Any new information on babies that roll on to their front to sleep

[theskiinggardener]

DS (10 weeks) has now learnt how to roll on to his front. The downside is as soon as we put him down to sleep in his cot he rolls straight away onto his front, and will keep doing it if placed back on his back. He can't yet roll from front to back himself.

Previous threads suggest it's a reduced risk if they are developed enough to roll themselves, does that still seem reasonable?

Otherwise any other advice appreciated.

this is what the sids website says:

My baby keeps rolling onto his front. What should I do?

If your baby is less than six months old and you find him sleeping on his tummy, gently turn him onto his back. Don?t feel you need to keep getting up all night to check on this. Whatever your baby?s age, always place him to sleep on his back.

I think the risk is reduced one they can roll both ways. My DC both rolled onto their fronts quite a while before they could roll both ways.

I knew this would happen and that it'd freak me out and I got a purflo mattress so that breathing wouldn't be restricted by them laying on their fronts. Even so, I always put them to sleep on their backs and rolled them back if I found them on their fronts. A lot of people recommend using a rolled up towel or some such to stop them rolling but I always thought that sounded really risky.

The trouble is we put him back on his back and he rolls onto his front again within 30 seconds. He even gives us a bit of a look as he does so.....

I might think about wedging him somehow and see how it goes. At the moment the rolling is accompanied by frustrated grunts until he has got himself settled so I think being wedged may mean he kicks off. Not that he has attitude or anything!

Thanks for the input.

My son was only comfortable on his front from a very early age. It was only when my mother put him down that way and he slept happily (it was how children in the 70s slept it seems) that I went with it. He was about 10 weeks old and was in the same room as us at that time so I felt secure enough to let him continue.
It worked fine for us, I know it goes contrary to recommendations regarding SIDS though.