Tummy Time!

Tummy time, tummy time, tummy time..you can't pick up a baby book or read about infants on the internet without hearing about tummy time and how important it is for the development of our babies. There is so much emphasis on it you would think that the future of humanity depended on it. Like no one will ever walk again if they don't get their allotted 30 minutes a day of tummy time a day when they are infants. Now for some reason I highly doubt that, but as a mother who wants to do all she can to help her daughter grow strong and develop as quickly as her fellow crib dwellers, of course I am going to make sure my girl gets as much tummy time as she can handle. According to all the websites and doctors, since babies have to be put to sleep on their back nowadays to avoid SIDS, they dont properly develop the upper body and neck strength that a baby that sleeps on its stomach normally would. Therefore these babies tend to crawl later thus making them walk later. Not to mention that it also makes babies heads quite flat in the back, Maddie being no exception. So I have been trying to give her as much tummy time as I can. At first we were giving her tummy time while she was laying on our chests and she was doing quite well with that. Then we decided to challenge her a bit and put her on the floor on a blanket. This she absolutely hates! She just lays there with her face straight down in the blanket and lets out this horrible cry which of course is muffled due to the fact that she is flat on her face. Its really sad:( I have tried to adjust her and make her put her head to the side but she always manages to get it straight down into the blanket again. Needless to say, I have suspended floor tummy time for now, hopefully we will be more successful at a later date. Although she doesnt like to be on the floor, she does like to be on her tummy on the boppy, it keeps her nice and elevated. So here are a few pics of her showing off her upper body strengthfor the camera. Before we know it she will be crawling.