10 week old only seems to have a decent sleep on his tummy - what do I do?

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My DS2 is 10 weeks old and if he sleeps on his back then he has very fitful sleeps - waking every 40 mins etc.

This used to be only in the day but now it is creeping into his night time sleep.

In desperation he settles on his tummy straightaway and always has a much deeper and longer sleep - he sleeps through noises etc better.

Does anyone have any tips for resolving this - I really hate leaving him on his tummy for obvious reasons (risks of SIDS)

any help would be very gratefully received.

Thanks

thanks everyone for all your advice it is very much appreciated swaddling seems to doing the trick so we are going to stick with that

Hi thought you might like some links to the advice on reducing the risk of cot death

General safe sleep www.fsid.org.uk/share-a-room.html

Dummies reducing the risk of cot death (www.fsid.org.uk/dummies.html )

Advice for premature babies who were slept on their front in hospital ( www.fsid.org.uk/premature.html )

If you have problems getting your baby to sleep on their back you could always phone the FSID Helpline on 020 7233 2090 or email [email protected]

Swaddling never worked for my dd, on her tummy worked like a dream. I had a list of all the countries that don't discourage sleeping on tummies and that gave me the confidence to keep going. I had no hassle from the health visitor when I spoke to her about it...that was also a huge boost - but then she was a very experienced, older HV.

I used to let DS fall asleep on his tum then roll him over.

He is now 2 and still likes to sleep on his tummy with his bum in the air.

we used to swaddle DS and put him on slightly on his side, somehow it just felt right.. and he slept well.