How bad is it to let my baby sleep on her tummy?
Mandy S asked:
I know that letting a baby sleep on her tummy increases the risk of SIDS but it is the only way she will stay asleep. Any suggestions?
my baby is 8weeks old
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I know that letting a baby sleep on her tummy increases the risk of SIDS but it is the only way she will stay asleep. Any suggestions?
my baby is 8weeks old
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How old is your baby.
I know they say not to but if your baby has good control of their neck and it is easier. My little girl had a brace on from 3 to 6 months which meant she had to lie the way I put her down. I always put her on her back and she started night waking again. As soon as the brace came off she would roll on to her tummy and wouldn’t sleep any other way. I was up all the time trying to flip her over then I would wake her up and it was hard tto settle her again. In the end I just left her on tummy. She was older than your little one tho. As long as you have taken away all the other SIDS risk factors I suppose that is all you can do.
Leave her on her tummy.
My son slept on his tummy from the day he was born. They put him on his tummy in the NICU, and he was there for a month, all used to sleeping on his tummy and then they told me to put him on his back at home. That didn’t work at ALL. He started rolling over soon after he came hom and he went straight to his tummy because he hated being on his back at all. Tummy time was a breeze for us, lol.
I had the same problem with both of my daughters. Even in the hospital they couldn’t get her to sleep on her back. I spoke with my Dr. and he told me that even though they say not because of SIDS I could lay her on her belly. I had no other choice my girls absolutely would not sleep any other way.
You didn’t say how old your baby is. If your baby is old enough to roll over, then I would say that it is fine. However, if she is not, then I would not risk it. Some sleeplessness from you and her is well worth knowing that she is safe.
Can u try propping her on something that won’t smother her…that will give her the “sleeping on the stomach feel” without her realizing it… like a boppy pillow you can stick her on her side and in between where the opening is… (the boppy pillow looks like a horse shoe) It’s just a thought…I am NO EXPERT on such things!!! Maybe it’s an idea you can ask someone that really knows or has lots of experiance. I had my Brother’s son alot when I was younger and he was an infant…but, none of my own as of yet!
But, Congrats on ur little one!!!
yes in some persentage u r right but there is not much worry regarding to the sleep in tummy position.u should change postion after some time
You must start training her to sleep on her back. My daughter did the same thing and it was miserable until she accepted that she had to sleep like that. Putting her to sleep in her swing and then transferring her to her crib on her back was helpful.
Never ever lay your child on their tummy that is way too risky.. try laying her on her side with a rolled up receiving blanket behind and in front of her to keep her from rolling over she’ll get used to it trust me it just takes time….. Hope it works congrats on the baby girl God Bless!
I hate to be so “against the grain” (actually I don’t), but most of us were put to sleep on our tummies.
I KNOW IT’S INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND YOU SHOULD SEND CPS TO MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW FOR EVEN SAYING IT.
Now that’s out of the way…
Try swaddling your baby. Part of the reason she might be having trouble is because of her startle reflex.
Try to lay her on her back EVERY time you put her down. She might figure it out on her own. Or you may have to be vigilant in checking on her until she’s old enough to roll over.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT BABIES ARE SUPPOSED TO SLEEP ON THEIR BACKS UNTIL THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
But as soon as your baby learns to roll over, she’ll probably sleep on her tummy anyway.
Good luck and I hope you get some sleep!
SIDS, also known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is when an otherwise healthy baby stops breathing for no apparent reason upon an autopsy. SIDS is not hereditary. SIDS is not apnea. SIDS is not suffocation. A child is not born with SIDS. Pacifiers DO NOT prevent SIDS.. Positioning has nothing to do with why a baby suddenly stops breathing. Suffocation is not SIDS so a baby that dies on its tummy because it was face down in the crib or because of a blanket is not SIDS it is suffocation, not the same thing. They have changed the way they rule a SIDS death and suffocation is suffocation it is no longer considered SIDS. My daughter was on her back and still died of SIDS. I joined a SIDS group shortly after she died and guess what….most of the mothers in my group have also stated that their babies were on their backs, sides, in strollers, swings, etc. There were only a couple on their tummy. If a baby dies on its tummy and it was not suffocation then yeah it was probably SIDS but that baby would have died in any position just like my daughter did. A sudden cesation of breathing has nothing to do with positioning or there would be no babies at all dying other than in just one position. People are so hell bent on this back to sleep stuff that they follow it so cautiously along with everything else they have come up with and then like me their baby dies and they are left saying but I did everything I was supposed to. It doesn’t matter what you do. Whatever is causing these babies to stop breathing is beyond our control as parents. It is something you have no control over and if it’s going to happen it’s going to happen. You should just enjoy your baby and not let this overwhelm you. I’ve had two more and both of them slept in whatever position they wanted, usually on their stomach, and they are both fine. SIDS has been known to happen up until 1 year but the risk decreases after 6 months. I know three people in my SIDS group that lost their babies at 10 month and two at 12 months. There are also 2 that lost their baby to SIDS while their baby was awake so it doesn’t even have to happen while they are sleeping. They say it is more likely to happen to males, in the winter months, and african american babies but my baby was a girl, it happened in June, and she was white. I don’t buy any of the garbage they try to tell people anymore because more than likely if you do your research and ask people that it has actually happened to you can discredit everything they are saying. Just like the pacifier supposedly reducing the risk, yeah right, my daughter had a pacifier in her mouth and it fell out when she stopped breathing. That is another one that got asked of the mothers in my group and as it turns out the pacifier did not do their babies any good either. Good theory but it is not true, but people will believe anything because it is easier to beleive that something, no matter what it is, is a solution for why babies just suddenly dies, but they need to get some facts and proof before they start preaching it to people.
My friends baby will not sleep on his back,at 2 months, he flips over whenever placed on his back in his sleep. Her doctor told her that sleep positioners are a suffocation hazard so he recommended that she get the baby monitor that goes under the sheet and if there is no movement after so many seconds an alarm goes off. I know it sounds crazy but it works really well. She has it for about 3 weeks now and it has only gone off once, and that was because the little roller got completely off of the monitor. It was sensitive enough to go off of breathing (steady movement).I know she got hers at Babies R Us for about $125, it was more expensive but it really helped her peace of mind. Better safe that sorry, hope this helps.
It’s funny because my mom said when I was a baby they told them NEVER let a baby sleep on their back. So she was very nervous about me putting DS to sleep on his back.
I have recently heard a few things about SIDS being more of a genetic disorder than anything to do with how baby is sleeping. But The Back To Sleep campaign swears they have reduced the incidences of SIDS.
Personally, I was too paranoid to let DS sleep on his tummy at night. I did let him nap on his tummy and put him on his back at night. (We coslept for the first 6 months so I was very in-tune to his breathing and everything.) Honestly next time I would probably allow a babe to sleep on his tummy if that is how we slept better. I have several friends who’s babies are tummy sleepers.
I’ll put some links below. Read a bit and you have to decide what you are comfortable with.
All 3 of my kids were tummy sleepers, they are all fine. When me and my brothers and sisters were babies that was the recommended way to put babies to sleep.
don’t worry about it, if you are worried how ever put a monitor right by the bed or you can buy a motion sensor that goes right underneath the sheet and it sense when the baby doesn;’t move and then set off an alarm. we tried it out, it’s obnoxois but hey your baby is safe.
I never worried about putting my babies on their backs to sleep. They hated it and slept much better on their stomachs.
But, I sleep right next to them and nurse them and they had no complications coming home. I do not do drugs or smoke. Being right next to them, every move I wake up. I also check for them breathing quite frequently.
Okay, everyone who slept on their tummy say yeah!!!!!!!!!
Ask your Mom how you slept. I don’t recall hearing to much about SIDS back then. I think the “experts” love to blow smoke……If your baby is healthy let them sleep however they prefer this is just my opinion. good luck