6 months and tummy sleeper?

coachswife24 · February 2012

Ok - who all out there put their sweet LO's on their belly to sleep? We had been doing SO good with taking our bottle and going right down UNTIL DD got an ear infection! Tonight was pretty terrible until I got her to calm down and then, in an attempt to get her to stay calm/asleep, I put her on her belly. She can lift up really well & also roll over. However, I went to check on her and I noticed she was lifting her head up as if to turn it the other way but she just kept dropping her head to the same side.

Anyway, who puts their babies on their bellies? I just really think she'll sleep better...

Mrs.Greg · February 2012

I've been putting my Anna on her belly for bedtime for about 2 weeks now. She was rolling onto her belly on her own for about a week before that. I noticed that when she doesn't roll to her tummy, she wakes up like an hour later and we just roll her to her tummy and she goes right back to sleep. Now when I lay her down, if she doesn't roll over to her tummy within a few seconds, I roll her. She definitely sleeps better that way.

Shine2015 · February 2012

DS has been sleeping on his tummy since he was about 5 months. We never put him on his tummy though. Our pedi said it was ok if he rolled on his own but we should still put him on his back to sleep.

nbbride06 · February 2012

If LO falls asleep on me, then I put her on her belly. If I put her in her crib awake, she rolls to her belly on her own. She's been a belly sleeper since the day she learned to roll back to tummy around 5.5 months. In fact, I'm currently watching LO on the monitor and she just fell asleep on her tummy after I put her down on her back.

I only started to put LO on her tummy after she started doing it herself though.

Cookiecake7 · March 2012

DD has been sleeping on her tummy for about two months now. It was the only way we could move her out of the RnP into the crib. She's able to roll both directions now but at the beginning she couldn't. I felt like she was able to lift her upper torso and move it around so I was fine letting her sleep on her tummy. The only problem is now she scoots around in her sleep and winds up in a corner and wakes herself up.

MelissaS5338 · March 2012

DD sleeps on her belly as well. She has for several months now. She prefers it and can roll so there wasn't much I could to to prevent it. Although she still wakes 2 times at night to nurse.

bonitatinabina143 · March 2012

My lo rolls instantly to the right as soon as I lay her down.

GaGirlsMommy · March 2012

My daughter has been sleeping on her tummy since about 4 months. She has had reflux and congestion problems all along and got a bad cold about that time. Her pediatrician suggested we raise the head area of the crib with a pillow underneath and lay her on her tummy to keep the mucous from going into her throat. She finally started sleeping well and has been on her tummy ever since! And we're trying soy formula starting this week to see if that helps the continuous congestion.

sozay23 · March 2012

DD just learned to roll to her tummy this week and now is loving sleeping on her tummy! It seems so odd to me for a baby who hated tummy time so much!

mplesset23 · March 2012

bonitatinabina143:
My lo rolls instantly to the right as soon as I lay her down.

This. Our LO has been sleeping on his tummy for months. It used to really freak me out. Now that he can lift himself really well and move around in his crib I'm not as worried.

6 months and tummy sleeper?

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