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Tummy Time

Healthy Child Care America/American Academy of Pediatrics.
Tummy Time. 2005.

This brochure for parents summarizes the importance and benefits of supervised tummy time for infants when awake and reinforces Back to Sleep messages. The brochure also discusses ways to avoid plagiocephaly (flat head).

Available from: http://www.healthychildcare.org/pdf/SIDStummytime.pdf

 

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