Tummy-Time Improves Infant Motor Skills
The recent trend of putting young babies to sleep on their backs also appears to be having an effect on their motor skill acquisition. This posture, which has proven advantageous in reducing the number of SIDS fatalities, does not permit babies to exercise their arm and neck muscles as much as and see the world. In one recent study, pediatricians found that babies who slept on their backs were significantly slower to roll over, sit, crawl, and pull to stand than babies who slept on their stomachs. Fortunately, the delay was modest—still within the normal range for each milestone—and does not justify abandoning back-sleeping as the preferred posture for preventing SIDS. Nonetheless, parents should keep in mind the advantages of upper-body exercise in the early months and attempt to give their babies as much 'tummy time" as possible during their waking hours.
Notes:
By forcing the infant to work their neck and back to look around while on their tummy, they strengthen these important muscles; however, the infant should still remain on their back while sleeping to prevent SIDS.
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