Tummy time
Also called tummy-time
Tummy time is time a baby spends lying on their stomach while awake and watched by an adult. It helps babies build the muscles they later use to roll, scoot and crawl.
How it's said
With this baby I have to admit I dropped the ball completely: pretty much zero tummy time except on my chest.
It's a relatively new thing, as babies used to be put to sleep on their tummies...
My first one hated every second of tummy time.
Who says it
Where it came from
The US Back to Sleep campaign began in 1994, telling parents to put babies to sleep on their backs. The American Academy of Pediatrics pairs that with tummy time in the phrase "Back to sleep, tummy to play."
Safe sleep guides also tie tummy time to fewer flat spots on the back of a baby's head.
Cutiko logs tummy time as an activity in your baby's story. See the baby tracker