Friday, January 13, 2012

Tummy Time

Tummy time is the best! It gives babies a different view of the world around them and it is great way to help infants develop their muscles. Tummy time works on infants holding their heads up, strengthens their back muscles and gets them to work on moving their legs (encouraging  rolling and crawling motions).

We try to give Ellery tummy time a couple times a day. Usually she only has it for 5-10 minutes at a time, or until she gets overly frustrated. She tries so hard though...her legs are always a moving and she grunts and moans as she is attempting to move on her own.

Tonight we used a bobby to help her during tummy time. I read online that a boppy pillow will angle babies at an angle that encourages them to use their neck muscles and lift their heads (and that should be the original focus of tummy time...they need to do that before they can crawl and roll). Well she apparently did not like her boppy tonight because she maneuvered herself right out of it. Here is the video I got of her tonight. :)

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