Tummy time for the baby means you are putting the baby on tummy. So what does it mean? Your baby is most of the time sleeping on the back when the baby is born and that is a natural position for most of the babies. When you put the baby on the tummy with supervision which kind of exercise for the baby what you're going to do and it is advised by the doctors also. When is it advised? It is advised usually after the neonatal period that is around 20 to 30 days of life. In fact a newborn also can be done but since they are very tender, vulnerable we don't advise it. After two to three weeks of time usually we advise the mothers to do some tummy timing for the baby till they want the baby to be done. Some babies are happy to do it after four to six months, some babies don't do they start doing other activities, they don't sit for it. So what is Tummy Time done? Tummy time means you put the baby on the tummy with face or chin should be lifted up so that the baby should not be hitting on the floor and the mother should be or anybody attender should be supervising the baby so that baby doesn't get you know any discomfort with that. Ideally it should be done not on full tummy. It should be done at least after baby is fed for 40-45 minutes so that the vomiting hazards also or choking hazards also are prevented. Why is it Tummy Time done? Tummy time is mainly done one is because it helps for the baby to get into the next developmental milestones like rolling or turning to one side or the both the sides. It helps the neck muscles to grow because as they grow around two months, three months their neck muscles will be developing more so their head control will be starting. So this position will help them to get the tone of these muscles of the neck, face and the back and also it helps them to get away from the colic. Colic is something which happens in babies over second to third week of time that is when they produce lot of gas in their tummy. So when you put them for tummy time that also helps them to relieve the gas. It acts like a burping method for them to be happy on that. There are babies who are very happy on tummy time there are babies who don't like tummy time. How much time you can do? It is like two to three times in a day also you can do start with once a day for initially begin with three minutes or two minutes and slowly increase the time and the number of times you do it as your baby enjoys. It should be done on a firm surface but important thing is somebody should be supervising the baby when the baby is doing the tummy time but it is really beneficial for their neck muscle

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