I need some mommy advice. I dont know what to do and I feel like a bad mommy no matter what I do so please lend your opinion. Tegan HATES tummy time!! When I say hate I mean scream her heart out until she passes our hate. I dont know what to do. Lately she hasn't been getting tummy time because I can't stand to make her cry. On the other hand I know that she needs it to strengthen her little arms and shoulders for future crawling. Every time I put her on her belly she either screams her heart out or she puts her thumb in her mouth and passes out. She doesn't even try to lift herself up. I have tried laying in front of her talking to her, putting tons of toys in front of her, propping her up on her boppy, I have even tried laying down and and letting her do tummy time on my chest...all of which have failed. My mom tells me over and over not to worry about it because I didn't get tummy time and I was fine...maybe I didn't get tummy time per say BUT I slept on my tummy which means I had tummy time. I just dont know what to do. Do I let her lay there and scream?? What do I do?? I feel horrible for letting her scream, yet I feel bad for not making her do something that she should be doing...ugh! HELP!
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We never had a problem with tummy time, usually what I did was lay down on the sofa and put her on her tummy on me. That way she could look and play with my face. She never cried because for all she knew it was face time with mommy, not some chore. I hate that for you, I can't stand to hear Amelia cry so its gotta be tough. Id keep trying that though because she is more likely to want to look at you than a toy. They say babies love to look at faces, so just keep trying.
Also, Im like you with the pictures. At 6 months I think Amelia already knows what a camera is and starts hamming it up when I get it out. She starts smiling automatically when she sees the camera *lol*
awe tummy time. Well I say keep trying. They say the more tummy time they get the better readers kids are. (The link there is beyond me). I did tummy time with Anna on me or I'd put her on her tummy and talk to her, keep trying to make it fun! :) She will get pissed enough she will turn over!
What a little peanut!
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