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6 month old constantly rolling

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MrsEK1991 · 07/10/2019 09:58

Hi - my son learnt to roll back to front at 3 months and since then does it literally every time you put him on his back. I don’t think he’s ever stayed on his back for more than 5 seconds unless there’s a toy right above him. During the day and playtime it’s fine because he’s getting loads of tummy time but the issue is nap time and overnight. He likes to sleep on his side but not his front, however while he’s falling asleep he tries to roll onto his front. If he succeeds it makes him cry, but also if you stop him it makes him cry. I don’t think he knows he’s doing it - it’s more like a compulsion.

I know they say it takes a while once they learn a new skill to get over the fact they can do it, but 3 months of rolling is this still the case?

Also I cannot see anyway that he will naturally fall asleep by himself in his cot because he’s trying to roll so much. Currently for nap times I put him in the cot but stand with a hand on him to stop him rolling, but this can’t continue forever! Any tips to try and stop him rolling? We’ve tried putting towels up against him but as he likes to sleep on his side he just rolls on top of the towels Hmm

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Haz1516 · 10/10/2019 06:47

My little boy did this also at this age. Nappy changes were a nightmare.

There's not much you can do though... leave him to it and lots of tummy time to help get to crawling - clearly he wants to move.

He needs to work out about sleeping on his tummy. I ended up just leaving mine to cry for a couple of minutes when he rolled onto his tummy in the middle of the night, and then once he worked out he could sleep that way he was fine - had always slept on his tummy ever since (as long as he can roll the other way too? If not then focus on lots of practice of this!)

MrsEK1991 · 10/10/2019 10:01

Thank you for your message - sometimes it’s just nice to know you’re not the only one! Oh man tell me about nappy changes Confused I need about four arms!

I do think the crawling will be happening soon and I’ve never actually thought that might be it. Think I will leave him to it as a trial, fingers crossed he likes the tummy sleeping.

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JessUKUS · 11/10/2019 09:01

I'm looking for the exact same advice as you. Been 7 weeks for me and I'm exhausted!

user1495827045 · 14/10/2019 18:39

No advice but to reassure you it is totally normal. My now 5 year old used to love rolling everywhere when he was that age x

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