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My 6 mth baby has always slept on his tummy, as never could sleep on his back, but he's started to turn himself onto his back in the night, and then starts crying, so I have to go and turn him back over, I'm not sure if he then plays on this abit and will do it a few more times before eventually going back to sleep. Does anyone think I should just leave him to cry and learn to sleep on back, or is this a bit harsh?

I think it would be a bit cruel to leave a small child to cry in the middle of the night without reassuring him that you're there. But i'd certainly make sure he's really awake before you let him know you're around, in case he just goes back to sleep again. My babies all started off sleeping on their backs, and about this age, started turning onto their tummies. If I turned them over, they turned back again. Myself, I'd get him back to sleep as easily as possible and worry about creating a waking habit if that happens - maybe he just needs to get used to sleeping on his back. You could always try soothing him off to sleep on his back first, he may just get used to it after a week or two. I think it's a pity to let worrying about creating bad habits come in between you and answering your baby's needs at this age.

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Starling, I agree with CI from 15 August - that the advice to wait to give your baby a bottle is wrong (infuriatingly wrong..) and the cause of many an unnecessary problem. I know many friends who have happily introduced the odd bottle (at least every other day) from two/three weeks old and now have the pleasure of breastfeeding, with a sensible dose of freedom attached.

You have to keep it up, though. Our daughter (6 months) took a bottle of expressed milk happily at two weeks old, but we didn't keep it up - and now she is more independent she won't entertain the idea. I am back to work in two weeks and despairing now - we've tried cup (valve/no valve) and various bottles, but she is too clever for all of it. We are contemplating the "mummy-leaving-the-house-for-the-day" idea with trepidation - but feel that this can only be traumatic for both daddy and baby and mummy. Help!