Who else sleeps their newborn on their tummy

[PinkPalace]

Ok i am well aware of SIDS precautions so please dont add a lecture in here.

Wondering if anyone else's bub sleeps on their tummy (pre rolling age?)

[Frangipani]

I quite often put Cameron to sleep on his tummy - prerolling - but I only did it during the day so I could go in and check on him. He seemed to sleep better this way. About a month ago he has begun rolling back to tummy, and most mornings we find him on his tummy (he sleeps through) so not sure when he flips, but sometimes hear him after I put him down at night talking and singing, so I'm sure he sometimes flips at the beginning of the night - so obviously he likes his tummy whether I've put him there or not.

[MantaRay]

DS2 was rolling at 3 1/2 weeks, so it wasn't pre-rolling age, but I started sleeping him on his tummy really early. The thing was, it was the only way he would sleep for ages and TBH I wish I'd realised that sooner. It might have saved us a lot of grief. I knew it was against the SIDS recommendations, but then I'm not sure that it's safe to have a really tired mum either, especially when driving etc. So sleep is important too. I did have an angelcare monitor though, so theoretically we would have been alerted if he stopped breathing. But you know, the risk of tummy sleeping for SIDS is minimal and partly theoretical (ie no-one really knows what causes it), so sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. HTH.

[PinkPalace]

thanks girls
His bassinette only has a foam mattress in it - no monitor or breathe easy stuff.
But he gets the worse tummy pains sometimes crying up to 8 hrs a day in pain and i find it helps him on his belly.

[Arimeh]

PP - tummy sleepers in this house

xx

[PinkPalace]

i have one of the anti roll pillows - i assume i should take this away if tummy sleeping?
Do you roll them onto their backs once asleep?