Perhaps a silly baby question. Let 5 month old sleep on tummy.

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My almost 5 month old baby can turn from back to tummy but not the other way round at the moment.

She has just turned in her sleep on her tummy for the first time.

She did a fair amount of noise doing that but didn’t start crying in the process and just went back soundly to sleep (or never really properly woke up in the process)

Most things online seem to suggest you shouldn’t let the baby sleep on their tummy (I believe that is put them down on the tummy myself) but I understand it also suggests you should turn them back on their back if they turned over.

My question is what did various people actually do in practice in this situation?

No they are not meant to sleep on tummy due suffocation risk. Ds slept better on tummy due to reflux so I would do it if I was awake/watching him but if I was going back to sleep I'd move him on his back. Once they can roll forward and back competently it's less of a concern. If your worried you could try the sleeping bag (sorry so tired can't remember what's called)

Haha - that’s what I’m now doing. Watching her since she decided to turn over at 4:00am 🤦🏻‍♀️. As it feels she will just wake up if I turn her back.

Is the bag supposed to stop them
from turning over?

Interested in this, but mine is only 5 weeks not 5 months!

bur she hates sleeping on her back, think it’s reflux also, screams and wakes up within 5 mins even if she’s utterly passed out, so we’ve been letting her sleep on us, semi propped upright on her front.

I know the whole back to bed campaign thing, but if she’s happier on her front, is it ok to watch them sleep, so she can be in her Moses basket and not on us?

Repeatedly turned him over on to his back (gently, without waking him). It was a rough couple of weeks since he rolled onto his front several times in the night and sometimes several times in an hour. Some people will say once they can roll independently it's fine to leave them but I didn't want to risk it and honestly wasn't have been able to sleep knowing he was on his front anyway. I'm very risk averse when it comes to safe sleeping.

It was a phase that lasted a couple of weeks and then he just stopped. Apparently encouraging them to practice their new rolling skills a lot when awake helps. Good luck OP x

If she can roll then it's fine you actually can't stop them as you will spend all night doing so.
Are you certain she can't roll back? If so I would probably turn her over. If she rolls back again then would just let her.
DS1 was a tummy sleeper from 4 months and still is at 3.5

Mine slept on his tummy from the moment he could roll over. I think swaddling was just about the only thing that worked to stop it happening when he was really little, by five months they’re a bit stronger. As long as there’s nothing else in the cot and the sides are breathable that’s the most important thing

Also if you’re worried at night then try to do more tummy time in the day to strengthen the neck. It’s not a solution but can’t do any harm

As soon as mine could roll over I let them sleep how they wanted.

I haven’t seen her roll on her back yet, apart from one time when she rolled from back to tummy and then back to back, but without fully releasing the arm still underneath her, so I’m not counting that one, that was a bit of a cheat 😁.

In general I find she feels quite strong but still.

I think I’m probably going to stay awake for the rest of the night tonight and let her sleep. See what happens tomorrow….

I let one of mine sleep on tummy from a few weeks old as it was the only way they would sleep. Not ideal but neither was having a restless, angry baby who was over tired. She is still a tummy sleeper now she is grown up! Once babies are strong enough to move about I think it is safe for them to sleep as they prefer.

Hi! Its first time i am using this and would really appreciate some help of the experienced moms out there!
i have twins which are nearly 17weeks month old corrected (they were born 32+5 weeks early birth age is 6months nearly) well whatsoever that is not important but my second twin does not seem to want me to sleep at night!
their bedtime is between 7-8pm and they sleep through the night with 1-2 feeds.
when twin two sleeps after bedtime hour until 4-5 hours later i feed them and he keeps pushing himself up to the side to sleep. I know he wants to sleep on his tummy which i allow him to when watching him but he seems very annoyed and keeps moaning when lifitng his back from the cot and to the side. I dont know how well to explain this but in daytime naps he doesnt go through this problem its only st night and until morning. I kept having to wake up and fix his position but he still moans and lifts his back but once he goes onto his tummy he still moans thats the thing! Sometimes he will sleep but last night he kept turning to his tummy and once dropped onto his tummy he wouldnt sleep properly he would moan. I dont know what to do. I know he is not in pain and he does have reflux and his formula is anti reflux. Can anyone with same problems give me advice please? I dont have anyone to ask. Thank you!

How times change! When I had my two we were advised to put them on their tummy to sleep. DD in particular loved being on her tummy (with bum in the air). We bought a specially treated sheepskin rug and she would snuggle into it. People would look in the pram to admire baby and just see her bottom. Both of them were fine.