Sleeping on their tummy?

Jennifer - posted on 02/20/2012

My son, now 2 slept on his tummy and cried on his back. I was really nervous the first couple of nights, but he slept like an angel. I waited until he was pretty good at holding his head up though just in case. If your daughter can hold her head up I wouldn't worry too much. My 7 month old daughter will not lay on her tummy for anything! She screams when I try tummy time! lol

Michelle - posted on 02/17/2012

both my daughters preferred tummy. at 2 months 1st daughter would sleep in day on tummy, then on back at night. once she could roll herself she would lay on tummy so i just put her that way. 2nd daughter was exactly the same but as she was a lot smaller i was hesitant but she much preferred it(i find she handles wind better on tummy). shes been on tummy for day sleeps since 8wks old and now on tummy at night at 6months-as she tries to roll on it anyway in night. having said that both girls have/had sensor monitors so i always had piece of mind. i think babies much prefer tummy. its a natural postion from in womb.

Melanie - posted on 11/16/2011

My Son is almost 4 Months old during the day I have started to sleep him on his tummy due to a flat spot at the back of his head which was caused during delivery, he has two naps during the day and both are supervised tummy sleeps I personally see nothing wrong with them sleeping on there tummy as long as they are constantly supervised but at night he is back on his back with him sleeping on his tummy it is really helping his flat spot on his head

Crystal - posted on 10/17/2011

Miss Samantha,
My baby(July 15th 2011) was fine for the first two months but now she can rollover and hates her back and goes to sleep on her tummy when she gets sleepy. The only time she can sleep on her back is when she is so a sleep that I can move her to bed with out her waking up. So for naps she is on her tummy but bed time because she sleeps all night on her back. She had some breathing problems when she was born. congrats on your new lil one.

Desiree - posted on 10/17/2011

Well my son loves to b swaddled, as for my daughter she doesnt like it she cries alot wen I swaddled her...

Stephanie - posted on 10/17/2011

I heard that babies don't like to be on their backs (not just sleep) because it feels unstable to them (almost like they are falling), but if you swaddle her, it might help. My son was born 3 Jul 11, and he will not sleep unless he is swaddled, but as soon as that swaddle goes on, he calms down and goes to sleep on his back.

Lebogang - posted on 10/15/2011

My child has been sleeping on his tummy since 4 weeks old! he is now 12 weeks and loves this position. He does not go into deep sleep when i put him on the side or on his back. I think when you are past the 'danger age' for SIDS then it should be okay to let her sleep on her tummy. but children are different of course...

Nadia - posted on 10/14/2011

BTW, tight sheets implies SIDS = suffocation. This is not true. They don't know what causes SIDS but if it were suffocation they would call it suffocation - not SIDS. So making your sheets tighter and checking to see if they're alive every couple hours is not going to solve the problem.

Desiree - posted on 10/13/2011

My daughter is the same way...she sleeps jst fine on her tummy. She's been doin so since she was 2 months old, bt I wake up nd check on her all night...I don't think its really r problem if their bedsheets fit tight nd the mattress isn't too soft. Plus she picks her head up nd can hold it up for a few minutes on her own...she's only 3 months. Every now nd then I lay he on her side nd she'll roll over by herself...I think n e baby will do fine on there tummy as long as they r watched or checked on...

Nadia - posted on 10/13/2011

What I think SIDS is from is our overabundance of toxic chemicals used to manufacture almost everything we buy for our homes and bodies. Just look at the back of any baby shampoo and try to pronounce the word that was created in a lab under extreme conditions and then tested out on the general public even after animal tests have shown serious side effects. Anyways, PBDE and deca can be found in furniture and Americans have levels of flame retardants (used in couches, kids clothes, and mattresses) in their blood 10 times higher than those of Europeans and Japanese. It is possible that there is a toxic cumulative effect of these chemicals (many of which are banned in other countries) that America allows our babies and ourselves to come in contact with everyday. When you consider that babies put their hands in their mouths alot more than adults, toxic effects could be much more likely. Also, consider that while sleeping on their stomachs, they are breathing in the off gases (particularly of newer mattresses and furniture). I got the idea from the book Super natural Home. Highly recommend. solutions would be to get a matress cover after letting it air out quite a bit and of course organic mattress would be best as it is not made with any toxic coatings or fumes, etc. Obviously the older the baby gets, the stronger its immune system and better able he/she will be to fight off toxins but why put extra pressure on his/her developing immune system when you can take precautions. It's a toxic world here. Everything from the pesticides on our vegetables to the processed food created with artificial preservatives, additives, etc. It's no wonder we have so many problems with long term illnesses unlike many Indigenous people that have been studied. The most healthy people in the world eat what is natural to this earth and they generally don't eat things created out of a lab or sleep on chemically enhanced mattresses to say the LEAST. *steps off soap box*

Simata Matainaho - posted on 10/13/2011

My baby sleeps longer when he sleeps on his tummy my mum says he feels comfy that way as long as he doesn't completely face his nose down..during the night I place a soft pillow on his tummy and it also work he sleeps peacefuly the whole night

Hannah - posted on 10/12/2011

Both of mine have always slept on their tummies and hated sleeping on their back. I dont think babies feel secure on their backs. Just make sure they aren't on a really fluffy blanket, away from their mouths ect.

Hannah - posted on 10/12/2011

both my children are so much happier on their stomach, my daughter born july 11 hates laying on her back even for a diaper change. Just dont lay her on a really fluffy blanket and make sure her sheet/blanket under her is absorbent so if she burps up it will soak into the blanket and not just stay there where her face is. I honestly think sleeping on their stomach is better, if they burp up on their back then can't they choke on it?

Laicon - posted on 10/11/2011

My daughter slept on her back until she was a week ok'd and then refused to sleep on it any longer. She won't sleep on her back unless she's snuggled up to me or her daddy and since we can't sleep with her in bed all night we let her sleep how she's comfortable. Plus we're also belly sleepers

Patricia - posted on 10/11/2011

have you tried putting bub on their side with an anti roll pillow that is what i do with my little one because he vomits in his sleep quite a bit so i put him that way so he does not choke

IVANA - posted on 10/09/2011

my second dauther was baby, she used to sleep her tummy at 6 month old until stop 18 month. i guess its way she love it. make sure without toys, blanket. it will be safe. :)

Samantha - posted on 10/08/2011

I'm starting to think her love for tummy sleeping started in the hospital. They laid her on my chest facing me almost the whole time I was there. (After giving birth) We were there almost 4 days, so maybe that was enough time for her to decide "Hey, the tummy sleeping is comfy! I like that!!".. It seems like it's also easier to pass gas when she's on her tummy. At one point we turned to gas drops to help...but if she naps on her tummy, or sleeps on her tummy at night, we don't need the drops. (eh, maybe she knows that too)

Elizabeth - posted on 10/08/2011

She may have reflux or wind and it seems more comfortable on her tummy. Try elevating her bed slightly at the head end. This may help or talk to your doctor to try losec (an antacid).

Nadine - posted on 10/08/2011

Both of my girls have been like that from day 1. My oldest is 2and a half and still sleeps like that. She was in the nicu for a month and they will put babies on their bellies. I had to talk a cpr class to take her home and they said the 2reasons they want them on there back is 1. So the dont smother themselves and 2. They thought getting to hot at their core was part of sids and that they are getting to hot on their tummys. However research is now pointing to it being a brain chemical deficiancy issue. My youngest who is 2 months just like her sister has wanted her belly only since avout day 2. If she sleeps better let her no point stressing everyone out just make sure there isnt anything near her face.

Stephanie - posted on 10/06/2011

I'm sooo scared of SIDS that I honestly don't know what I would do in that position. However, I know many friends who let their kids sleep on their tummy for the same reasons without any issues.

Kacey - posted on 10/06/2011

I would let her sleep on her tummy and just be careful about having blankets or anything around her face and make sure it's not a mattress or surface that's too cushy. I have 3 children - one is also a July, 2011 baby. She's still sleeping on her back, but swaddled. My son, though, slept on his tummy at about 2 months old because he hated swaddling and that's the only way he would really rest.

Samantha - posted on 10/05/2011

Lol, thanks. :) I was anxiously waiting for a reply xD

Candice - posted on 10/05/2011

I would let her sleep on her tummy. My daughter who's 18 months and my son who's 2 months both started sleeping on their tummy at 1 month old