I have a confession..

kittyh8r

I put my 6 week DD to sleep on her belly last night. 

 

She has been so gassy and constipated, I noticed she would calm down a little when I held in the football position. So last night after reading that babies with gas issues typically sleep better on their bellies, I decided to lay her down that way. Her crib is in our room, but on the other side of our room so we got the pack n play out and put her right up next to my side so I could keep an eye on her. She slept 6 hours! I woke up a lot and checked on her, I was sort of a nervous wreck! She woke up in better spirits and is taking a nap right now! yay!

Anyone else putting baby down on belly? 

pittOPcouple

Our little one has slept on her belly a few times. Only while napping and when I'm watching her. I think it's perfectly fine if she sleeps better that way. And think, when most of us were babies, our parents were told to put us to sleep on our tummies not our backs and we're all just fine.

Amberrrr

The ONE TIME I put my baby down on his belly for a nap, I watched him the entire time. I was not even two feet away.

I got up to go to the bathroom for like a minute. Came back and his face was in the blanket. I was so scared but he was okay because it was only for a couple seconds.. I don't want to scare you. Just make sure you keep a very close eye on your LO.

Elisha Shick

my little girl has been sleeping on her tummy since she was around a month old. its the only way she will sleep. I do check on her often thru out the night, me and Dh are night owls so both of us are always looking in on her. she sleeps in her own room and sleeps longer on her tummy in there.

annaruiz2

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

AilishT

You should buy one of those snuza clips.  It will alert you if she stops breathing.  Just clip it on her diaper.  Haven't tried it myself but might bring some peace of mind.

pittOPcouple

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Why post at all if you're going to be rude? You obviously don't do what she is asking about so you didn't need to post anything. I guarantee every mother does things differently. There are probably things you do with your child that I wouldn't dare do with mine. Don't judge what works for other people.

annaruiz2

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Why post at all if you're going to be rude? You obviously don't do what she is asking about so you didn't need to post anything. I guarantee every mother does things differently. There are probably things you do with your child that I wouldn't dare do with mine. Don't judge what works for other people.

Uh no. Theres nothing I do that makes my child 40% more likely to DIE. Who knowingly would make that choice? An idiot.

pittOPcouple

annaruiz2:

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Why post at all if you're going to be rude? You obviously don't do what she is asking about so you didn't need to post anything. I guarantee every mother does things differently. There are probably things you do with your child that I wouldn't dare do with mine. Don't judge what works for other people.

Uh no. Theres nothing I do that makes my child 40% more likely to DIE. Who knowingly would make that choice? An idiot.

You most be the best mother in the world. You must never make any type of decision that may be different from what other people might do because it works better for you or your child. Man, I'd sure like to see your Mother of the Century award. I bet it's nice and shiny. It would be one thing if someone was putting their child on their tummy to sleep and walking away but letting them sleep that way while supervised is not as dramatic as you seem to think it is. Lighten up oh Righteous One!

annaruiz2

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Why post at all if you're going to be rude? You obviously don't do what she is asking about so you didn't need to post anything. I guarantee every mother does things differently. There are probably things you do with your child that I wouldn't dare do with mine. Don't judge what works for other people.

Uh no. Theres nothing I do that makes my child 40% more likely to DIE. Who knowingly would make that choice? An idiot.

You most be the best mother in the world. You must never make any type of decision that may be different from what other people might do because it works better for you or your child. Man, I'd sure like to see your Mother of the Century award. I bet it's nice and shiny. It would be one thing if someone was putting their child on their tummy to sleep and walking away but letting them sleep that way while supervised is not as dramatic as you seem to think it is. Lighten up oh Righteous One!

Supervised as in, she is staring at her the whole time? Ok, let me find the article about the baby that died of sids sleeping on its mothers chest. Or the article where the mother walked in ten minutes after putting baby down to find them dead. it's not impossible to take safety precautions and to not do so is just plain selfish lazy bad parenting.

pittOPcouple

annaruiz2:

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Why post at all if you're going to be rude? You obviously don't do what she is asking about so you didn't need to post anything. I guarantee every mother does things differently. There are probably things you do with your child that I wouldn't dare do with mine. Don't judge what works for other people.

Uh no. Theres nothing I do that makes my child 40% more likely to DIE. Who knowingly would make that choice? An idiot.

You most be the best mother in the world. You must never make any type of decision that may be different from what other people might do because it works better for you or your child. Man, I'd sure like to see your Mother of the Century award. I bet it's nice and shiny. It would be one thing if someone was putting their child on their tummy to sleep and walking away but letting them sleep that way while supervised is not as dramatic as you seem to think it is. Lighten up oh Righteous One!

Supervised as in, she is staring at her the whole time? Ok, let me find the article about the baby that died of sids sleeping on its mothers chest. Or the article where the mother walked in ten minutes after putting baby down to find them dead. it's not impossible to take safety precautions and to not do so is just plain selfish lazy bad parenting.

I don't know how I would raise my child if I didn't do EVERYTHING I read that said it would be bad. I'm just going to move on because I'm tired of fighting with someone who is so fixated on every article they've ever read. They don't publish the articles that say "child sleeping on tummy since birth lives long and healthy life." They only publish the negative things. As I said in my initial post, before you so rudely joined the thread, is that everything we do now is a complete 180 from what our parents were told to do with us. We're just fine.

annaruiz2

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

pittOPcouple:

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Why post at all if you're going to be rude? You obviously don't do what she is asking about so you didn't need to post anything. I guarantee every mother does things differently. There are probably things you do with your child that I wouldn't dare do with mine. Don't judge what works for other people.

Uh no. Theres nothing I do that makes my child 40% more likely to DIE. Who knowingly would make that choice? An idiot.

You most be the best mother in the world. You must never make any type of decision that may be different from what other people might do because it works better for you or your child. Man, I'd sure like to see your Mother of the Century award. I bet it's nice and shiny. It would be one thing if someone was putting their child on their tummy to sleep and walking away but letting them sleep that way while supervised is not as dramatic as you seem to think it is. Lighten up oh Righteous One!

Supervised as in, she is staring at her the whole time? Ok, let me find the article about the baby that died of sids sleeping on its mothers chest. Or the article where the mother walked in ten minutes after putting baby down to find them dead. it's not impossible to take safety precautions and to not do so is just plain selfish lazy bad parenting.

I don't know how I would raise my child if I didn't do EVERYTHING I read that said it would be bad. I'm just going to move on because I'm tired of fighting with someone who is so fixated on every article they've ever read. They don't publish the articles that say "child sleeping on tummy since birth lives long and healthy life." They only publish the negative things. As I said in my initial post, before you so rudely joined the thread, is that everything we do now is a complete 180 from what our parents were told to do with us. We're just fine.

Do you knwo that since the "back to sleep" campaign started, SIDS deaths have been reduced by 40%?

Just because the people here likely slept on their stomachs and are fine doesnt make it safe. There are many not here, because they died.

We didnt have all the safety bells and whisltes on car seats that they have now. So will you be using a 1970's car seat, or one of the newer known to be safer models made today?

AMbaby

I let my child sleep on her belly sometimes during the day for naps and it's worked great.  I do check her often during naps and at night she only sleeps on her back. However, at some point they learn to roll over from back to tummy and you can't control that. Maybe the risk of SIDS is lower at that age??  Anyway, it works for me.  Also, there were MANY things that parents did that aren't "safe" in the eyes of the medical community and we came out just fine.  Do I like to take risks for no reason? Of course not but this works for us and she's a very happy baby and very strong from all that tummy time!

 

Good luck ladies.

michnthecity

Placing baby on their back to sleep is only one of many ways to prevent SIDS.  Your baby can still die sleeping on their back as SIDS is by definition unexplainable.  The latest data in 2004 indicates .5 incidences in 1000 live births in the US.  This leads me to believe that if the trend continued as it did before into 2012, that number is even less.  Other factors that contribute to SIDS include alcohol, tobacco, and drug use in utero as well as after birth.  In addition, smoking in the home, breastfeeding, proximity to the mother in bed while sleeping, whether or not baby uses a pacifier, prevalence of respiratory/gastrointestinal infections, cleanliness of the home, and room temperature all play a role in SIDS.  I think the "back to sleep" campaign is the easiest thing that parents can do that does not rival socioeconomic status and race which research also has shown to play a role in the frequency of SIDS.  40%?  Not sure where that number came from, perhaps on the back of a sleepsack.  I think it's a really good marketing campaign to scare a bunch of mothers that putting your baby on its stomach will cause DEATH and that you are somehow intentionally killing your baby if you don't put them on their back.  I bought a bunch of sleepsacks as a result....but it's a much more complex issue than that.  And I had totally bought into the marketing when I added an angel care monitor to my registry, however.  Now that I actually have my baby and I see how well he controls his head, I don't worry about SIDS.  I would worry more if a baby slept in a crib with a bunch of blankets and stuffed animals while someone chain smoked in a house from an episode of hoarders....

 

bikitybinx

Emma - if sleeping on her tummy is the only way to get LO to sleep you could always get an Angelcare monitor which will alert you if she stops moving after 20 seconds.  It may help restore peace of mind...

kittyh8r

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

 

Hey look at you..an a$$. I am pretty sure the only time I see you on any threads is when you like to be a biiitch. So I am not worried about your opinion.

 

diana.filipi

My nearly 6 week older has been horridly gassy as well and is asleep right this minute on his belly :-)

 At night I swaddle him and he sleeps on his back though if he wakes at 5 or later he might get put back down on his belly.  

I don't know about your LO but my little fella can lift himself up onto his forearms so I am not overly concerned about him snoozing on his belly.  My DD never slept on her belly, she hated it with a passion.  This kid is totally different.  Do what you are comfortable with and what WORKS.

Good luck mama :-)

 

patiencewilson

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Congratulations on your Mother of the year award!  You must do everything by the book and believe everything you read/hear...good for you for being perfect!  I am positive that the OP wouldn't intentionally put her child at risk and if putting her child on their belly to sleep is what works for her then great...if it worked for me I would do it too!  My daughter happens to sleep on my chest on the couch.  That is the only way I can get her to sleep at all...I am guessing you would call me an idiot too? 

patiencewilson

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

Congratulations on your Mother of the year award!  You must do everything by the book and believe everything you read/hear...good for you for being perfect!  I am positive that the OP wouldn't intentionally put her child at risk and if putting her child on their belly to sleep is what works for her then great...if it worked for me I would do it too!  My daughter happens to sleep on my chest on the couch.  That is the only way I can get her to sleep at all...I am guessing you would call me an idiot too? 

patiencewilson

Sorry about the double post

mkarns

Ditto on PPs advice to get the Angelcare monitor id your LO likes to sleep on their tummy. Do what you need to do...Dont let people make you feel bad!

wendiandnate

ignore annaruiz. I've seen her post on other boards to just start drama.

3CrazyCats2011

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

My pediatrician okayed stomach sleeping, especially when DD1 was 2 months and could roll back to stomach.

Um, weren't you around the newborn boards when my first DD was born? Don't you have anything better to do with your pathetic life than troll boards criticizing internet strangers 

Steph Bez

That statistic has actually been debunked. It seems the main reasons SIDS has gone down by 40% is because medical advances have allowed doctors to be more accurate in the reason for death, other causes are going up and SIDS are going down because their allotting the causes to varied reasons. If you add it all up, it's been proven that the same number of infants dying haven't changed, just the reasons.

 

That said, there actually are medical reasons to have your baby stomach sleep. Gas issues are calmed when on the tummy but if your LO has severe GERD like my DS did the dr actually advised he sleep on his tummy because he was literally choking on his vomit and wasn't turning his head like so many back sleepers say babies do reflexively. We invested in the Angel Care monitor and now a year and a half later he's still ok, over his GERD, and sleeps in multiple positions throughout the night. I'm pregnant with #2 right now and we'll definitely start with putting her on her back but I keep an open mind, understand every child has different needs, and listen to the dr that knows my child and their history. That would be my advice for the OP  

RLMarinoatc

When my DS was little he would NOT sleep.  Ever.  My husband put him down on his belly, and he slept 4 hours.  (I was a nervous wreck, I think I did not sleep that whole night!)  He was probably about 6 weeks old at that point.  He also had good head control, so was able to turn his head as needed.  He slept on his belly every  night after that!  (Now he's 3 and still sleeps on his belly!)

Our DD is 2 weeks, and I'm sure if she has a problem, we will put her on her belly!  (Right now she is more of a side sleeper.)

 

Also, the guidelines regarding reducing chances of SIDS are exactly that - guidelines. There is no data that says 100% for certain what will and will not cause SIDS.  

diana.filipi

Steph Bez:

That statistic has actually been debunked. It seems the main reasons SIDS has gone down by 40% is because medical advances have allowed doctors to be more accurate in the reason for death, other causes are going up and SIDS are going down because their allotting the causes to varied reasons. If you add it all up, it's been proven that the same number of infants dying haven't changed, just the reasons.

 

I hadn't thought about that but you are right.  There are a number of causes of death that used to be classed SIDS.  There was an article in my local paper about the number of infant deaths related to unsafe sleeping and it even talked about how the technology was so much better now and how those deaths would have all been classed as SIDS in the past.

amber31288

annaruiz2:

hey look at me, i like to ignore statistics and pediatric recommendations and risk my childs life! how cool.

this has already been beaten to death pretty much, but it's also unhealthy for her baby to not be getting an adequate amount of sleep. so, if putting her daughter down on her stomach helps her get sleep and she is supervising, then i'd say this is beneficial to baby!

 

first=time=mom2012

You're an idiot. Your mother most likely put you on your stomach to sleep and as we all can see, a^&holes turn out just fine.