sleeping on tummy - any opinions

[joorla]

hi
my 8 wk old dd likes to sleep on her tummy. I only let her do this when she is napping but she gets off to sleep a lot quicker and just seems generally more content.
should i let her sleep on her tummy for her longer night time sleeps (she has just moved into a cot which is in a different room as she didnt like her moses basket).

personally,i wouldnt risk it.dd2 was in hospital for 2 weeks and cos of oxygen and stuff she was on,had to sleep on her side.it took me a couple of weeks to get her used to sleeping on her back again but i wasnt happy about her side-sleeping even.
time flies when they are babies and it wont be long till she's rolling over and can sleep how she chooses.

personally I wouldnt risk it either. You may find that when you put her on her back she will naturally wriggle and sleep on her side (my dd did this) and sleep soundly. I gave up waking up every 30 mins to move her back onto her back You cant stop a baby from sleeping on its side imo but you can stop it sleeping on its front.

My ds preferred sleeping on his tummy as he had bad wind and refulx but I only let him do that during the day. I tried it once at night and got no sleep keep getting up to check him!!!! I would continue as you are and not do the tummy thing overnight - like poppies says your dd will soon be old enough to wriggle herself into more comfortable positions.

i let her sleep on her side once she could roll onto her side by herself but that wasnt till she was 4 months old

me to i wouldnt risk it letin little one sleep on tummy in moses basket or coat
there is this pillow thing u can get to help her sleep on her side and not roll over in any way
i dont no the feeling on this but my son refused to sleep in his moses basket and never really did.
im a vry light sleeper esp wen he was little and he slept in my bed till he was 4 months
was breastfeeding then and made it alot easier
some people might think this is not okay
but hv actually said it was ok
then he ajusted to sleeping in his cot
and now hs 13month months is always all over the place in his cot while sleeping

found a couple on ebay that were similar to the one i had
anti roll baby pillow

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hope i was maybe some help
bye for now
emma

ps sorry im not sure now to do links but i checked if u copy and paste in it works
plus bottom link was the bettter one i would say

I wouldn't let such a young baby do it either - the reason they have a higher risk of cot death is because they do sleep so well on their tummies - they end up rebreathing the air the just exhaled & the amount of oxygen in it gets lower & lower until it is mainly Carbondioxide which is toxic. They don't realise they aren't breathing enough oxygen so don't (& can't) move their heads to get 'fresh' air - DH has PhD in this.

Once a baby can roll over, there isn't much you can do about it, but all the research says to put babies under 1 year to sleep on their back - naptime too. Cot death happens during the day too.

Don't want to scare you, but you should know all the facts. You can decide what to do with the info.

I used to let my ds sleep on his tummy on me during the day - then I could see him & knew he was ok.

That is interesting to know. Although I knew it was more risky to put them on their fronts, i never knew why. However, surely that only applies if they are in a moses basket or crib where there is not much air circulating. if they are in a cot with bars I would think the air circulates enough?

I have to admit... I put my daughter to sleep on her tummy from quite young - she was so unhappy on her back - even in the pram while moving she would just scream until I turned her over, then she would fall straight to sleep. She also hated being cradled in my arms, would prefer to be draped over my arm (we called her the human tea-towel for a while) I guess for babies who have reflux or colic and like pressure on their tummies, it is more comforting to sleep on their fronts.

By the way, she is now 2.9 and sleeps any old way.

The risk of cot death is the same regardless of whether the infant is sleeping in a moses basket, pram, cot or on a parent. It's being on their tummy that is the problem, not what they're lying on. It's scary. That said, parents have to what what works for them. I too have to shuffle feet and look a little guilty as my ds would often take an afternoon nap lying on his tummy on me while I lay on the sofa (which, btw, is another big no-no. I did it knowing someone who had done the same, rolled over and accidentally smothered her baby. So awful. Yet, I took the risk and we're all fine...)