Baby rolling over at night - waking himself up. Help!

[alexh]

DS 13 months have never crawled (is nearly walking) and only rolled over back to front in the last month (GP and HV not worried). Now rolls over onto his front in his sleep, but can't roll back onto his back (IYSWIM). Seems to upset him at c5am (I think the start of the last sleep cycle of the night). At the moment I am going into his room at 5am and putting him on his back again and he then goes back to sleep again (until 6.30 when the same thing happens but by then I just get him up). anyone else had this? Presumably eventually they learn to roll back onto their backs? Its driving me mad......

Yes he will learn to roll back over soon, I'm sure.

In the meantime you could try putting rolled up towels either side of him so he doesn't roll over and wake.

There are activities you could do with him during the day to encourage him to learn to roll the other way too like holding favourite toys just out of reach, pointing him the wrong way to see people/TV etc. With regrds to immediate problem though you can buy sleep positioners from jojomamanbebe and blooming marvellous I think. We had this problem quite early with DS - Irolled up towels and put them under the sheet either side of him and that seemed to work.

For you - have a nap during the day, you must be knackered! Hope he stops soon.

Will try the towels - and will thinmk about getting him to practice. Trouble is he absolutely HATES being on his tummy - this is half the problem.

I am at work and therefore sleep is not an option. But have to say he has been until now (and still is basically) a PHENOMENAL sleeper. so thjis really isn't too bad. Just irritating.....

Poor you - have a rest this evening!

I realise this might sound a bit mean but with DS we had the hating being on tummy thing too - this 'back to bed' thing hasn't helped our kiddies generation in that way - we dealt with it by putting him on his tummy and then positioning his arms to 'show' him how to do it, guiding him through the roll a few times but then leaving him to try and do it by himself (not for that long though). You could say he'd have learned to do it anyway but I do think it speeded up the process - and that fact he didn't like it probably motivated him.

alexh - we went through the same with dd when she could roll one way but not back again and wake herself up - it is infuriating

but it only lasts a few weeks until she either learned to roll back or just stayed on her front happily and safely asleep

we started to do little fun 'rolling' games on the big bed during the day so that she got used to rolling both ways and it may have helped

good luck with it

have you tried a grow bag, i tuck ds in at the end of the bed. He cant quite get onto his front yet (only 16 weeks), but he kicks of blankets and turns round so that his feed are at the head. I have put him in a bag 6-18 months so there is enough to tuck in, so far seems to work.