Our daughter sleeps on her stomach, but recently she has been rolling onto her back and waking herself up every other hour. Any suggestions to stop this behavior.
2006-11-11 04:51:53 · 11 answers · asked by buckley1014 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
You cannot stop this behavior. I would suggest putting her to sleep on her back. Because this the common thinking among doctors in the hospital.
2006-11-11 05:21:37 · answer #1 · answered by RCP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughters doctor said that once they start rolling there is really no stopping them, and he was right. I never let my daughter sleep on her stomach just on her back, but around 4 months she started rolling over in her sleep and waking up. This worried me and so I bought a wedge to try and stop her from waking up as much, but it never helped she would roll over it and wake up everynight. Then I found that putting her to the side of the crib that she was rolling toward helped. She was unable to roll in that direction, and began sleeping through the night again. She is now 8 months, and sleeps any way she wants there is no stopping her now..
2006-11-11 05:01:48 · answer #2 · answered by auntietawnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless there is a medical problem she should be on her back anyway to reduce the chances of SIDs. Honestly though if she is able to roll over you are better off just letting her roll over. Where it's not a bad behavior I'm not sure why you would want to stop it.
2006-11-11 04:57:35 · answer #3 · answered by CHARITY S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You as the parent are supposed to put her down on her back so she will not get SIDS. If she rolls over on her stomach on her own then that is normal. As long as she does not have a major medical problem she will learn how to put herself back to sleep. What I learned when they are sleep is to not pick them up right away as soon as they cry because they will sometimes put themselves back to sleep.
2006-11-11 05:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by Still_21_nheart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let her do it, she has to learn to sleep through or go back to sleep after it. Its all part of the growing up process, and most babies go through the night time part :) Its needed.
If you absolutely cannot deal with it, get her one of those foam wedge pads, that will hold her in one safe sleeping postion. Although these can cause problems when the child out grows them and starts waking up from rolling over.
:)
2006-11-11 04:56:12 · answer #5 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard they wake up a lot when they learn new things... it's exciting for them to figure it out. So think of it as when you do something you are really proud of, and can't sleep at night- something like that.... this also happened to our son... see if she can put herself back to sleep... if you go in the second she cries, she won't be able to put herself back to sleep. Our son also loved sleeping on his stomach- he still does... so maybe she can't figure out how to get to her stomach and it makes her mad. Give it some time, she will figure it all out, and sleep better. Goodluck!
2006-11-11 04:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by m930 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was doing the reverse of this. It caused some sleepless nights for everybody, but luckily this phase didn't last long for us. Once she feels more confortable flipping from one side to the other, she'll quieten down.
If it really bothers you, there are some special U shaped pillows that keep them from rolling over. I can't remember what they call them though.
2006-11-11 04:57:54 · answer #7 · answered by LilyRT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cant stop it. They are supposed to roll over and are supposed to sleep on their back to begin with.
2006-11-11 05:41:19 · answer #8 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can try putting her on her back but since she knows how to roll now shes going to move to how shes most comfortable
2006-11-11 06:53:46 · answer #9 · answered by stay_at_home_mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start putting her to sleep on her back.
Good luck!
2006-11-11 04:55:24 · answer #10 · answered by love2travel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋