Before Lily, I didn't understand the big deal with tummy time. Parents would talk about how it was a terrible but necessary part of their daily routine. Why would a baby hate it so much? If you do it enough, don't they eventually give up and start liking it? And if you don't do it, does it really matter? Are the parenting police going to hunt you down?
Turns out babies aren't born with super human arm strength (at least most babies aren't) so they have to spend time on their tummies to bulk up. Eventually this helps them learn to crawl and then walk and then run and then go to prom and then learn to drive and then go to college.
Side note...I think we're going to stop doing tummy time.
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