Tummy time?

[Kmn]

We also did a lot of lying on our chests, or over our shoulders. At 2 months our MCHN suggested that he also needed a bit of time on the floor, since while he was lifting up his head OK (part of the reason for tummy time) he had no sign of the foot-scrabbling that was apparently the other thing that should be developing. He lasted a couple of minutes in front of the floor-to-ceiling-window, watching the tree - and he did that each day for another month or so. Then mysteriously he started to not mind it much first thing after waking up - so he would have a long session then and that was it.
After that poor bub learnt to roll from his back to his tummy - and it took him 2 months to learn to roll the other way. So he got a very large amount of tummy time from 4-6 months...

From the "flat head" point of view, anything that is not lying on their back will be helpful - so your sling or cuddle time is important here.

[Karina]

Claire hated tummy time that age as well! I ended up just doing tummy time for her in short bursts, and usually on my chest so she could look at my face. I'd lie on the couch so my top half was elevated a bit and have her on my chest and make faces at her and sing her songs. She still wasnt keen on it, but she was happier to be on my chest that on a rug on the floor.
She was able to roll from her tummy to back around 3 months old so i dont think the lack of tummy time was a big problem for her.

[Ezz]

DS hated tummy time until he learnt how to roll over (from back to tummy) - once he got there himself, he was happy to be there!

As others have said, I used to give him tummy time on my chest.

[Nicambhar]

Arabella has tummy time straight after her bath each day. I give her a massage while she is on her tummy and she usually falls asleep after she has had a bit of a look around.

[~clover~]

I've always done tummy time either on us, after a bath with no nappy, or just with no nappy.
DS loves having his nappy off, & always has (well not the first few days), so that helped us.

[Butterfly_Princess]

I found that if you roll up a towel and place it under their arms across their chest - kinda holding them up from the floor a bit - helped a lot.

Yup i was gonna suggest this one!!
Also another thing that I find is good...is when im sitting on the couch, ill put my legs together, and place her on her tummy on my lap, facing outwards so her tummy is in the little indent between my legs IYKWIM ??

Isabell wasnt keen on tummy time at that age either, but once id started using the towel idea, she slowly started liking it, then slowly i took the towel away.
Also my MCHN told DP and I that starting tummy time is good before 12 weeks, but its not essential, its at 12 weeks and after when tummy time is of its most benefit. That could be wrong, but its what MCHN told me.

[Laranna]

As the others have said, tummy time doesn't have to be on the floor. Lay her on you, across your lap or hold her face down across your arm.

I also second the rolled up towel, it made a big difference to DS's enjoyment of tummy time. I wouldn't worry about her not learning to lift her head up, she'll do it. I'm going through this at the moment as DS has great head control (checked by paed today) but he's not pushing himself up...he's had heaps of tummy time...so it's just a wait for him to get stronger.