Tummy time is often either a source of fun for families–or of distress. Check out my new tummy time website! EnjoyTummyTime.com – Your Source for a Respectful and Informed Approach to Tummy Time

Whether it’s going wonderfully or is challenging, I have some important information to share with you, including tips you will not see in much of the tummy time literature out there:

• How Baby gets into and out of tummy time makes a difference
• Watching for and reducing a startle response
• What counts as “tummy time”
• Why tummy time is not just about muscle strength
• Allow the newborn’s bending hips and knees in tummy time
• Empowering ways to address that stuck arm
• Engagement vs distraction–why paying attention to fussing is important
• How propping devices can actually make tummy time more challenging
• Tummy time is part of a bigger picture: lying on the side and back are important too!

This approach to tummy time comes from Infant Developmental Movement Education (IDME), part of the Body-Mind Centering approach to somatic education.

Make Tummy Time a place of ease, comfort, and delight!

Eliza Parker is a certified Infant Developmental Movement Educator®, Aware Parenting Instructor, Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner, and Feldenkrais® Practitioner.

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