Sleeping on tummy, is it safe?

[Amyjade]

Dd2 is 6 and a half months, she is forever rolling over in her sleep and lying on her tummy is it safe to leave her like this? The past few weeks i'v been up about 5 times rolling her back !!
Dd1 never moved in her sleep so i didn't have that problem with her untill she was older.

Once she can roll over and back again on her own then it's safe.

I remember I had this fear with my dd but was advised that as long as she could roll back and forward she could sleep whatever way she wanted

She can't roll back, just forward.

my opinion is once they roll they are ok.But i may be wrong!!

The advice is only not to PUT them on their fronts, not to turn them over.

i would be putting my child back onto there back if they could roll onto it themselves.

sorry just re read what i put i would be putting my child back onto there back if the could not roll on to it themselves.

my dd has always slept on her tummy she wouldnt go on her back at all as a newborn because of reflux she is 2 now and still wont sleep any other way

This is the official advice from the SIDS website:

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

Babies who sleep on their backs are safer and healthier. Sleeping on the back does not increase the risk of choking if they vomit. If you find your baby has rolled onto their tummy, turn them onto their back again and tuck them in, but don't feel you have to get up all night to check. Babies will at some point learn to roll onto their front. When the baby can roll from back to front and back again, on their own, then leave them to find their own position. At the start of any sleep time, put them on their back

So, basically you dont have to get up 5 times a night to roll them back but if you do happen to find them on their tummy you could turn them over (but then you risk waking them!!)

All of mine ended up sleeping on their tummies and all of them slept better for doing so - this was after they could roll of course.

DS1 started rolling onto his tummy at three months, but couldn't roll back. I turned him over 9 times in half an hour one night, and phoned the SIDS helpline in a real state. They said that I should start him on his back, but not to worry if he rolled, as there was really nothing you could do to stop it. She said that if he put himself on his front, he should be OK. She did recommend that I gave him plenty of time playing on his front to build his strength up though, but told me not to buy a wedge mattress or anything, as they were was not enough research about strengths and weaknesses of them. Made me feel a bit better. He is 4 1/2 months now and is now rolling freely backwards and forwards, but always sleeps on his tummy. I think to a large extent you have got to relax about it. If your dd is anything like my ds, there is nothing you can do about it anyway.

my dd would only sleep on her tummy from newborn and i would only get 10 mins sleep out of her if i put her on her back..she would cry even if i put her on her back in the bouncy chair and she was trying to sleep..she was a nightmare so in the end i thought o.k you want to sleep on your tummy, that s fine but me but the first night i couldnt sleep