Rolling over nonsense

[UntamedShrew]

DD is 4 months and is enjoying her new found skill of rolling over. A bit too much.

We were up all night rolling her back over :(

Have tried a cot bumper so at least she isn't getting her arms stuck but it seems the crying is due to her finding herself on her tummy and unable to get back.

Is there anything we can do? How long does the rolling nonsense bit last?! My DTs didn't do this once.

hahahahaa.
One of the joys of parenthood.

I have a very active DS who started rolling at 15 weeks and who also likes to roll at nightime. I place a rolled up cellular blanket down each side of him (so the top is at his armpit level as he likes to sleep with his arms out straight!). This stops him from rolling over in his sleep. Goodness knows what he'll be like when he can crawl!

Mine did the same at about 3 months (sleeping in a cot next to us). First night I was up all the time wondering whether they'd suffocated. It took a week of this strange face down sleeping, then she turned her head to the side and from then on I felt much more relieved. Been tummy sleeping ever since.

Hahahahahahh! [evil]

By six moths she will be crawling, and able to sort herself out.

Not a lot you can do until she learns to roll back. Most advice is that you shouldn't put bumpers down their sides as cot death risk. Esp at 4 months.

Is she tucked in with a sheet over her grobag (or whatever she goes to bed in?)

Hiya, I remember your pain! For us it took 8 weeks before she learned to roll back. If I were to give you one piece of advice, it would be to try not to worry but leave her on her tummy and resettle her there. I honestly think that trying to roll our DD back made life a hell of a lot worse for us. By the end she was waking up to 8 times a night and wouldn't resettle. Things got way better ad soon as she learned to roll back, but She has slept on her tummy ever since we stopped trying to roll her back and I think she would have got used to it quicker if we hadn't done it.

I also spent a lot of time in the garden on a slight incline during the day waggling toys over her shoulder to encourage her to try to roll!

put a teddy wedged either side of her to stop her. I'm pretty sure at this age SIDS advice is that you roll them back if they go onto their front and you don't want to be doing that all night. I've got one of those antiroll things for my 16wk old but only because someone have us it as a gift when she was born, otherwise I'd use teddies as I'm be too paranoid she'd manage to unroll blankets or towels.

You're right that is the advice. I didn't mean to encourage someone to go against the advice unless they were comfortable with doing so. My DD always liked tummy time and had a strong neck, and it became pretty clear she did want to sleep on her tummy but she was just a bit freaked out at not being able to roll around to begin with.