6.5m old sleeping on her front

[Ginfilledcats]

Hi,

My 6.5m old has started flipping on to her front to sleep. I know they say it's ok if she can roll, but despite having rolled from tummy to back months ago, she hasn't bothered in ages! And only rolls from back to tummy in one direction (again, she did do it both ways ages ago but only rolls to her right now).

Should I continue to roll her back? I'm terrified of SIDS

We have been having the same problem with our son of the same age.

He will roll from back to front easily and often but rarely front to back. He just ends up frustrated because he doesn’t like being on his tummy (and never liked tummy time either)

We moved him from his Next to Me to his cot this week and he always ends up rolling on to his front. Eventually it wakes him up and he screams to be put on his back again.

As advice is that if they have rolled themselves in to side/front sleeping and they are safe and comfortable to leave them, we have just checked on him regularly and left him to sleep ok his front until he cried for our help.

I am in a similar situation to you with my 5 month dd . Its difficult and I like you are terrified of SIDS and she can only roll both ways in one direction. I was constantly rolling her back she just rolls back to her front / side. I don't think there is an easy answer to it, I let her sleep on her front now , but tend to roll her back when I go to sleep. I have been doing loads of tummy time with her and rolling practice which is helping, as it means she is more inclined to lift and move her head if she is stuck. At 6.5 months , if her airway is clear ( her head not face down on the pillow) i would let her sleep like that . Its difficult

I was encouraged by mil and my mum to put baby down on front from birth. I was so scared to do that and only put her on her back swaddled. At around 4 weeks I did try on her back and watched her like hawk whilst she was in that position. She actually slept better and for longer. So from 4 weeks onwards that's what we have been doing and there has been no problems. She is nearly one now and can roll both ways. I think they say if she can roll on to her front herself it's ok. You could try watching her whilst she is on her front to ease your worries and eventually you will be OK knowing she is fine in that position. At your little one's age I wouldn't. worry.

I worried about this with both my DC but the health visitor has always reassured me that it’s fine if they do it themselves and the sleeping on their back is more about their head control. If your baby is able to roll then I assume their head control is pretty good?

If they roll onto the front themselves its fine. Its scary at first, but youll get used to it. Youll also get fed up of rolling them back onto their back, for them to roll back onto their front within 5 minutes.