Tummy Time

Since the new recommendations from SIDS says that babies should sleep on their backs they don't get all the exercise they used to get when they were put to sleep on their stomachs or sides. 

"The experience of being on their tummy helps babies learn to push up, roll over, sit up, crawl, and pull to a stand," explains Danette Glassy, a pediatrician in Mercer Island, Washington, and chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics' committee on early education and childcare.

So when the babies are awake during the day, we put them on their bellies on the bed and watch them grunt, squeak, push, nod and pull. Charles gets special joy from listening to their bodily noises; the act of being on their belly seems to cause very loud gas.

Annabelle is smiling and Abigail worked so hard that she fell asleep.

Charles needs his tummy time too. :-)