Rolling baby

[slothprincess]

My DD is 6 months and has previously been content to sleep on her back or her side. Today, she's started rolling onto her tummy before she goes off to sleep and then cries, I presume because she doesn't want to be there. She can roll tummy to back, but I'm not convinced she can do it deliberately and I think the grobag may restrict her movement.

I've gone in and turned her back over 3 times in quick succession, but she's just rolled back a few minutes later. She has gone off to sleep on her tummy now after I left her cry for just under 10 mins.

She often wakes up for a bit in the evening and would usually just happily lie in bed and chat for a while before going back off to sleep. I'm wondering what to do if she wakes up and is annoyed at being on her front.

What do you do? Thanks!

DS started sleeping on his front at about 6 months, when he learned to roll over both ways, even though I always put him down on his back. I think it's quite common, and safe once they can roll themselves back. Is she still in a 0-6 month grobag? Might be worth moving up to the next size if you think it's restricting her, DS is in a 6-18 month one (he's now 9mo) and can roll over, crawl & stand up in his cot in it.

When she was crying before going to sleep, was it proper angry crying, or more like a trying to sleep whimper? Sounds like she can self settle quite well, so may be worth just going with it for a few nights and she might get used to being on her tummy, or even end up preferring it.

I'd try to leave her on her tummy. Mine could roll back to tummy at 4 months but it took another 2 to go the other way. She was waking frequently in the night and at the start was clearly alarmed to be on her tummy so I'd roll her over. In retrospect I wish I'd left her as when I finally did start leaving her on her tummy she learned to go back to sleep and the night wakings improved a little (not consistently until she could roll the other way, but leaving her on her tummy did help).

Thanks very much for taking the time to respond ladies.