At what age did you "let" your baby sleep on their tummy?

[PumpkinZulu]

Now DD has good head and neck control, and some nights it's the only way she'll go down for a sleep. Probably one might out of a week she'll sleep on her tummy, and some naps. It helps get her wind up too. I reckon one year old should be fine

[*LittleMissSummer*]

6 weeks. She was such a bad sleeper then one day i put her down on her belly to answer the phone came back she was sound asleep and slept for 6 hours straight like that so i just let her do it. She now only sleeps on her back so i just go with what she wants to do.

[Arimeh]

3 of mine slept on their tummies from about 2 weeks of age.

Dd3 hates it and won't go to sleep like that.

[HotI]

when bub can roll over by themselves, i reckon they are ok to sleep however they want. My LO slept on her back as a little bub but from about 9 months, slept on her tummy with her bum up in the air.

[trishalishous]

when DD could roll onto her tummy on her own, and roll back, we removed the sleep positioner.

[~mamaspice~]

He's asleep on his tummy right now DH is at work obviously so I'm just gonna let him go and see how well he sleeps.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Yep when bub could roll over himself etc i let him sleep where he fell so to speak.
He is still mostly a tummy sleep now at 3.5y (like his mumma, )

[~mamaspice~]

Good idea JustMe. I'll search for the guidelines and show DH

I guess we've been pretty lucky that even though DS has been mobile for ages, he's never really rolled in his cot til now. He's obviously just realised that he likes to sleep on his tummy. Gawd, imagine my DH if DS was doing this ages ago lol.

[Cassius2]

Marta has been sleeping on her tummy from the moment she could roll over.

[Just Me]

As soon as they could roll themselves onto their tummy by themselves. I always put them down on their backs, but if they rolled onto their tummies, I left them sleep like that. My kids were all wrapped until 8 - 9 months so they slept on their backs pretty much until then. SIDS guidelines say to try and prevent them sleeping/rolling onto their tummies until after six months (wrapping and sleeping bags can help prevent them rolling earlier). So 12 months should be fine

ETA: If you want the SIDS link for your DH, I can post it for you

[~mamaspice~]

ETA: If you want the SIDS link for your DH, I can post it for you

For the life of me I cannot find anything that mentions the "until after 6 months" bit. Would love it if you could post me the link to where you found it Justme.

[EsJay]

when she wanted to and was strong enough to get out of the sleeper thingy that stopped her from doing so. i think she was about 9-10 months when she started doing this, i worried for a week or 2, but she was fine, and was able to roll and had good head control so i just let it be. i had a sensor pad monitor too so that helped ease my mind a bit

[onthefly]

If they can push themselves up and roll, then it should be fine (I guess). I've never bothered moving them back once they put themselves there.

[Babyluv]

Now that my DD is mobile I let her sleep however she chooses. If she falls asleep on her tummy I leave her there. If she falls asleep and I put her to bed I always put her on her back but when I put her to bed awake she will often move around in bed and fall asleep on her tummy. If they can hold their heads up on their own then I think the risk of suffocating is decreased. Once they're rolling, crawling etc they will sleep how they choose. I've never thought to move her once she's put herself to sleep a certain way.

[Just Me]

http://www.sidsandkids.org/wp-conten...ping14ppa1.pdf

Go to page five ... there is one paragraph on it and it says this:

Older babies can turn over and move around the cot. Put them on the back but let them find their own sleeping position. The risk of SIDS in babies over six months is extremely low.

Should still be enough to put your DH's mind at ease

[Cherished]

8 months ds started rolling onto his tummy but with his bum up in the air not flat and he head is turned to one side so I wasn't worried. But he rarely sleeps on his back, he has been on his side since birth as we never wrapped him.

[Mathilda]

my baby son has been sleeping on his tummy since he was born. He is 3 months now and he will only sleep on his back in his reclining chair. My doctor advised me to let him sleep the way he liked

[~mamaspice~]

I reckon one year old should be fine

I agree that 1 is definately fine PZ. DH is driving me nuts Lol.