Baby sleeping on side

[Rose198]

My 11 week old baby has learnt to roll over this week and ever since has decided to sleep on her side. I know sleep guidelines say babies should sleep on their backs which we always do to start but she just keeps rolling onto her side. She is in a next to me cot so I have been rolling her back but she just keeps turning again. She can roll from one side of it to the other and usually ends up with her face right up next to my bed even when I try and position her further over.

Should I be concerned or just let her sleep how she is clearly comfortable? She slept nearly 12 hours with 1 night feed last night so I don't really want to disturb her more than necessary but I've done so much reading on safe sleep it worries me that she's not on her back.

My little boy slept on his side from birth! Didn’t matter how many times I put him on his back he still flipped onto his side. He always had his arm under him which meant he didn’t roll onto his front. I found it very stressful and worrying but he was absolutely fine-17 months now.

The advice from the lullaby trust:

Always put your baby on their back for every sleep, day and night, as the chance of SIDS is particularly high for babies who are sometimes placed on their front or side

You're always putting her down to sleep on her back, she just chooses to roll. So you don't need to worry, you're following the safe sleep guidelines!