What would you do? DS current sleep position

[Lemonsandlemonade]

Ds age 14 weeks I s asleep in travel cot.

The only thing is he is asleep on his front. He seems to prefer this.

DS is always put on his back to sleep. At home I put my hand on his tummy to settle him in his cot and stop the rolling over. In his travel cot it’s impossible to do this.

Co sleeping isn’t an option. Personal choice and something I’m not comfortable with.

He can roll from front to back and from back to front but is a bit inconsistent rolling onto his back more I think through laziness.

I am very frightened of SIDS. I am overly anxious since I met with HV last week who has inadvertently made me worry about DS and make me think I’m not good enough. (Not sleep related). If anxiety doesn’t improve soon I will go to doctor.

Now my question to you is should let him stay on his tummy or flip him over? He cries when I do eventually falls asleep on back but is on his front every time I wake up.

I am sat watching him on his front fast asleep.

Should add that we are on holiday hence the travel cot.

If he’s able to move onto his front there is really not very much you can do. Whilst there is obviously compelling data about back sleeping, whole generations of babies slept on their front as per contemporary advice, and by 14 weeks he’s able to move himself front to back and back to front.

@Autumnally I know he just seems happier on his front I have considered sitting and watching him sleep until he wakes for a feed but realise that that’s very PFB. In my defence though think that’s the anxiety talking.

If he puts himself there, leave him to it.

Its a worrying time having a new born isn't it. I was so anxious too. I still go in and check my school children are breathing okay etc.

I would let him sleep on his front because he can roll back to his back.
I remember my baby doing this and worrying me but all my friends said it was perfectly fine.

Both of mine were front sleepers, my firstborn had silent reflux (in hindsight) and would only sleep being held upright or on his front. In the end my need for sleep and the fact that holding a baby upright night and day isn’t safe because at some point you will fall asleep and drop them (or worse) meant that I went with the front sleeping.

Having babies is stressful, but try not to worry, he’s able to move around now and you are going to find him in all sorts of odd positions.

A lot of people allow their babies to sleep on their front. Could you buy a breathing monitor if he's going to sleep on his front? Maybe not while on holiday but when you home

Thanks all I will try and leave him.

@c24680 we have one at home that was given to us ( second hand) that we will set up when home.

Children do sleep better on their front generally and this was considered to be a factor in cot deaths - they fell into a very heavy sleep which sometimes led to cot death whereas back sleeping prevented this as it prevented them falling into the very heavy sleep.
Having said that, when you have one that rolls onto their front, there is very little you can do, apart from trying to eliminate any other risk favours, such as the not allowing them to be overly warm, no blankets, pillow, cot bumper or soft toys, no smoking in the house etc.
Also, millions of babies used to sleep on their fronts and were totally fine so statistically there is very little chance of anything happening to your baby however they sleep, but I do agree, it’s a scary time.
I had one of those angel care monitors for my babies and that did help. It never went off (until they started migrating around the cot at night) by accident and did give me some peace of mind.