dd (2 weeks old) wont sleep on her back, is it ok to put her on her front?

[Marne]

Thats it realy, also she wont sleep in her moses basket, is it ok to put her on her front in her cot (next to my bed)?
I know they say not to put them on there front, but thats the only way she will sleep.

(shhhhhhh...I did but it is really not recommended)

Try swaddling her - she might feel a bit exposed on her back.

Personally I wouldn't but my ds wouldn't sleep on his back he constantly rolled over in his sleep - scared us to death.
I would perservere - you'd never, ever forgive yourself if you had a scare or even worse.

Tryed swaddling, she does'nt even like a blanket over her, she kicks it off and crys.

Tried not tryed

my ds wouldnt either. he slept on his front till he was 6 months then slept on his back, now on his side.
my hv said it was my decision at the end of the day.

Try a grobag

my dd2 wouldn't sleep on her back til about 2 or 3 months. sometimes she slept with me, cradled on my arm to raise her up a bit. and sometimes in her car seat. i know it's not approved but she did sleep a lot better in it. sometimes we'd move her to flat position once she was sound asleep in the car seat.

now she's 4 and does not have a deformed spine, i don't think it's ruined her posture.

I did it with ds, but I checked with my GP & health visitor.
We went through all the possible risk factors and they said that while they couldn't recommend it, they thought that it was unlikely to significantly increase ds's risk of SIDS if I did it.
He's 6 now & still likes sleeping on his tummy!

Have you tried elevating the head of her basket on a couple of books. if she has a bit of wind or relfux it may help.

I dont think anyone will ever say to you that it is ok for YOU to put YOUR child to sleep on their front.
But I will say that we had to do it, as it was the only way he would sleep longer than 25 mins in a stretch. It was suggested by the midwives int he hospital when he was 4 nights old and not able to sleep. In the NNICU it was how they were put down, and he seemed to have settled on it.
I would never reccomend it to anyone else, but we took all the risk factor, discussed it with the midwives, GP and HV and ended up going with it. At 13 months he still front sleeps through choice.

I did it for both ds1 and ds2 and coslept with them. I took Ds2 (9.5 mths)to a cranial osteopath a few weeks ago and it was only then that he started to sleep on his back. Ds1 (3) has never slept on his back.

Try her on her side. My dd slept like that for the first six months. You can get a wedge thingy that you put them between. Stops them rolling over. Just alternate the sides everytime you put her back down. My Paediatrician recommended trying that rather than on their tums. My DD (now 1) was perfectly happy like that but after a while she started turning onto her back herself so took the wedge away. She now sleeps in every position know to man! She was almost doing a headstand the other day:)

My son slept safely on his tummy from birth - but as other posters have said, recent recommendations have made professionals wary of recommending it. However, before the back to sleep campaign, many midwives recommended tummy sleeping for colicky babies. I guess its up to you!

I had this same dilema, and I think the decision is yours but I'd recommend reading up first so you can make an informed decision. Try \link{http://www.sids.org.uk/fsid/pubsdownload.htm\this}
There's also a helpline 020 7233 2090.

I was surprised to read that the highest risk is for a baby that mostly sleeps on their back but occassionally sleeps on their front, so if you do decide to put her on her front, do it all the time.