"Flipping" onto side to go to sleep

[Amanda104]

The problem is that my 20 week old son likes to sleep on his right side (not that the side makes much difference but thought I would throw in the info for completness !

Right from him being a new born I have used the 5 S's which worked a treat. I have now stopped swaddling, shusshing, swinging and got rid of the dummy at about a month and a half ago (he has now found his thumb, which he sucks instead). He wakes up sometimes twice at night for a feed, sometimes only the once (I am breastfeeding), all sounds good you may think - and it is, but....... other times he wakes up 8, 9, 10 times and I "flip" him onto his side and he goes back off to sleep, which is OK because he is in a crib by the side of me in our room. There have been occassions where I know he doesn't want a feed and we have left him and he has got himself back to sleep with a bit of whinging then other times he has got himself so worked up I should have just "flipped" him and then had to feed him to calm him down. The problem is I am thinking of moving him into his own room in preparation of him going into his cot.

Do I move him into his own room and continue to "flip" him? Do I move him into his own room and let him cry and self soothe? Do I keep him by the side of me for a bit longer? I have another child who I don't want to disturbe too much but if that what it takes.

All of this "flippin" is flippin getting me down and I don't know what to do for the best.

[choolie]

Hi amanda, my DS 7.5mo is not the best sleeper (have another thread on this at the moment!) but he too favours one side now and I do find that when he wakes in the night, sometimes flipping him onto his side will get him back to sleep ..other times sadly not! he's still in his cot in our room, and still feeds at night, so I don't have the energy to move him to his own room until he's sleeping through most nights...I can see us having his cot side-by-side with the moses basket when we have no.2 (and I still have no AF due to the constant night feeding, so that's not even on the horizon yet!)

however, he's getting to the stage where he's starting to flip himself sometimes, so depending how mobile your LO is, it might not be that long till he can move himself into position - might give you more sleep to keep him with you in your room for now? IMO if you have to keep going into his room to settle him, it'll wake you up more than just moving him when he's next to you?

[gingerninja]

I agree with choolie. Sounds like you're doing such a good job I'd be tempted to leave it as it is and move him at a later date.