Tummy time 4 weeks old

[brian1992]

How are y’all managing to get in tummy time?
My son is a month old and his wake windows are slim. Either he wakes up hungry and fussy or we wake him up to eat. We do a diaper change first because if we do it after eating he will just spit up everywhere and want to eat again after anyways. After eating he gets tired and falls asleep and I just lay him against my chest for a little bit so he can burp and be upright to reduce spitting up.
I breastfeed him laid back so when he’s looking for the nipple I guess he does do a little bit of tummy time.
Should we be waking him up a little bit before he needs to eat and do tummy time as he’s usually calm if we wake him then do a diaper change then feed him?
Curious to see how other parents handle this when their little one is just a hungry little spit up monster

 

[iamnotmagnolia]

@brian1992 My pediatrician told us that any activity where the baby is lifting his head counts as “tummy time”
So laying on your chest and lifting his head, if you’re holding baby and he isn’t leaning on your chest but lifting his head, etc
Tummy time is about strengthening the neck and it can be done without actually being on the tummy.

 

[srcnfk]

@iamnotmagnolia This is the only way we’ve been able to do that. LO’s neck is doing great.

 

[mx83]

@brian1992 I used to do a minute or so of tummy before I changed her diaper on the changing mat! It also gets some extra pee out

 

[brian1992]

@mx83 Just tried this, thank you!

 

[pelipeli]

@brian1992 Omg don’t stress. I would absolutely not bother waking him up for tummy time. He has tummy time when he’s on your chest lifting his head!

 

[lewisofthenorth]

@brian1992 I didn’t do it at 4 weeks - like you said lifting up from your chest is tummy time too.

 

[walkman1943]

@brian1992 I did almost 0 traditional baby on belly on floor tummy time until close to 3 months. We did a lot of tummy time with baby laying on mom or dads chest. Still close to flat out but also building more of a connection with us. She is now 18 months and has always exceeded the physical milestones (sitting, standing, walking, etc) I would say definitely don’t wake baby for it. Fit it in where you can.

 

[sylivesteralmas]

@brian1992 We did it on changing table before bath time. We incorporated massage and some exercises - bicycle legs, tummy time etc

 

[mama357]

@brian1992 I barely did tummy time (except for when she was on my chest which was a lot) until my baby was like 3 months old.. she’s 5.5 months now and totally fine and strong. Not saying don’t do it but I wouldn’t worry too too much

 

[akidomaster]

@brian1992 My baby loves to have his bum cream put on while on his belly after a diaper change - we use this as a minute or two of tummy time after each diaper change!

 

[iampax]

@brian1992 At that age we did lots of baby on chest and baby wearing.

 

[revdstephen]

@brian1992 We only did 2 mins per wake windows mostly in evenings to get the gases out.