his boppy that’ll work sometimes, I’d say just do it in spurts and baby will get used to it

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we try to do it for 5 min 2-3 times a day. if she is really fussy I don't push it though.

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We do it a couple of times a day. I bought my LO a mirror toy that stands up and he loves looking at it during tummy time.

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We do Tummy time daily, except my son thinks that’s nap time instead. Today he’s been really clingy and fussy so he hasn’t wanted to do it, screams entire time. 
I try to do it at least 10 minutes a day as long as he stays awake, even if he’s fussing.

How do you do tummy time?

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