Question about Rolling.

Hey Girls,

This might sound like a stupid question, and it's sort of put me off posting but I just need an answer so I can stop thinking about it.

DD has learnt how to roll from her stomach to her back, back to her side and now almost back right over onto her stomach. My only worry is. What happens if she rolls over in the middle of the night, and gets too tired to roll herself back over. ie: rolling from back flat onto stomach. Again this might sound stupid but just wondering if anyone else had these sorts of concerns..... Thanks girls xoxoxoxox

I assume you're concerned about the SIDS risk? My understanding is that once they have the head control to move their head from side to side, that the risk drops considerably. And once they can roll over, that it drops even more.

Once my DD learnt how to roll onto her stomach, there was NO getting her to stay on her back to sleep. I just made sure there was nothing anywhere near her (pillows coz we co-sleep, toys, clothing, etc) that she could roll her face into.

Everyone worries about this KL (well, most people LOL). Once they can roll over, it doesn't matter so much if they sleep on their tummy. Which is just as well as you can't do much about it anyway unless you want to get up every half hour to check! Try not to worry.

Actually, this terrified me. If DS had gotten up onto his arms and rolled over he'd have fallen out of his moses basket! But he didn't.

If your baby can lift head and roll over, if your baby's head is not covered with blankets or near a pillow then tbh tummy sleeping isn't unsafe. Nothing with babies is safe because they'll find a way to do something stupid, but it's not a huge risk factor any more.

And it's not a silly question (no such thing), I bet it's a huge worry to many and they just haven't posted. At least your mind is at rest now.

I've gone in & found DS on his tummy a couple of times, but I'm not too worried. I know how strong he is.
If he's in our bed I'm careful, but he's fine in the cot.
I've actually put him in our bed on his tummy a few times when he has a cold, coz he sleeps better & he needs to sleep. Only when DH has gone to work or isn't in bed though. That way I can give him heaps of room.

Thank you all for your replies girls, it has eased my mind considerably. She is, for her age, amazingly strong it's quite scary actually LOL considering her cousin who is exactly 3 months older can't do the things that our dd does. Yesterday FIL was telling us of how SIL's baby can now stand up against furniture. Dp laughed and said "ava-jayde was doing that a month ago" LOL guess all babies just do things differently. But the scary thing is, if she's doing things like this now how quickly is she going to begin to crawl and walk lol DP sat up at 5 Months and was walking at 5 1/2 months. At first I couldn't believe it until MIL showed me photos and I was just like :O your joking ...

Wow. I thought crawling at 5 months was early. & the earliest I've seen or heard walking was 8 months!!

I know it's insane hey!

Once Claire could roll from her back to her stomach, she insisted on sleeping on her stomach... She was able to roll from her stomach to her back when she was 3 months, and the other way from about 5-6 months. I wasnt really concerned though as she had quite good head/neck control so I knew she's be able to move if she needed to.

Our baby has been a compulsive roller- put him down and over he goes everytime. But he never rolls over in his sleep, or during the night. He only rolls around in the cot when he's really awake after a day sleep. We still wrap him too so he gets stuck with his arms down and calls out for me- he is wide awake and can lift his head up so it never worries me.