Rolling Issues

It's been my experience that the more I go into our daughter (to give her her binky, etc.), the more she would have sleep issues and I'd have to go in more often. We also have a 2 year old son, and I was so scared that his sleep would be interrupted; however, when I finally let our baby girl 'cry it out', our son slept right through (and never wakes up when she cries at night), and our daughter finally learned to sleep on her own.
It might be best in the long run for you to let her learn how to sleep on her own, and you may be surprised to find that your 2 year old is a sounder sleeper than you might think!
Best Wishes!

You really should try to get her used to sleeping on her back because of the safety issue. I let my 5 mo old do it a couple of times out of dyer need for sleep but its not worth it. I would just let her cry/fuss it out. In the long run you'll be better off because she will learn to sooth herself to sleep. Your son probably won't even notice. He is probably use to her crying. My 2 year old daughter isn't a good sleeper and has extreme difficulty soothing herself to sleep and I always worry that my 5 mo old will wake her up but really that is about the only thing that doesn't seem to wake her. good luck!

Hello B.. I experienced this with my now four year old in reverse; she rolled to her tummy while she was sleeping and couldn't roll back and would wake up screaming. This is what I did. I put her in a 'sleep positioner' when I put her to bed so that she was not able to roll over. You could try a large countour pillow, an actual sleep positioner (they are not very expenxive), or a changing table matress that is curved. Now, I honestly can't remember which one worked best at which age, but I used the matress with my now 15 month old when she was a new born and the sleep postitoner when she was learning how to roll. Best of Luck.

I never had this happen to me but my daughter would sleep on her tummy too. I never went to go roll her back over though, she figured it out. I dont know your daughter or whatshe expects from you. If you dont want to have to keep getting up in the night then just let her figure it out. She will be ok. For the first few nights just listen to make sure she is ok but dont run in there if you just hear her baby talking. You seem like you would be ok with that as long as she doesnt freak out. I found that if you dont run to her everytime she crys then she will try to do things on her own. It was very hard for me the first time i let her cry. Nothing was wrong with her, she just wanted me to run to her at all times. Well im not sure if i helped, but good luck!!!!!

My son was exactly the same way. Slept on his stomach from early on. When he started rolling we bought these cushions to put next to him. They have them at Target and I'm sure other stores as well. They velcrow together so you can adjust the size but it is basically has two triangular shaped cushions that go on either side of the baby to keep them from rolling. ( I hope that makes sense) They are usually referred to as "wedges" or sleep positioners. I hope this helps.
-A.

I would just let her sleep! She is going to continue to do it, and try to get herself comfortable. I have 4 daughters 13, 12, 3 and 11 months, they have all gone thru their own sleep spurts and patterns and I feel that letting them cry form time to time in the middle of the night allows them to learn that people sleep in the night, they learn to put themselves to sleep and I am able to be with my children the next day not keeping myself awake or being overly stressful and all those other things that come from sleep deprivation. There is very little that I do by myself and for myself. Sleep is my ONLY retreat! Sleep helps everyone.!

Because of the importance of sleeping on her back I would encourage you to try and get her to learn to fall back to sleep on her back. Have you even considered putting a small fan in your son's room for white noise during this transition?

whether they started out on their backs or tummies, once a baby figures out how to roll over, there's no turning back(or over haha). If she turns over and is not crying, jsut leave her be. she'll fall back asleep. if she she starts crying just let her alone for a few minutes to see if she calms down. if she really starts to wail then go in a assist her. it'll take a little while, but she'll get used to it.

If she is rolling herself over, she probably wants to see whats there. I suggest you let her experience this new view. She will eventually figure out she can sleep this way.

My 4 year old daughter has been waking up during the night from a very young age and is willing to be by herself. She has NEVER come to us in the middle of the night. She just talks to herself or her 'Lovies' then eventually falls asleep. It helps to have a nightlight for distraction. I highly recommend one of those light and sound toys that attach to the crib.

Good Luck!

I would suggest letting her go to see what she does. My son is a little older, but when he is at his dad's there is a one year old there. I know for about the first 6 months, when the baby woke up, so did my son. It lasted so long because he is only there 2 nights a week at most, and they share a room with beds touching each other, so there was no muffle to the cry. I would think by now that your two year old may sleep through it. I'm sure the 6 month old cried at night when she was younger even if it was for just a short period of time until you got in there, how did he do with that? Where they the same sleeping distance apart as they are now? Maybe try letting her get back to sleep on her own for a night or two and see how it goes. If she cries too much, for too long and it greatly disrupts the sleep in the house hold go for another option. If she figures out how to get herself back to sleep you avoided a potentially "bad" habit. :) Best wishes!

I always placed my son on his back to sleep, then he learned to roll from his back to his stomach. He would cry and for the first few nights I would go in there and roll him back over but I realized I couldn't keep doing it. So, I let him cry it out at night time and at nap. I think by day 3 he figured out that he could also sleep on his belly. Good luck!