Tummy Time and Movement

Most people think tummy time is about building strength.

It’s not. Strength is not what organizes a baby, movement is.

Before a child becomes strong, their body has to learn how to distribute force.

How to connect the head, the ribcage, and the pelvis.

How to organize through the midline.

If that organization is not there, force doesn’t transfer; it stays local, and when force stays local, movement becomes harder, not easier.

This is why some babies tolerate tummy time and begin to move, while others resist, compensate, or get stuck. Tummy time is not a position; it is an opportunity for the body to organize.

When the system organizes, strength follows. Not the other way around.

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