No tummy time... how will he crawl?!

[visitor1]

DD1 hated tummy time so i never bothered forcing the issue (much to everyones disgust) and she began crawling not long before she turned 6 months old.....was rolling heaps from 4 months....so for her no tummy time didnt stop crawling.

DD2 hated it so i never forced the issue and never wanted to roll until 7/8 months and now at 9 months has jsut began trying to crawl.

Both my kids are very different and no tummy time had no impact in my opinion.

[Beach Mama]

Aww lots of babies don't like it hun - as the other posters have mentioned, and at his age he will probably only tolerate a few mins max at a time. I found Izzy was the same and I would just put her on her tummy for sometimes only a minute at a time a few times a day and as she got older she got stronger and liked it more and more. Just keep at it, as he gets older toys in front of him might distract him a bit before he cracks it and you will find he will be just fine!

[BhoysGirl]

My DS was another who hated tummy time. Like Tan, I used to do it for a minute at a time, which was about his limit until he learnt to roll over himself. The towel under the chest was good for us from about 6 months, but still only for short periods. I also used to be on the floor with him a lot, talking to him and telling him how many seconds left until it was over. And whilst he wasn't an early roller/crawler/walker, he has got there in his own time and been very proud of himself when he mastered a new skill (well, except the walking, that hasn't started yet, but he's not far off it) . Sometimes I think it's really easy to feel like your baby is the "only" one who isn't rolling/crawling/sleeping/eating etc, but there's usually lots of others out there that aren't either, it's just that people don't always talk about it IYKWIM.

[~Belinda~]

My DD hated tummy time, is 7 months old and doesn't mind it much now. It's only recent that she is crawling...but backwards! Try not to worry, seems they all protest

[Ozziehoffy]

I ended up giving up on tummy time and just nodded and said yes to the MCHN cos he seriously hated it that much that he'd be really upset. He actually never crawled, he bum shuffled He's just started walking about a month or so ago. I don't think that it will affect his crawling at all.

[Lulu]

Only do it for a few minutes at a time. I didn't force the issue with DS 'cos he hated it too.

Don't worry too much though, never met a baby that never learned to crawl (in some form or another!).

[Lucy]

Olivia hated tummy time, so I gave up on it, and never bothered with Charlie and Lexie as a result.

Olivia never crawled: she was a bottom shuffler.

Charlie crawled, then bottom shuffled.

Lexie was left stranded on her back for much of her early months and crawled very easily & early.....