tummy sleeper

[sassy123]

i have found DS will settle really well and sleep for heaps longer if he is on his tummy. of a day i put him on his tummy to sleep cause i can constantly watch him. I am abit worried to do it of a night but am thinkin it might give me so much more sleep.
Has anyone tummy slept their babies at a early age?

[Fruit Tingles]

Dan I have been sleeping Emily on her tummy pretty much since day dot. It's the ONLY way she will sleep!!
I felt hesitant to start with, but she had good head and neck control, and I started to feel a lot more relaxed with it.
There are a lot of benefits of sleeping them on their tummies (warmer, helps with colic type pain, feels more secure for them etc) and it's only a SIDs recommendation not to sleep them on their tummy, not a guarantee.

[LimeSlice]

Yep, tummy sleeper from day dot here.
Make sure they are on a firm flat surface not on blankets or pillows etc, elevate the mattress a little.
Charlotte always slept better longer and easier on her tummy. She was also a long skinny thing and had vey good neck control from very very early on. She was a natural tummy sleeper and afterthe first week I wasn't so anxious sleeping her like that.

[Nelle]

Tummy sleeper here too, from about 5 weeks. The mchn I had commented that SIDS seemed to rise as central heating did, and that because babies are warmer on their bellies to make sure there was good ventilation. So even in winter the window was open a bit.

[Anise3]

DD was a tummy sleeper from a couple of weeks as well... I could only get 15mins out of her on her back but she has always slept fabulously on her belly. I just made sure her cot was empty and nice and flat. I also used a breathing monitor which helped me for peace of mind because I had the guilts for letting her sleep on her tummy.

My mum said when my sisters and I were babies they were told to put babies to sleep on their bellies, so I guess it can't be too bad?! (well that's what I told myself anyway)

[ladybird11]

I always used to put DD and DS down to sleep on their backs, and would later check on them to find them on their bellies - it used to concern me but then I just realised I have tummy sleepers ;-)

[raffy]

yet another tummy sleeper here. ive become loads more relax as his head and neck control has gotten better. he refuses to stay asleep on his back so it was our only option. but hes fine and sleeps for like 7 hours at night, its glorious

[Bathsheba]

All my 3 babies were tummy sleepers from day dot! I was guilty until i had my 3rd and was told by a paed that in her experience tummy sleeping is often seen with babies who are strong (able to hold their heads up off the bed for short stints soon after birth) and that it also seems to run in families. She said it was about 1 in 9 or 10 babies.

We never had the central heating on at night because I find it dries out my nose and throat so didn't allow it! We also made sure we didn't use bumpers when they slept in the cot but they co-slept with me alot too.

Make sure the mattress is firm, have good ventilation, don't over wrap (I never swaddled mine) and follow all the other sleeping guidelines

[minimatron]

thanks sassy for bringing this up. I was having this same convo with dh today because dd settles straight away on her tummy..... my mch nurse said the other day its just a recommendation.... we also have a sound and movement monitor which eases my anxieties

[didispunk]

All 3 of mine tummy sleepers.. as 2 were in Special Care Nursery and they were on tummies in there..

Firm mattress nothing around them and NOT SWADDLED>

[*TripleJ*]

the stupidest thing ever was DS when he was small he loved sleeping on his tummy but he would have to be laid on his back and about 3 times when he rolled onto his tummy he had to be put on his back until he went to sleep then he would sleep all night perfectly fine now he sleeps with the blanket over his head on his tummy right in the corener of the cot

[Frangipani]

Cam was the same...i use to put him on his tummy to sleep during the day too- when i could keep an eye on him. Then from when he started to roll over...which he did back to tummy first from 3months, i'd find him on his tummy after most sleeps. And i find he still sleeps the same now. Josh was not such a fan of tummy sleeping, but I've found over the last week he is now also a tummy sleeper too- they take after me.