My son is 6 months old and can turn onto his stomach but can't turn back on to his back. At night he has started to turn onto his stomach durning the night and then gets mad about it, and wakes us up. Any ideas on how to keep him on his back or do we just leave him and let me get used to sleeping on his stomach. I should say that his face always seems to be straight down not to the side though he can breath fine.
Let him learn to sleep on his stomach. Once they start turning there's not much ypu can do. I think "positioners" are very dangerous. Try letting him self soothe or pat his back gently to get him back to sleep.
Just leave him - this is normal. Eventually, and it won't be long, he'll figure out how to turn back over. Just make sure there are no objects in his way - blankets, animals even bumpers to obstruct his airflow. What a fun age! Enjoy!
Our little guy is doing the same thing, but the difference is that he loves being on his tummy, face down in the mattress. Scares me to death! But, what can I do? I cannot stay up all night and watch him. He breathes just fine, so I leave him and keep the monitor on.
Regarding a sleep wedge (I think this is what Tedsmommy is referring to), my last recollection there was a big safety recall on them because children have suffocated by putting their face up against the wedge. So, something to check into before purchasing. Seems like everything is recalled these days.
In our crib, we have a breathable bumper and sometimes a blanket for baby, and nothing else. That way, when he rolls to tummy, he is as safe as I can make him. Your little one will learn very soon either to love being on his tummy to sleep or to turn back over.
Best wishes!
we usually put our daughter on her side, and then used a blanket in front of her tummy and at her back so she couldn't roll over at night. there are commercially available things that do the same thing. we kept working with her during the day so she would learn to roll over from her tummy, and at night propped her up on her side, until she learned to roll over.
We had a little cotton thing (i'm sure there is a real name, but I don't know it) that had wedges on both sides. It fit snug up against my LO's sides and didn't allow him to roll over at all. It had a velcro strip to make it adjustable too. It looked similar to this:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Summer-Infant-Inclined-to-Sleep... , but was flat. It worked wonders for my LO.
Edit: Mine is exactly like this one. http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/webstore/product_page.jsp?PR...
