Hi, My DD is 6 months old tomorrow. She has started rolling everywhere in the last few days. On sunday night we went in to check her and found her asleep on her tummy pressed against the side rails of the cot. Previously had always been on her back, arms above her head. We rolled her back, which woke her up!
Monday night she did it again, ww left her for awhile, then couldnt help ourselves rolled her back, followed by about 1 hour of checking her (as she kept going onto her sides) before we finally went to bed.
We do have a movement monitor in her cot.
Yes, we are probably paranoid first time parents.
Advice on what to do- do we leave her on her tummy?
Roll her back?
I appreciate that I cant do it every night, and she will be doing this herself anyway from now on. Is she still too young?
when we put her in her cot during the day, she rolls over, hitting her head on the cot sides, ending up crying.
I would leaver her too, I found my DD did this about 6 months and DS has just started doing it as well. I actualley found that since DS has started doing this he has been sleeping much better and even slept through the other night.
My suggestion is leave her. Now that she can roll, she should be able to cope with tummy sleeping. Some kids prefer it. My son will only sleep on his tummy and has done since he could roll.
I'll agree with all the 'leave her's and also add that you can get a bumper called an Airwrap that is like padded mesh that can be breathed through if you are worried about her bumping her head. I got mine at Big W but I think they are most places now for $40 or $50. Also, if you have a movement monitor like mine with only the one pad, be prepared for it to go off now that she can roll against the edges of the cot - it will have you jumping up and running for a while
6 months- tummy sleeping
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