Sleep help!

[Jengerbread88]

Okay, Zach is being stubborn. Like really stubborn.

Everything says "babies need to sleep on their back" because otherwise there is a higher risk of SIDS. I understand this. I totally agree with this. The whole SIDS thing scares me to death.

I lay Zach on his back. He cries and cries, then rolls over on his stomach and falls asleep. I watch him VERY closely while he is on his tummy, and when he is SUPER asleep, I roll him to his back again. He immediately wakes up and cries until he manages to roll back onto his stomach. As soon as he's on his stomach, he crashes.

I've tried everything to keep him from rolling over onto his stomach. My mom even has this wedge thing for babies to keep them from rolling over in their sleep. No dice. He pushes and kicks until it's wiggled out from under his back and sides, and is around his feet, then rolls over to his stomach again.

Part of me just says, "if he's comfortable and sleeping, then it's okay." The other part of me knows how bad that is for him and doesn't want it to continue. It's gotten to the point anymore that I'll get him good and asleep and then put him in his infant chair and go to sleep on the couch, just so we both get sleep. If he's on his back he just cries and cries.

Help!

[clearskies]

My kids both slept on their tummies from day one. Go with your instincts.

[jacinda]

My sister has 4 kids who are now aged between 8 and 1. ALL of them slept on their tummies. The plunket nurses growled her for doing that (it's against advised policy to sleep babies on tummies here), but she stuck to her guns and told them this is the ONLY way her kids would sleep. Rather they sleep and she has some sanity, than they stay awake all hours and she goes crazy. Her kids all had pretty strong necks though too, and she was confident that they could lift and turn their own heads at night if they needed too. Does that make sense?

[Jengerbread88]

Originally Posted by jacinda

Her kids all had pretty strong necks though too, and she was confident that they could lift and turn their own heads at night if they needed too. Does that make sense?

Makes sense. Zach has been lifting his head since 2 days old... his neck is pretty strong... he turns his head well during tummy time...

[heathergw]

have you tried swaddling him... like really super tight swaddle? it's the only way my kids would sleep on their backs... otherwise they prefer their tummy, but I'm a freak and wasn't comfortable with tummy sleeping until they could roll over from tummy to back on a regular basis.


Asher is 7 months old and I still swaddle him super tight... it's the only way he'll sleep.

[ayaandjudah]

Originally Posted by heathergw

have you tried swaddling him... like really super tight swaddle? it's the only way my kids would sleep on their backs... otherwise they prefer their tummy, but I'm a freak and wasn't comfortable with tummy sleeping until they could roll over from tummy to back on a regular basis.


Asher is 7 months old and I still swaddle him super tight... it's the only way he'll sleep.

This. Elijah is 4 months old and will sleep for less than an hour at a clip unless he's swaddled super tight. We use the halo sleep sack swaddle and it works wonders for us. The miracle blanket didn't get us tight enough.

[Davita]

Originally Posted by heathergw

have you tried swaddling him... like really super tight swaddle? it's the only way my kids would sleep on their backs... otherwise they prefer their tummy, but I'm a freak and wasn't comfortable with tummy sleeping until they could roll over from tummy to back on a regular basis.

This is what we did for all 3 of ours. That and playing the sound machine worked for us.