I have been struggling with this myself and just read someone else’s baby does the SAME thing. My twins will be 6 months on the 21st but they are preemies….8 weeks early
The article from yahoo……
Do you put your baby on her back?
Filed under: Newborns, Babies, Health & safety
When my older daughter was five months old, she started rolling over in her crib at night. Only, instead of rolling over and snuggling in with that cute butt-in-the-air pose that all parents know and love, she’d roll over, then fall back to sleep … face down in the mattress. I’d lie in my own bed, watching anxiously on the video monitor. My mind would tell me that she was fine, while my heart would fantasize about worst case scenarios until I had enough. I’d go in to gently turn her head to the side. She’d thank me by either waking up, furious, or by being back in the face down position by the time I hit my pillow. At her six month checkup, her doctor told me to leave her alone and let her sleep.
I’ve never met a new parent who didn’t worry about SIDS, who didn’t fret about sleep positions. But the same study that found that running a fan in baby’s room may reduce the risk of SIDS also found that up to 26% of parents don’t heed the advice that babies should sleep on their backs. Babies seem to sleep better on their bellies, so I’m guessing a large chunk of that percentage are parents off poor sleepers. Still, over one quarter of parents don’t follow the single most important piece of advice when it comes to preventing SIDS? That’s amazing to me
I had one child would only nap during the day if I put her on her side, so I can relate. But I was never brave enough to let them sleep on their bellies until they were old enough to get there themselves. What about you? Did you let your babies sleep on their bellies?
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So as a result I am still swaddling my twins to protect them from accidentally suffocating themselves, they BOTH do it. They roll over no matter how many times I put them on their back and they keep their face staright down planted into the mattress, nostrils down to the mattress..
They will not keep their heads to the side even, they move back once I reposition them.
Does anyone else’s baby do this?
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I have friends whose baby refused to sleep unless he was on his belly. They invested in one of those motion detector pads (some baby monitor systems include them) for his crib. Basically it doesn’t detect motion (i.e. his breathing) within a certain interval it sounds an alarm. It will go off on occasion without there being an actual problem, but it allows them to make their baby happy while maintaining piece of mind.
That’s really normal because of her age they say when they get strong enough the will lift there heads. U might want to check with ur doctor for more information.
just make sure that nothing is in the crib with them at all… no toys, blankets etc…. a crib mattress is harder than our soft plush mattresses and so the baby’s face is not actually smooshed into the bed…
over course that does not ease fears….
you can always get the angel monitor tht goes under the mattress or sheep and makes an alarm noise if they stop breathing
my son is a mattress breather..always has been ..it used to scare meand i would do the same thing the letter writer did, go in an move him..bu tnow that he is older ,almost 8 months i leave him be..as for you swaddling your twins at their age for fear of sids, i found this for you..
Toys R Us have these sleep positioners that should help!!!
my son is that age too and loves to sleep on his stomach. my daughter was the same way. but they’ll will keep their heads to the side if i put them that way and they both slept next to my bed so i could hear them.
My daughter LOVES to sleep on her belly as well, if they are old enough to roll over, they’re old enough to sleep on their belly, is what my doc. told me…so, if you’re not putting anything in their cribs that shouldn’t be, then they should be fine!!!
Just check up on them every now and then to make sure they’re okay!
My daughter did this and I was mad with worry…but luckily it was summer and I put a bamboo mahjong mat on her bed. This is made of little tiles of bamboo and leaves a gap between her and the bed so I knew she could sleep face down and still have air. It’s a little hard since it’s wood but she sleeps great with it and so can I.
My solution to this is take some towels, roll them up, and place them on the sides of each baby, make sure they’re tucked under the children to prevent movement and eliminate squiggle room.