A Guide To Tummy Time

by Patricia Hughes

Tummy time is a relatively new concept. In past generations, babies were put to sleep on their tummies. This changed with the Back to Sleep Campaign from the American Academy of Pediatrics in the early 1990s. Since then, parents have been told to put babies on their backs to go to sleep. Research shows this is the safest way to sleep to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).