Sleeping - Lancaster,NY

This happened with all of my kids because somehow, they usually learn to go from back to front a few days before they can go front to back. You might have a few bad nights but in a day or two, she should be able to roll back the other way. At this point, TAKE AWAY the sleep positioners. If she is not great at rolling, you don't want her to suffocate on that. Sleep positioners are pretty dangerous to have in the crib especially when they are rolling around.

Sounds like my baby at that age! I figured there was no use in flipping her constantly- neither of us would get any sleep- so I made it a mission to teach her to sleep on her tummy. I started at naps in hopes by the night she'd understand what she was supposed to do. It didn't take long! I would do the regular routine for nap, but when I put her down I laid her on her tummy instead of her back. Of course, her head popped up right away and she started fussing, but I would gently hold her head down on the mattress and pat her back and hum. She would finally fall asleep in that position. Once she did this a few times, she "got it" that tummy wasn't just for playing! Good luck!

Our son did the same thing. At first we would roll him over every time he started crying about being on his stomach, but with each night he did it more and more until I felt like I was awake all night rolling him back to his back. Eventually we decided that he had to figure it out for himself. For about three nights we went through a ton of crying and then he figured out how to comfortably sleep on his stomach and how to roll to his back. Of course there were nights here and there that he seemed to forget how to roll onto his back and he would cry until he exhausted himself to sleep. But, remember this only a phase because in no time she'll be rolling all over the place and this will be a moot point. Hang in there!

Sounds like your baby is doing all the right things developmentally. These are large motor skills that she is taking control over and that is a good thing. Once they learn to roll from back to front, it is a mater of time before they learn to "undo" the skill by rolling from front to back. It will come very soon. At this point, remove the sleep positioners from your crib as they are only causing obstacles and annoyance to your baby.....she does not need this anymore because she's more mobile. As for the rolling over and waking herself up......this is tough but you have to let it go and let her cry it out. No going in and "fixing" her or rolling her back over. Don't do this. She will either learn to scoot herself back over to her back or learn to position herself comfortable on her tummy to sleep. She is old enough to do this and developmentally ready. You need to leave her alone and let her cry it out. During the day, make extra efforts to exercise her on her tummy and "show" her how to roll to her back by helping her do so. She will get it in due time. Being on her stomach is new to her but if you take the frustration out of it by allowing her to spend time on her tummy and learn to control her body and how to move it around, it will be less frustrating for her. Also....babies learn to crawl at around 5 months....IF they are being allowed to exercise on their tummies as well as their backs. Give her the opportunity to keep moving forward with large motor skills by changing her position often during the day and at night......you let it go. No coming to the rescue or re-positioning. You are reinforcing bad sleep habits by coming to her and it will form habitual awakening that will not go away if you keep going in there. Trust me....she may cry intermittently for a week until it just stops but you have to let this go. She is fine and simply experiencing the ups and downs of learning to control her body movements. That is nothing to cry about or lose sleep over! She will be fine!

oh drat! They usually sleep better on their stomach.

Try swaddling her at night.

It's normal for them to figure out back to front in their sleep, by the way.

During the day work with her on rolling stomach to back - just 5 times every time after she's eaten (when she is in a good mood - and it's easier to remember to do something if it's at the same time). Do the work for her letting her struggle a little bit so she is building up her muscle.

I'm not sure that it will work for you, but when my son did this we started swaddling him again. When he was swaddled he couldn't roll over. Eventually he figured out how to roll both ways and we stopped swaddling. Now he likes to sleep on his stomach all the time.

I would say give her more tummy time during the day and hopefully she'll either get more comfortable being on her stomach and will be happy to sleep like that or she'll learn to turn herself over. Someone suggested right after meals when she is happy. I would agree that she should be happy, but I wouldn't do it while she's full. I certainly don't like laying on my tummy with a full stomach.

There are many inexpensive sleep positioners on the market for infants. Look for something that has the bolsters to either side. This will inhibit her ability to roll over while sleeping, which is recommended until at least age 1. During the day, when she is awake and active, is the time to work on tummy time. Not nighttime when she should be sleeping on her back. Good luck!

This too, shall pass! :)
I went through the same thing with my son at that age. It took 2 weeks before he figured out how to roll back. I "helped" him flip back over once. 2 seconds later he was on his tummy again, which is when I realized that there was no point in fighting that battle. He was furious when he was stuck on his stomach, but after a few days, he learned how to get comfortable that way.
You have to let her work through this on her own, even if she's screaming. The more frustrated she is, the faster she'll figure it out. If you're not comfortable just turning off the monitor and letting her cry, then go in and check on her, but don't help her or pick her up. She needs to learn to get comfy in that position and how to get back over.