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Tummy Time as a Play Activity for Newborns
Tummy time is the most evidence-backed piece of newborn play. The American Academy of Pediatrics has been explicit since the late 1990s: babies sleep...
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Best Toys for Tummy Time by Age
The AAP wants babies on their tummies for at least 30 minutes a day by 3-4 months, broken up across short sessions. Most newborns hate it. The right p...
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How to Turn Tummy Time Into an Enjoyable Game
Tummy time has a reputation as the boring chore of the newborn months, the thing the baby cries through and you both endure. It doesn't have to be. Th...
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Play Ideas for Babies Who Dislike Tummy Time
A baby who cries the moment they're placed on their stomach is not broken, and you're not failing them. Prone is genuinely effortful work for a newbor...
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Outdoor Exploration for Babies
You don't have to do anything special outside with a baby for it to count. Lying on a blanket under a tree is enough. The grown-up version of "explora...
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Daily Play Ideas for Babies Aged 0–6 Months
The baby aisle at John Lewis suggests you need a £140 play gym, a Sophie la Girafe and a battery-driven mobile to discharge your developmental duty. Y...
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Daily Play Ideas for Babies Aged 0–6 Months
The first six months of life are characterised by rapid neurological and sensory development. What looks like simple play — a parent making faces, a b...
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Tummy Time: Why It Matters and How to Make It Work
Most babies protest tummy time at first. Most parents, seeing the protest, do less of it. The result is that what should be 30 minutes a day in small...
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Tummy Time: Why It Matters and How to Make It Work
"Back to sleep, tummy to play" is the line every paediatrician quotes, and the reason it became a slogan is that the two need each other. Back sleepin...
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