Thanks Again Nannyde

[Michelle]

I really like the Tummy time video
so many people just leave babies in walkers and I love it that she refers to tummy time as working out because it really is a workout for a baby

[Cradle2crayons]

I really like the Tummy time video
so many people just leave babies in walkers and I love it that she refers to tummy time as working out because it really is a workout for a baby

Yes it is!! My smallest guy loves tummy time. But I've had him since he got out of the NICU at two weeks old. So he's used to he routine. At four months, he's a strapping 16 lb baby and strong as heck !!

[Michelle]

Yes it is!! My smallest guy loves tummy time. But I've had him since he got out of the NICU at two weeks old. So he's used to he routine. At four months, he's a strapping 16 lb baby and strong as heck !!

I would love to see the Bye Bye at the door demonstration. (drop off)
Maybe with a "parent actor" asking all the different questions to stall and get their kids worked up.
I would love to see the way she responds to questions like " Does Johnny cry for me during the day?
just a thought

[Cradle2crayons]

I would love to see the Bye Bye at the door demonstration. (drop off)
Maybe with a "parent actor" asking all the different questions to stall and get their kids worked up.
I would love to see the way she responds to questions like " Does Johnny cry for me during the day?
just a thought

That's a great idea Michelle!! Maybe nanny will take you up on that.

I've had to do that technique very few times and I'd love to see her do it. I'm sure it's not as awkward as he way it seemed for me. I guess I just haven't done it enough.

[nannyde]

That's a great idea Michelle!! Maybe nanny will take you up on that.

I've had to do that technique very few times and I'd love to see her do it. I'm sure it's not as awkward as he way it seemed for me. I guess I just haven't done it enough.

Fortunately I don't have to institute the Buh Bye Outside technique very often. I haven't had to do it for quite a few years. I'm pretty strict about parent and child drop off - pick up behavior so that quells the potential for door drama.

The biggest hurdle is to be willing to discipline the baby-toddler in front of the parent AND to be clear to the parent what you will and won't have.

It starts with the baby pulling on moms hair, soft bites to the shoulder, or slapping whapping at her face. The very first time I see even slight aggression or excited physical acting out toward Mom I say NO to it. I send the message that I don't want that at all.

That is the first tip toe into the bad behavior so I get it stopped right away.

[blandino]

I really like the Tummy time video
so many people just leave babies in walkers and I love it that she refers to tummy time as working out because it really is a workout for a baby

I am lucky that right now we have 4 infants who LOVE playing on the floor. But with other groups it has been a HUGE challenge. I have some parents who say "they don't like it", so somehow that means that they should never spend time in their tummy and back. They have to get used to it to like it, but some parents don't want to hear them peep, much less fuss, so they don't do any floor time at home. We work hard on it - but it is so much easier when they aren't miserable.

[Michelle]

I am lucky that right now we have 4 infants who LOVE playing on the floor. But with other groups it has been a HUGE challenge. I have some parents who say "they don't like it", so somehow that means that they should never spend time in their tummy and back. They have to get used to it to like it, but some parents don't want to hear them peep, much less fuss, so they don't do any floor time at home. We work hard on it - but it is so much easier when they aren't miserable.

then how do they expect these babies to crawl?

[nannyde]

then how do they expect these babies to crawl?

You wouldn't believe how many parents brag about their kid just sprouting up and walking without crawling. It's a gifted athlete deal e o.

[Michelle]

You wouldn't believe how many parents brag about their kid just sprouting up and walking without crawling. It's a gifted athlete deal e o.

Wow, I thought that the longer a baby crawls the better.
Someone told me that it helps with coordination and babies have to crawl in order to walk.

[blandino]

You wouldn't believe how many parents brag about their kid just sprouting up and walking without crawling. It's a gifted athlete deal e o.

Absolutely !

I have no idea how they expect them to achieve any physical milestone without practice. Probably when

I saw an entire article the other day with pictures of how to get your baby to do tummy time when they hate the floor. Most had pictures of moms laying on the floor and having the baby lay on them (or some twist on that idea). There was no attempt at all to lay them on the actual floor.

My licensing monitor told me that milestones are being hit later and later because of the minuscule amount of time babies spend on their tummies. I have had more parents that not tell me that they don't do tummy time because their child doesn't like it. (I could write for hours on the "my child doesn't like it" idea, but I won't). ::

I had a DCM ask if we needed an extra hand with a baby because the baby was doing tummy time and whining. She looked kind of surprised when we said we were purposefully working on it.

[blandino]

Wow, I thought that the longer a baby crawls the better.
Someone told me that it helps with coordination and babies have to crawl in order to walk.

I believe there is also a connection between crawling and reading.

[nannyde]

I believe there is also a connection between crawling and reading.

Wowie zops. That explains why all mine can read by age four!

Amazing if true.

[blandino]

http://www.medcentral.org/main/Whatssoimportantaboutcrawling.aspx

There were lots of other articles, I didn't check well for accuracy - but this was the first detailed one that seemed reliable.

[Michelle]

http://www.medcentral.org/main/Whats...tcrawling.aspx

There were lots of other articles, I didn't check well for accuracy - but this was the first detailed one that seemed reliable.

really good article

[Cradle2crayons]

Fortunately I don't have to institute the Buh Bye Outside technique very often. I haven't had to do it for quite a few years. I'm pretty strict about parent and child drop off - pick up behavior so that quells the potential for door drama.

The biggest hurdle is to be willing to discipline the baby-toddler in front of the parent AND to be clear to the parent what you will and won't have.

It starts with the baby pulling on moms hair, soft bites to the shoulder, or slapping whapping at her face. The very first time I see even slight aggression or excited physical acting out toward Mom I say NO to it. I send the message that I don't want that at all.

That is the first tip toe into the bad behavior so I get it stopped right away.

Yes you are right, maybe that's why I also have had to do it very few times.

My parents are like my kids. They KNOW better. They rarely try to act stupidly, and if they do, they know there will be consequences .