Rolling over at night time..

[LoopyLou06]

Hi All,
My DD is nearly 6 months old and has just started turning herself over onto her front when she wakes up at night/in morning..
She still wakes 2 or 3 times for night feeds and i know shes turning as shes still next to me in same room!.

Does anyone know if this 'night turning' is common and will it stop eventually?!.
I think shes ready for her own room now but at the same time, im not looking forward to getting up many times in the night to turn her onto her back, not to mention night feeds!.

Thanks

Hi Loopy,
Once they start turning over themselves they are able to move their heads enough to keep breathing normally even if they are lying on their front. My DS slept better once he could roll over onto his front. I always put him down on his back, but from about 6 months he always rolled over and slept quite happily with his bum in the air.

If it would help you to stop worrying keep her in the same room as you for a little longer and the next time you see her turning over, let her lie on her front and just watch and listen to her breathing for a while. You'll see she'll still be fine and won't suffocate.

Thanx Rufus for your reply - very helpful and informative!.
DD has a way to go yet before she sleeps on her front as she gets upset once shes rolled over onto her front!.
That's funny about your DS, bless him. :-)

Hi Lou!
My daughter is 4 months and has been doing this for 3 weeks now. She seems to sleep so much better on her tummy and since she's done this she has started to sleep through! I checked with the HV and she said that once they can roll then not to worry as they have the strength to prevent themselves from suffocation.
Fingers crossed that you also get more sleep now!

Yep, since my DD started rolling some months ago (she 8mo now) it's her new party trick, along with rocking back and forth on her hands and knees. I put her down to sleep (she sleeps on her tummy and has done since 5mo) and she's flipped over...laughing!! Drives me nuts! She won't sleep in her back so it's now a battle with me rolling her back over to her rummy and her flipping onto her back, grinning!!

If you dc can hold their head up well and roll easily don't panic too much about whether she's on her back or tummy to sleep. She may actually prefer to sleep on her tummy. I know my DD sleeps much better that way (once she gets to sleep )

You wait til she starts crawling and standing up but not being able to get back down without help. You'll be up every hour!!!

Thanks both of you - very funny reading buttonboo!.
LL.x

My DS is 5 1/2 months and behaving in a similar way - he can roll back to front and wants to do it all the time, including any time he wakes up in the night. Problem is he can't roll back and gets stuck and panics like a beetle stucisaiah is legs in the air, so I am up several times a night putting him onto his back again.

He does like to sleep on his side though so he is getting much better at going to sleep although we also hear him rolling around at all hours. And find him in some bizarre positions in the morning!

Can't say when it might get better though - we have had this for 3 weeks or so now with no sign of change. I agree with you, it's one of the main reasons he is still in our room - so much easier to sit up, bleary-eyed, and roll him back than get up and walk into a different room.

stucisaiah WTF?! You can tell I'm sleep-deprived, I have no idea what that means!

I you need to stop her rolling onto her front, try a rolled up towel or blanket under the sheet to keep her in place. I had this problem at the same age. I had no issue with her sleeping on her front, but she did, and every time she roled onto her front, she would wake and crane her neck to try and look about until I went to roll her back on her front and she would go back to sleep.

Took about 4 weeks of this until someone said to try the rolled up towel thing.

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