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DESPERATELY seeking some reassurance...

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romilly · 25/07/2006 20:19

Please please take a minute to tell how old your baby was before they could roll back from their tummy to their back?
My dd is giving me heart failure because she has just learnt to roll onto her tum at 4 months but she gets stuck and cant roll back - so grinds her face into the mattress and doesnt turn her head to the side at nights. its making me a nervous wreck frankly.

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lazycow · 29/07/2006 07:41

Oh - I'm kind of glad I didn't know that at the time as I probably wouldn't have used them either - . It will pass honestly - now looking back I can see it was only a few weeks that he had this particular problem, though at the time it seemed like an eternity !!

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romilly · 30/07/2006 19:34

hi lazycow - if you are still around i thought i would share my good news - a comparative breakthrough . since the weather was cooler yesterday (only 26 degrees C in her nursery as opposed to the former horrendous 30 degrees ) i put her in her 0.5 tog sleeping bag and tucked it in to the mattress at the end of the cot - then rammed a rolled up sheet at the end of the cot to secure it in - and sure enough, she cant kick her legs up high enough to roll. it is fantastic!!!!!!! now i just need to pray the weather doesnt get too hot for her sleeping bag again, then i'm back to square one.

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romilly · 30/07/2006 19:35

p.s. i know exactly what you mean about it seeming like an eternity - i cant believe how dark the circles under my eyes are - not a good look!

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Axolotl · 30/07/2006 19:51

Romilly
Sorry if anyone else has suggested this and I'm not even sure it is an answer, but it occurred to me that you can buy a special soft rolly thing with a bit in the middle that stops them turning. It's basically two soft rolls with a flat middle part the baby lies on and it props them up. Have no idea what they are called and whether they are any good, but thought I'd mention it. Good luck!

bosscat · 30/07/2006 19:57

ds2 was 6 months to the day. he just kept on rolling and rolled off my very high up brass bed whilst I was putting lipstick on in the bathroom. that was my huge bad mummy moment.

you have to be careful of the lie on the back things though as they can get squashed heads at the backs.

mrsnoah · 30/07/2006 20:22

or could you wedge a rolled up towel down sides somehow ? Does this sound safe I dont know?

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romilly · 30/07/2006 20:35

thanks axo - i have one of those but have been banned from using it by my health visitor - she says they are an overheating/suffocation risk too

mrs noah - same goes for towels, verboten apparently!

bosscat - i have been having to watch her like a hawk on the bed - no leaving her basically and change table is now unused - have to do nappies on the floor! a friend of mine had a similar experience to you, her dd fell off his changing table when rolling they are just so quick you cant take your eyes off for a second

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Axolotl · 30/07/2006 22:11

Romilly
Had a feeling they weren't seen as kosher. What does the HV say BTW? I have just remembered a photo I took of DS1 (now seven) - he was 17 weeks when he did it. It has just come back to me. I think he tended to crane his neck back, so I can't remember worrying.
I'm so glad you had a decent night anyway and will cross all my crossable parts for you.

lazycow · 31/07/2006 06:06

Very good idea Romilly - creative or what?

Remember though if in a few weeks/months she seems unhappy on her back she may wake again so you may need to take the sheet down the side of the mattress away and let her roll on her front to sleep (if she can turn both ways this is perfectly safe). In the meantime - enjoy the sleep !!!!

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romilly · 31/07/2006 10:12

lazycow - i dont know about creative - i felt a bit cruel doing it! but its amazing what you will do for a good nights sleep - anyhow she desp. needs the sleep too. i will definitely give her back freedom of her limbs as soon as she has more neck control and can turn her head to the side to breathe!

axo - my h/v was at a loss tbh, she didnt know what to advise other than things that i couldnt do! ie. wedges, rolls, towels etc. she would probably have some reason why i shouldnt be tucking her sleeping bag into the foot of the mattress and securing it with a sheet, but i will refrain from asking her as it seems to be doing the trick!

isnt it amazing how grateful a new mum can be for a 5 hour solid stretch of sleep

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Axolotl · 31/07/2006 10:38

Romilly
I know - it's like the lights have been switched on again, isn't it!

dreamteamgirl · 31/07/2006 11:09

I was about to suggest tucking the sleeping bag under the end of the mattress. Worked well for a friend of mine.

I dont think its cruel at all - its not like she LIKES winding up on her front and stranded is it?

DS took a long time to be able to roll both ways, but had a very strong neck so I never worried about him being on his front

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romilly · 31/07/2006 19:21

exactly axo!

dreamteam - just when i thought i had it sorted, guess what... she twisted around this morning in her sleeping bag and got even more stuck

i am hoping it was a one-off

....well, no one ever said it would be easy

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