Baby Wants To Sleep on Her Front!

[LauraKB]

Hi All

My (nearly) 27 week old (6 months or so in normal language) daughter has started rolling on to her front in the middle of the night to sleep.

Is this ok or should I persevere with trying to roll her back on to her back and staying within ear shot until she is back to sleep on her back?

When she first goes down at night she goes to sleep on her back no problem.

She can roll back herself but is not hugely proficient at it yet.

Thoughts please, x.

If she's rolling herself, then its fine. Don't bother to roll her back.

You might as well let her.

Our DS did the same around 6 months and even if you reset her on her back, she will most likely roll over again later in her sleep. (DS moved all around the cot in his sleep)

Generally its ok, at 6 months the risk of cot death has dropped significantly.

I let mine do it at that age. I did panic but figured it would be crazy to keep rolling them back.

They were in a cool room, large cotbed and had a gro-bag on so nothing would cover their heads and the risks were lower.

from 6 months you can let them find their own sleeping position

DD has only just started doing this at 9 months, has been rolling for a couple of months, but stayed on her back to sleep until now. Seem to have much better sleeps so far!

Thanks for your replies ladies.

I am in almost exactly the same position as you Meglet so will see how it goes.

She was doing plenty of rolling back practice this morning so we'll see

sleeping on his front was the only way to get mine to sleep 18 weeks and going strong rolls all over the cot, but not concerned as he is able to push up on chest!!

DS2 does the same, he always seems to have a stuffy nose when he is asleep so sleeping on his front helps him breathe...

..it freaks DH out though!

It freaks me out too .

I think I will just have to try and relax, x.