Question for Those Whose Babies Sleep on Their Tummies.

Well, once a child learns to roll over one way it's not long until they can roll over how ever they want. I would just wait it out, he'll probably take longer to learn to roll back onto his tummy if you do it for him. My kids both slept on their tummy as babies and still do today. In fact, when I'm trying to get them to go to sleep I know they're just about to calm down enough to go to sleep when they decide to roll onto their tummies.

My son is 9 1/2 months old and has slept on his stomach from the beginning, he wouldn't sleep any other way. He didn't start rolling over until 7 months. Just recently he rolls over in his sleep and it wakes him up. He starts kicking and whining. He moves so much in his sleep. He is on the opposite end of the bed by morning. All I do is roll him back on his belly, pat his butt for a minutes, and that usually works. If that doesn't work than I give him a bottle and he usually goes back to sleep. Good Luck!!

I always was put on my tunny to sleep as was my children, and they both went though that stage where they wanted to roll over instead of going to sleep. When mine would roll over i wouldnt go in and roll them back over becuase then they get to thinking that hey if i do this then i will see mom some more. So i would just let them lay on there back. That is what they say to do with the kids now, whether or not i believe that they should sleep on there backs when you put them to bed that is another story.

I would just let them roll onto their backs as long as they go to sleep.

My son also slept on his tummy and when he would roll over got really mad. I would walk in roll him back over and rub his back for a SHORT time and then walk away. If I stayed in the room too long he would cry harder so I would pick him up. My little guy will be 2 in a few days and he is just recently willing to roll himself back over and go back to sleep. He was never willing to sleep on his back. Good Luck

Hi A.,
I would say if he wakes up and turns himself over leave him be unless he starts crying. This way he will learn to fall back to sleep by himself and on his own.

If he does wake up and turn over and start crying I would establish a routine or whatever you do at night when you lay him down, but don't pick him up. He will think ok so it's time to play now and wake up.

For instance if he wakes up and turns over and starts to cry, turn him over (on his tummy) give him his pacifier if he takes one pat him on the butt a few times and tell him night, night and leave the room. I would only turn on a night light so you can see where you are going. Hope this helps W.

Would swaddling help at all? I swaddled my son until he could get himself out of it...a long time! It seemed to keep him from flailing around and waking himself up, as well as rolling over. But I always put him to sleep on his back or side...so it might not work if your little one prefers his tummy.

Have you tried teaching him to sleep on his back in the first place? Maybe he wouldn't cry if he was use to being on his back. Still, rolling over is a great game you could play with him during the day. He is still young to be sleeping through the night. He really could be hungry.

With my son (just a few weeks older) that's about hte time he started to like sleeping on his back.

You could swaddle him. But as the pp have said let him try to go back to sleep on his own.