Lately we've read a lot about the importance of "tummy time." The theory is that since it is safest for babies to sleep on their backs, they should spend lots of awake time on their tummies so they can practise lifting their heads in preparation for crawling, etc. Determined to be good parents, we dutifully placed our infant tummy-down on her Boppy* pillow Wednesday night, expecting her to lift her head a hair's breadth every ten minutes or so. Lo and behold . . .
. . . Joy promptly raised herself several inches off the pillow and held that pose for a long time (two or three minutes, which is practically an eternity for a baby). From her parents' reaction, you'd have thought she was patting her head and rubbing her stomach at the same time. We were effusive in our praise, and excessive in our photography (if you want to see the other twenty shots we took, feel free to contact us).
Apparently the effort wore her out, though, because when Phillip put Joy on her tummy again the next evening . . .
. . . she immediately fell asleep. Probably gathering her strength for the next attempt.
*No Boppies were harmed in the making of these pictures.
. . . Joy promptly raised herself several inches off the pillow and held that pose for a long time (two or three minutes, which is practically an eternity for a baby). From her parents' reaction, you'd have thought she was patting her head and rubbing her stomach at the same time. We were effusive in our praise, and excessive in our photography (if you want to see the other twenty shots we took, feel free to contact us).
4 comments:
That is truly an amazing feat for one so little.
I think that's basically the equivalent of someone bench-pressing around 500lbs. Right? Seriously! This gal is a trooper! :^)
Yeah, well...as Kimberly likes to say, she's an over-achiever. What can anyone say? :)
wow, congrats, they grow so fast
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