stomach position causes her to scream

[Anonymous]

Hi there. My 2-month-old refluxer hates being on her stomach. In fact, at two weeks old she would roll from her stomach to her back. She still does this occasionally. I try to give her a little tummy time everyday even if it’s only for a few minutes. On a few occasions when I put her on her tummy for 5 minutes, she went into a total reflux “fit”–the screaming, the pain, the distress, the flailing limbs, the turning head. I am hesitant to try some tummy time again even though the back of her head is flattening. I thought most refluxers liked being on stomach, but not my Erin. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Has anyone seen tummy time cause a reflux episode like this?

Thanks,
Shan

[Anonymous]

Cooper HATED tummy time. WE hardly ever did it b/c he hated it so much. There are many babies they don’t do well with tummy time. I tended to do it before a feed so that his tummy was as empty as it was going to be so he couldn’t reflux as much. Cooper rolled over really early b/c of his dislike for tummy time. I am so others will share stories as well. Oh and BTW Cooper’s head was completely flat when he was 6 months old. It has rounded back out nicely now.

[Anonymous]

Hi!

Don’t stress too much about tummy time. Landen hated it as well. One thing you can try is putting a boppy pillow down and then sort of prop her (tummy side down) so she can practice lifting her head some. That way her tummy isn’t flat and pressing down on the floor all of the way. This was a LITTLE better for Landen, but he still disliked it and I did not push it too much. He had a little bit of flattening of the head too, but it rounded out and he suffered no delays b/c of our limited tummy time sessions. lol

HTH

[Anonymous]

I also used the boppy pillow for tummy time. Ashlynn also did not like tummy time ,but like Landen above she did tolerate it a little better.

[Anonymous]

Kiera hates tummy time, too. She has a black and white toy with a mirror on it that we put right in front of her. Without this, she screams the minute she is put down. With the mirror, we get about a minute of tummy time. I try to do this a few times a day.

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