5month old rolling over at night. how to prevent it! driving me mad

[Loubilouu]

hello, i my 5month old daughter learnt how to roll over about a month ago... she has got really good at it now, and rolls over all ways.
however as cute as it is in the day time, at night its driving me mad...
she will wake up form a deep sleep, and rollover. however as she is tired, she wont lift her head up for long, and then just cries. she gets up a minimum of 5 times. when before she could roll over, she would sleep all night..

the rolling is also putting pressure on my own relationship, as we are both forever waking up ( i know this is expected in having a baby) but the amount of times she wakes up is crazy! the other night we was getting up every 15minutes untill 3 o'clock in the morning. so as we are both so tired and have to get up early in the morning, we have started arguing alot. we have tried a few things to stop her from rolling over, but they havent seemed to work.

please please please, if you have any suggestions, please list them!
many thanks! x

Do you mean that she is rolling and getting caught in one position. I remember well that DS used to rollover then wake us because he could not roll back.

Am not sure what to suggest tbh, presumably you've tried propping her in one posoyion so there isn't the room to rollover.

When she wakes you up, is it because she wants you to put her back into the previous position?

she can roll back over. hovever when she starts to roll at night, she gets frustrated and really wakes herself up. she has also started moving around the cot. as i woke up once and she had moved her self to the top of the cot. i do move her back in to positiong and i have started to wrap her at night in her blanket, so its harder for he to roll, but she manages to unwrap her self and roll -.- its started to get ridiculous the amount of times she does it :/ and yes i have tried putting things either side so its harder for her to roll, but she still manages it

Lurking. No advice, but going through this with my 6 mo DS at the moment. I'm hoping it passes!

Nothing you can do. She's learnt a new skill and must practise it to master it. You mustn't restrict her movements at night, it's important she learns to move herself around of her own volition, especially in her sleep.

I know it's hard but short of velcroing her to the cot (genuinely know somebody who did this), you just have wait for it to pass.

You wait until she's crawling/standing/walking. Because they can't lie themselves back down and self settle afterwards so you'll be up and down lying her back down. It's not their fault, they do it in their sleep and are very distressed by it sometimes. Imagine waking up and you're in the middle of braising a steak instead of tucked up under your covers as you were when you nodded off. It's that sort of wtf type feeling. There are gaps between these developmental leaps fortunately but I warn you, it happens a few more times yet. This is why I cosleep tbh.

Yep, its just a phase she will go through.

Id be against restricting her in case she rolls and gets against something and unable to roll herself back.

Like Show of Hands says, wait till she's pulling herself up to standing and jigging about at the side of the cot instead of sleeping with a big grin in her face!
im afraid its one phase after another!

Yes, it is a phase. My DS did this. We did work out where he was rolling and position him on his side near the bars of the cot so he couldn't physically roll but it only worked sometimes. Those cot bumper things didn't work either. We had him in a sleeping bag and it did pass but yes, it starts again with the pulling up and crawling/walking - they do it is their sleep as their brain makes them practice. Good luck with the sleep x

Dd did this - you've just got to wait it out Took about 6 weeks...

Buy a woombie - it is an all in one swaddle. Worked wonders for us

Just have to wait until she can roll back again - lots of practice on playmat during the day?

Two things we tried, both worked. First one was to use a rolled up towell, quite a chunky roll, but placed from below shoulders down towards toes. That way they can't their face in it and cause breathing issues.

second one was to buy a babygrow sleeping bag. It looked like a vest at the top, but a bag down below! It really did stop our DSs from rolling over.

It does normally pass but I know this is cold comfort when you are exhausted. The other solution is to take turns each night, so one of you does from 10pm to 2am and the other from 2 to 6am. That way at least you can get some sleep in proper chunks. Also use available rent-a-gran, sister, aunt etc one night at the weekend so you can both get some much needed kip and stop being grouchy to each other. Been there, worn the t shirt, Its hard. Sending you a hug.

definitely a phase they all go through. We found that ds was so bad we had to put him in his travel cot for a couple of months. By doing this when he roller over he wasn't hitting himself against the hard sides of the cot and he was also able to press against the soft sides after a while and push himself back over. You have my sympathy but its definitely worth a try!

I think its already been mentioned, but the sleeping bag really helps us. My dd really tries to roll over in it (and I'm sure she will manage it one day), but at the moment she can't give herself the push she needs in it.