https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:59:24 +0000 Sat, 10 May 2008 09:48:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=16987 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=379649&title=tummy-time#379649 Author: Maya
Subject: 16987
Posted: 10 May 2008 at 9:48am

Despite having excellent head control from birth, Maya HATED tummy time with a passion, it was something I did coz Plunket said I had to, she screamed the whole time every time so she'd get the minimum 10 mins each awake period. She never rolled till really late, but she crawled fairly early.

Gremlins on the other hand loved it, which surprised me coz they were refluxers and it used to make them spill without fail. They had hours and hours of tummy time and by 8 weeks they would deliberately roll from their backs to their tummies. But then they didn't crawl till 10 mths.]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 09:48:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=379649&title=tummy-time#379649 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=379633&title=tummy-time#379633 Author: BabyKiwi
Subject: 16987
Posted: 10 May 2008 at 9:18am

Tiff, wait until she finds her feet Now that is amusing!!

As the others have said, she will do it in her own time but watch with the reflux, it can cause flare ups!]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 09:18:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=379633&title=tummy-time#379633 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=379155&title=tummy-time#379155 Author: Tiff
Subject: 16987
Posted: 09 May 2008 at 4:35pm

Good thinking Kabe, must go down and have a looksy.]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 16:35:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=379155&title=tummy-time#379155 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378973&title=tummy-time#378973 Author: kabe
Subject: 16987
Posted: 09 May 2008 at 1:15pm

We just gor a large rubber ball from a $2 shop. It's been great! ]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 13:15:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378973&title=tummy-time#378973 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378899&title=tummy-time#378899 Author: LittleBug
Subject: 16987
Posted: 09 May 2008 at 11:25am

Lol Tishy... yeah I usually do it over lino, not over carpet (easier to clean). I should have mentioned that ]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378899&title=tummy-time#378899 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378560&title=tummy-time#378560 Author: WRXnKids
Subject: 16987
Posted: 08 May 2008 at 8:18pm

haha i was playin superman with josh (i was on my back with my legs bent up and him lyin on them lifting up and down forward & back) and when i sat back up he left a big baby badge on my top - lucky it wasnt while he was flying otherwise i could have got a face full of it ]]> Thu, 08 May 2008 20:18:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378560&title=tummy-time#378560 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378528&title=tummy-time#378528 Author: tishy
Subject: 16987
Posted: 08 May 2008 at 7:55pm

Janey77 wrote: Another thing you can do is support her chest and waist with your hands, and fly her slowly around like superman. If you take her on all different angles, and do it slow enough for her to take

I did this yesterday and got an impressive baby badge all down my front!
I'd forgotten which baby I'd burped and was taking her over for a nappy change ]]> Thu, 08 May 2008 19:55:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378528&title=tummy-time#378528 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378522&title=tummy-time#378522 Author: Tiff
Subject: 16987
Posted: 08 May 2008 at 7:49pm

Awesome suggestions guys! Thanks!! ]]> Thu, 08 May 2008 19:49:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378522&title=tummy-time#378522 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378501&title=tummy-time#378501 Author: LittleBug
Subject: 16987
Posted: 08 May 2008 at 7:14pm

I have heard that's good... wish we had a big rubber ball, lol. Another thing you can do is support her chest and waist with your hands, and fly her slowly around like superman. If you take her on all different angles, and do it slow enough for her to take in all the info, it's meant to be really good for developing their vestibular system (balance etc). When Chloe is grumpy, I do that, because it usually stops her crying straight away. I guess it's hard to grizzle when you are trying to hold your head up and keep your balance ]]> Thu, 08 May 2008 19:14:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=378501&title=tummy-time#378501 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=377751&title=tummy-time#377751 Author: kabe
Subject: 16987
Posted: 07 May 2008 at 10:12pm

When Eva wasn't keen on TT, I lay her across a large rubber ball and she loved it. She would always hold her head up really high. You can roll them forward to back and side to side. Good for their balance as well.]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 22:12:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=377751&title=tummy-time#377751 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=377630&title=tummy-time#377630 Author: LittleBug
Subject: 16987
Posted: 07 May 2008 at 9:01pm

The same has happened to Chloe! She used to push up really well during tummy time, and now most of the time she just sucks her hands or rests her head on her hands. Like she's worked out that she can be lazy Sometimes I put the tv on with her in front of it for five or ten mins, because that way she actually looks up.

Although yesterday, the cheeky little monkey discovered she can rest her head on her arms at an angle, so she can still watch without lifting her head.

But she is starting to push up a lot with her back legs now. Once she has worked out to do her arms and legs at the same time, I guess we will be in for some trouble ]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:01:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=377630&title=tummy-time#377630 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376913&title=tummy-time#376913 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 16987
Posted: 07 May 2008 at 8:37am

tiff Ethan would kinda suck other one but just started really seriously sucking both! ]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 08:37:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376913&title=tummy-time#376913 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376845&title=tummy-time#376845 Author: Tiff
Subject: 16987
Posted: 07 May 2008 at 7:10am

Ahhh, so it sounds pretty normal. That's fine then I shall just leave her to do her own thing then, it just seemed odd especially as she has really good head control and has done right from day one. Wonder how long it will be before she finds her other fist??....]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 07:10:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376845&title=tummy-time#376845 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376538&title=tummy-time#376538 Author: popcorn
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 7:49pm

what about a mirror for motivation? or use a softer surface to make it easier for her, like a swiss ball or some pillows until she gets a bit stronger]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 19:49:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376538&title=tummy-time#376538 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376394&title=tummy-time#376394 Author: .Mel
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 4:33pm

I wouldn't worry, she's still very young, you'll probably find that once she hits the 3-4 month mark she'll be more interested.

]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 16:33:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376394&title=tummy-time#376394 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376346&title=tummy-time#376346 Author: lucky3rdtime
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 3:47pm

Gabs can lift her head but will only do it sometimes, often she will find her fist and start sucking to, or just get really sh*tty and grizzle about it all LOL!]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 15:47:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376346&title=tummy-time#376346 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376330&title=tummy-time#376330 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 3:30pm

Yeah just before E found his other hand... hehe]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 15:30:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376330&title=tummy-time#376330 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376327&title=tummy-time#376327 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 3:28pm

yeah, the novelty will wear off.....then she will find her other hand ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 15:28:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376327&title=tummy-time#376327 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376310&title=tummy-time#376310 Author: Freesia
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 3:16pm

Olivia has started doing exactly that in the last week too. I figure that once the novelty of sucking on her hand wears off she'll lift her head again.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 15:16:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376310&title=tummy-time#376310 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376275&title=tummy-time#376275 Author: WRXnKids
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:45pm

Josh eats his fist too im worried ill pick him up one day and he will only have half a hand he makes the funniest sucking sounds. Kind of like a starved animal finally being feed]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 14:45:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376275&title=tummy-time#376275 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376273&title=tummy-time#376273 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:44pm

Caprece hated it and would turn her head to the side and just lay there. She wasn't delayed in her crawling by it either. Just keep the tummy time up she will eventually start holding her head up again. ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 14:44:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376273&title=tummy-time#376273 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376251&title=tummy-time#376251 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:19pm

Ethan never really lifts his head much when lying on the floor he likes fist too... but when lying on us he lifts it quite high..i was worried as he isnt rolling etc either but he moves heaps and tries to move forwards when on tummy.. at least he likes tummy time i guess?:) ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 14:19:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376251&title=tummy-time#376251 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376239&title=tummy-time#376239 Author: peachy
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:05pm

Lauren did this too, in time she started to lift her head up again. She was a slow developer with head control, but now she is super strong and is an early crawler. So they all reach milestones at many different paces!

I would just keep giving her tummy time and she will eventually get back into it again!]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 14:05:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376239&title=tummy-time#376239 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376234&title=tummy-time#376234 Author: Tiff
Subject: 16987
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:00pm

Rohann used to be really good at tummy time, holding her head up for ages etc. But now she's discovered her hand is right there and spends most of tt sucking on her fist and isn't interested in looking up no matter what toys I put around her (or me lying there with her etc)!! Has this happened to anyone else, and has anyone got any suggestions to get her back to holding her head up again???]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 14:00:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16987&PID=376234&title=tummy-time#376234