Guess who's been WORKING OUT!

For a while we have secretly been harboring deep concerns that we have inadvertently thwarted the growth of our son. The focus of our parental paranoia? Insufficient Tummy Time.

If you are unfamiliar with ITT, here is a little background: Used to be that a baby was supposed to sleep on his/her stomach. Then the great collective of Baby Advice Givers deigned that sleeping on your stomach as a baby was verboten. So now all babies sleep on their backs. Lots of positives from that change. One downside: babies don't develop their thoracic muscles as quickly so they can't lift their head, learn to roll over, which of course means they will never be mobile, learn to talk or read or get a job, etc. etc. ad infinitum.

Thus, we parents are instructed to make sure babies get sufficient tummy time. Approximately 4.9 to 5.7 minutes a day in the beginning and then increasing until the baby's thoracic muscles are toned and able to support a large bobbling head.

Jeff and I have been worrying that we have not been holding up our end of the bargain by enforcing a strict regimen of tummy time. God love that Jack! He's proven us wrong once again. The other day, Jeff put him on his tummy and Mr. Man went to town!