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My baby will be 3 months old tomorrow and still hates tummy time like the day she was born. Full blown huge meltdowns where she struggles to breathe, inconsolable for at least a half hour afterwards. I know the general advice is to just keep trying but here’s where we’re at and what we have tried if you have any further advice. I don’t want to set her back by not doing it as much as I should ( we do 1x a day for like 1.5 minutes. genuinely cannot last longer than that and it’s so awful we push it off and push it off )

We have tried:
- elevated on legs, boppi, blanket
- put arms under her shoulders
- toys in her face, us on the floor in her face
- patting butt talking singing
- tummy time on our chests which used to work but she hates that now too
- she used to love the carrier but now hates that and also hates behind held vertical in our arms against our chest
- doing it when she’s really happy

I’m just at a loss here. All my mom friends don’t seem to have such a hard time with this. She definitely has some head control but I don’t think she will have full head control at 4 months like my doctor recommended.

We dread tummy time and because of that we don’t do it as often as we should and it makes me feel horrible. Does anyone else have advice not listen above that worked for them? I mean I get just biting the bullet and doing it but damn it’s a guaranteed 45min+/- meltdown. She does lift her head for a bit but it ends as forehead time with big big cries every time. Help :(

I’ve got a 10 week old girl who is super amazing and we love her so much but I get this like horrible stress anytime she cries for a while. Like it’s stopped me from going out with her because idk what I would do if she was crying inconsolably in public. Do you ever get over stress due to crying? I like need to fix whatever it is immediately. If my husband has her and she’s crying I just can’t relax or do what I want to do. Do you just get more used to it?

Hi everyone I am a new mom to a beautiful 8 week old girl. She recently has seemed to not enjoy being held very much and cries a lot when on her back in my arms or upright against my chest in my arms either inward or outward facing. I used to be able to baby wear her a lot of the day to get things done but she seems to hate that too. She never really liked her bouncer until recently where now she will happily sit in it for 45mins or more smiling and kicking her legs. I’m sure this is a developmental thing and she seems happy so I’m not even sure why I’m asking but is it okay for her to be in the bouncer almost the entire time she has wake windows? She just hates being held in any position right now and I just want to make sure it’s healthy and safe since it’s not recommended babies stay in car seats too long. does the same rule reply for bouncers? Thanks !!