Is this still ok for tummy time?

My girl still won’t tolerate being flat in her front, so we are still doing tummy time raised up. But she has no core strength. She can’t roll or sit.

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Absolutely fine to use this, it’s still encouraging her to lift her head and use her core too😊 we had to use something similar for a long time until my baby would tolerate being just flat on his tummy x

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Absolutely!! Anything where she is lifting her head independently is an effective tummy time.

Look at her cute lil smile! I can see a little sassy girlie on your hands 🤭🤍

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Ask your doctor but mine said that there should be a lot of floor time vs raised or on the soft couch/mattress

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Our HV said this might be too much extension for their backs - but this was back at the last HV visit, so newborn phase :) since they're bigger and can hold head I would assume it's probably good now. But I've never done is since the HV said this, instead I used a rolled up towel, which still helped but didn't raise the baby as much as the nursing pillow, and gradually removed all support :)

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Also love how happy she's there enjoying herself ❤️❤️

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awh shes beautiful and so cute, what a great idea for a tummy time xxx

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Yes, your doing amazing. Just make sure that when your little one starts to crawl they don’t crawl over the pillow and bump their head on the way. Good job Mama!

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I would still continue to try doing both, but if she refuses to be flat, I think this is great substitute to encourage her to get used to it until she’s ready to be flat! At the end of the day, mama knows best 🥰

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I think it’s okay. But for me personally I took away the pillow at about 2 months because I felt like it was doing all the work for her. Idk if it helped though but she was rolling both ways by 3 months, tripod sitting by 4 then at 5 months she was sitting unassisted. I felt like tummy time flat helps build better core strength. My daughter hated tummy time too but it wasn’t important so I let her fuss a little

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Yes that's how we got my son started

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My little girl is the exact same!

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My little boy still isn’t the best with tummy time as pillows help.

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