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Hello from tummy time
Share a short, supervised tummy-time moment on a clear floor.
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Age: Birth–12 months; choose for the individual child.
Set up: Choose a clean, firm, flat floor away from pets, hazards and loose objects. Place your awake baby on their tummy when they are comfortable.
Adult's role: Stay awake and beside your baby the whole time. Watch their face and breathing, and pick them up if they are uncomfortable or tired.
Let's make it happen
- Get down at your baby's eye level and offer a gentle hello.
- Talk or smile while your baby watches or moves at their own pace.
- End when your baby needs a break; hold and comfort them.
Make it simpler: While you are fully awake and unlikely to fall asleep, hold your awake baby tummy-down against your chest with their head and airway clear.
Clean up: No cleanup needed.
Tummy time is only for awake babies with constant adult supervision. For sleep, place baby on their back in their own clear, firm, flat sleep space. Ask your baby's clinician about positioning if they have special medical needs.