Hey mamas,
My little dude is now 4.5 months and is doing something my first two never did. He sleeps on his tummy and he has been rolling from tummy to back for about a month, it's his favorite trick. Well now he does it like all the time and when he is scrumping at night he flips to his back. He can sleep that way for a few minutes but wakes up and starts talking. Last night he woke on his back at like midnight and I went and flipped him, at 2:15 but I was too delirious and he went back to sleep then at like 4 and I went and flipped him and then he was up at 6am on his back, he chattered for like 30 minutes and then I went and got him up to feed him. So what would you do? Just let him work it out on his own until he learns to flip back to his belly? He doesn't really cry persay, but he gets a little cranky which is why I would usually go and flip him back to belly and he would go right back to sleep. But now it has gotten to be several times per night and if I keep flipping him he won't learn to do it on his own. I have been trying to help him learn to flip in the day by putting him on his back and putting some toys beside him just out of reach, but it hasn't worked yet, the little stinker either rolls on his side just enough to get them or scoots his body a little and grabs the toys. It's really cute, but not solving my problem! :) My others never did this, once they were asleep, no matter where they ended up or what side they were on, the just slept. Any ideas??
Leave him be. Don't teach him that you will come in all the time after a certain behavior or that is what he will do to get you to keep coming in.
Unless he is crying or sounds distressed I'd leave him be and he will figure it out.
my daughter was a roller and she ONLY slept on her tummy from the time she was born
If he's not upset and crying, I'd just leave him. Eventually he'll figure it out.
Ha! Leave him if he is not crying.. He will learn.. Just give him time. You can help him a little every once in a while.
And soon he will learn to get back on his tummy, then he will begin lifting up onto his elbows and then knees. Woo Hoo!
Our daughter was always super active. She could flip to her tummy before 4 weeks. Freaked us out, but the doctor said not to worry.. Just follow her lead. She was walking unassisted at 6 months.. She was just ready to go and blow..
my youngest one is two years old and doctors highly recomended they only slept on there backs. has this changed? we tried the wedge but he only wiggled off of it and i felt it was more of a danger than help. we used rolled baby blankets for a long time but it seemed like around five or six months we gave up ...with still flipping them back when we checked on them.
If he isn't crying, leave him alone. Let him chat with himself and he will either go back to sleep or scream. THEN you know what to do. But if he is just awake -Don't go in there.
Sometimes I think as moms we create our own problems. We worry so much that we check, check, check and then our babies get usd to our coming in for everything-and, of course, complain when we don't. My husband was always the one that would stop me and say "let's see if he/she works it out". 95% of e time they did on their own and we all slept better.
Good luck.
Our doctor insisted we should ONLY let them sleep on their backs. I never really sweated it though since advice changes all the time. If he's able to flip, I think it's time to let him find his own comfort zone so he gets used to sleeping unassisted. To make sure he doesn't like "being awake" at night, no matter what position, be sure to stuff him full of food all day long to full capacity. Sounds like he's sleeping a bit lightly which means he could eat more during the day even if he seems fine.
Flipping from back to tummy is harder than flipping tummy to back. That skill will develop between 5 and 6 months. That's why newborns stay on their backs when you put them to sleep that way. Probably flipping over is waking him up and I'd just let him try to get back to sleep on his own without flipping him. Doctors say "Back is best", but I know plenty of moms who say that their babes sleep better on their tummies, so you do what you think is best for your ds. (20 years ago, doctors said tummy sleeping was better.) Anyways, very soon, your little one will be able to flip himself from back to front and he will choose how he wants to sleep, so don't stress. As soon as both my babies could flip from back to front, that's how they slept all the time, tushies in the air!
