My 3 1/2 month old daughter has just started rolling onto her left side during naps and last night she rolled onto her tummy at 3 am. She woke up crying and frustrated. After attempting to console her with a pacifier and patting, she kept rolling onto her left side. She seemed to still be asleep, but she kept thrashing around. I finally ended up feeding her after 20 minutes of trying to get her to go back to sleep. I'm assuming this may just be a phase and she may learn how to not roll over, but since I know she is not supposed to sleep on her stomach and she obviously doesn't like sleeping on her stomach, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions? Would a sleep positioner work or does she need to learn how to control her body at this age? We did roll up a blanket and place it on her left side, which kept her from rolling onto her stomach for the rest of the night.
my daughter used to rollover, but she would not even notice. she kept on sleeping! we got her a sleep positioner b/c i was afraid she would suffocate or something, but everyone said if she was strong enough to rollover she would be fine...
If your daughter is strong enough to roll over and lift her head then she should be ok. My daughter has been holding her head up since 2 months and rolling over since 3 months and she would roll over to her stomach in the middle of the night. If it doesn't bother her, then just let her roll back over by herself, if she gets upset and frustrated you can go help her and eventually she'll learn.
My DD has been a wiggly one from the beginning--we tried a sleep positioner with her at 7 weeks, and she somehow (don't ask me how!) managed to extract herself and push the positioner into the corner of her crib in the middle of the night! She also went through a stage at about 3 mo when she would roll over, wake up, and need an assist to get back into position. It took some patience, but we'd just go in, re-adjust her without talking, picking her up, or feeding her, then repeat as many times as needed throughout the night. It took a couple of weeks of sleepless nights, but eventually she learned to roll herself back over, and she'd put herself back to sleep, so we didn't have to go back to middle of the night feedings (at that point she was going 11pm to 5am for eating). Our pedi said to make sure there were no blankets or toys in her crib that she could roll on to--and no bumper!--but if she could roll herself over onto her stomach, she was strong enough to lift her head and sleep in whatever position she wanted.
My baby did this too. He cried the first few times when he rolled over in the middle of the night and didn't know what to do. And at that age, I'd have to feed him again to get him to calm down. Eventually your baby will learn to be comfortable on her tummy and may even prefer sleeping that way, but until then, she'll cry for someone to come help her. But, I agree that it is a phase, and after awhile, my baby began to sleep just fine on his stomach. I was a paranoid mom and would flip him back over a couple of times at night onto his back, but then my flipping started to wake him up so I stopped doing that and left him alone. He was fine. My pedi said not to use a sleep positioner, and that he would be fine at night without one.
Have you tried the "baby Taco"? It is the little wedge pillow that they lay between. I was terrified of sids, so I successfully used on of those and my children slept great in it. And, as a plus, I slept great knowing that they were secure in their bed.
