I have always put my baby down to sleep on her back, using a wedge positioner. Last night I woke up in the middle of the night to find her rolled over onto her stomach sleeping!!! She rolled right over the positioner. She has been able to roll over both directions for a few weeks now. I didn't know what to do. I tried 2 or 3 times to roll her back to her back and each time she rolled back over onto her stomach. After staring at her for a long time I finally fell asleep and she woke up this morning still on her stomach. I know babies are supposed to sleep on their backs, what am I supposed to do if she keeps rolling to her stomach? Do I turn her or leave her? Some nights I don't wake up during the night so I would have no idea if she was on her back or stomach. Any advice or peace of mind to offer??? Thanks!
If she's rolling over herself then she's fine to sleep on her stomach. You need to take out the sleep positioner though because I don't think they're safe once a baby can roll over.
My 1 yr. great-granddaughter did the same thing and drove her mommy crazy. She could fall asleep in your arms and as soon as you put her down she would do her flip-flop.
Intestingly enough, when I was raising my children, 50 years ago, we were advised to put babies on their stomachs to sleep. The reasoning was that if she spit up she would not choke on it and that a healthy baby would move her head out of the spit-up. My doctor said that a healthy baby could get her head out from under the covers, etc, enough to breathe. They hadn't named SIDS then, but the accepted theory seemed to be that a baby that died of SIDS had breathing problems. Stomach sleeping also kept them from developing flat heads!! You watch, ladies, in a few years the medical profession will again be advising tummy sleeping. God bless!
The highest risk of SIDS is 2-4 months. If she can roll, don't worry about her. She'll be fine. My kids all became tummy sleepers as soon as they could roll themselves.
I would take EVERYTHING out of her crib. Once they can roll over on their own, there is really nothing that you can do. Lay her on her back and just know that you will find her mon her tummy in the morning! If you are really nervous about it, get a video monitor for her room so that you know that she is okay. Both of my kids did the same thing and they are absolutely fine! No worries!
My parents put me and my sisters on our stomachs from birth on. I did the same with my two daughters and they are fine today. My daughters are 10 and 12.
I would not worry about it overly much. All mine did that. I know there is alot of worry over stomach sleeping and SIDS. I would put a clip fan to blow near her face if you are terribly worried about her stomach sleeping. I have heard that carbon dioxide builds up near the face, hence the circulating air would avoid of the gas build up and suffocation. I would imagine that if she can roll over by herself her risk of SIDS is passed but am not an expert on the subject. Check into some websites about SIDS and see what they say. I would think that you cannot concievabley keep getting up to flip her all night long or you to will suffer. And if she is rolling over the wedge thingy then I don't know what you would do. I gave up and placed it in Gods hands as I did all the "right" things and if something was going to happen it was going to happen. I know that sounds sappy, but some things are just out of my control if I have taken every available precaution.
Good luck,
L.
Once they roll over on their own it's fine. A positioner can be a suffocation hazard and should be removed from the bed..especially now that she can roll over. You can still put her to bed on her back but if she rolls, let her be :)
Both of my daughters did the same thing. My Dr. told me once they could roll over than they were fine on their stomach since they had the strength to pick up their heads. Both of my girls hated being on their backs. If they fell asleep on me and I laid them down on their backs they would instantly wake up and start crying. Eventually I just started putting them on their stomach and they were fine.
I used to fight with my first trying to roll her back over. Thankfully, we had a doctor's appointment soon after she started that, and he told me it was safe for her to sleep on her stomach if she has enough strength to roll herself over. The danger comes when they get in a position that restricts their breathing and can't lift their heads or roll over to switch positions.
Definitely take out the sleep positioner, and if you have bumper pads, you might want to take those out, too.
Mine is 21 weeks and is doing the same thing yours is! I would not ever lay him on his stomach, but now that he is strong enough to roll from back to stomach and visa versa I don't worry about it AS much - he prefers to sleep on his stomach. I have to dress him in warm p.j.'s and keep the blankets out though ... he like to try and eat them and I worry that he could smother himself. I wouldn't worry too much and just keep choking/smothering items out of the crib!
My little girl did the same thing!! I would even go into her room in the middle of the night and roll her back over onto her back! Other mommy's on here and my ped. told me that if she had the strength to roll over several times that she would be ok!! Hope that helps!!
