Tummy Time Tantrums

Thankyou all so much for your replies.

Yup, no more tummy time in this house until miss monkey is happy to do it. Instead ive started getting her to "sit" while i hold her hands out in front of her for 1-2 mins at each nappy change. She LOVES it, coz I kneel on the floor so my face is right at her face height and she sits there smiling and chatting to me.

I figure thats helping her neck and back muscles develop just as fast as tummy time would but without the screaming! WINNER!!

I know its going off on a different tangent... But does anyone else feel an enormous pressure for their littlies to reach these "Milestones" at exactly the age Plunket says they will?

i feel pressure with the milestones too, the first visit they asked me if she was smiling and cooing,... uh no not yet! but i felt really guilty when i went to plunket the other week and one of the ladies came up and said now hold old is emily, four/five weeks? i was like NO! eleven! oh my gosh i felt so bad! she is small i guess but still gaining weight.

i might try the sitting with emily too, sounds like it might be enjoyed :) i cant believe soon they will be sitting and rolling.. sheesh..