thoughts about infants/toddlers sleeping on their tummies at night/bedtime???

the reason im asking is dd LOVES to roll no matter the time of day... many times i check on her before i go off to bed and i have been finding her sleeping on her tummy with her head turned sideways. before she would cry when she did this in bed at night, now she sleeps soundly.
part of me wants to ask her ped at her 6months well check... but she sleeps soundly with no fuss. should i make a fuss???

...:suspect yes i know about the conversy about SIDS, having blankets, having a stuff animal... bummpers in crib... trust me i get the lecture from my aunt ALL the time and questioned about having those items in her crib

I'm curious to see what ppl say, b/c ds is doing the same thing.

My 2 boys slept on their tummys from 3 months on and preferred to sleep that way. I had them sleep on their backs, too but they liked their tummy's.
I know people don't think it's right but my boys were just fine.

Once the baby is able to roll over by himself/herself, it shouldn't be a problem. If you are still worried, try using a sleep positioner

The "Back to Sleep" program is heavily stressed at the hospital. My DD and her DH followed that directive when she got home with my granddaughter and they were miserable. My granddaughter would not sleep on her back for more than 30 minutes at a time. Her startle reflex was strong and she woke up constantly. The day my DD went to get her staples out I watched the baby and I put her down for a nap on her tummy and she slept for 4 hours, I think she was only about 5 or 6 days old. My granddaughter has been sleeping on her tummy since. I'm only a professional grandmother but in my opinion a well rested baby and well rested mom is important. I know that back sleeping helps prevent SIDS but it just wasn't working for my granddaughter so she sleeps on her tummy all the time. I believe that you must do what you're comfortable doing with your baby.

Bailey has slept on her tummy practically from birth. Its the only way she sleeps good. Now that she is 6 months her ped told me I didnt have to worry about her as much. She is perfectly capable of rolling and turning her head on her own. Sure enough she is all over the crib at night.

I used a sleep positioner with my son. I also didnt believe in letting my baby sleep in seperate room until he was alittle older, because I liked to monitor him at night.

honestly, my son slept on his stomach from about 1 month onward. he wouldn't sleep on his back and he wouldn't sleep bundled. i would put him in warm pajamas and lay him on his stomach. i breastfed and woke him every 2 hours during the night to feed him so i was constantly checking on him. but yes, i know the increased risk of SIDS but when i read articles, i determine what i find to be true and worthy of my caution and what doesn't.

One of my twins was a tummy sleeper too and he still sleeps on his stomach. Both of my brothers slept on their stomachs as infants (and still do).

Nobody knows what causes SIDS, the "back to sleep" theory is just that, a theory, a guess.

No matter how I put my daughters to bed as soon as they could roll over they both slept on their tummies eventually and that is the way they slept the soundest. I would say if your really concerned, talk to your Ped and get his/her opinion.

If she can roll then their is no way you can prevent her from tummy sleeping. The thought is that once they can roll on their own it is not such a SIDS risk for them to sleep on their tummy.

With that said both of my kids were tummy sleepers, with my oldest my Mom kept putting him on his tummy to sleep because she has seen what back sleeping can do (danger of choking on your own vomit) when I was an infant in the hospital nursery (just after I was born) I was choking on my spit up. None of the nurses noticed, it was not until my Mom started frantically pounding on the nursery window that they noticed and helped me. So to her back sleeping is just as dangerous as tummy sleeping is to our generation.

As long as they can roll over on their on it's fine :)

My son absolutely refused to sleep on his back. We used a sleep positioner but he always got out of it. So, i'd just pay close attention to the baby monitor and checked on him quite frequently. He's 3 now (well, will be next week) and still sleeps on his belly.

If your baby can roll then that means that they have more controll over their bodies than those who've yet to reach that milestone.

I never heeded any worries from Dr's about what possition was best. It seems that every few years they update those warning and so on. They're only recently beginning to learn the cause for SIDS (now linked to a bacteria) - SIDS being the main reason for their instructions of how to let your baby sleep.
They advised you used crib bumpers for years, too - but now they started telling otherwise saying that loose/sagging bumpers are a cause for major concern, etc.

My youngest learned to roll from tummy to back when he was 1 day old and still in the hospital and would do so, instantly, whenever he was on his tummy for any reason. And he learned to roll from back to tummy when he was just 3 weeks old.

If your kid can do it then they can do it - there's no stopping them once they figure it out :D

They teach back to sleep. My son slept on his back, sprawled out spread eagle. My ODD slept on her side from day one, then she figured out how to roll to her tummy and that was that. She is still a tummy sleeper and she'll be 8 in July. My YDD was a slide sleeper as well, she hated to be on her back. I think once they start rolling it is okay to let them sleep on their tummies, but I'm not the SIDS study expert. :dunno

All 3 of mine were and still are stomach sleepers. And all 3 have slept through the night the latest at 4 weeks old. They are more comfortable with their surroundings and able to get that security of that frontal contact which is important. Even swaddling doesnt give that sense of contact just a sense of being confined.

I agree. Mine is on his tummy now and he's 7 months old. I wouldn't worry

jackie was a tummy sleeper sarting at 5 months or so. Just make sure you check on her but she should be fine, just make sure she doesn't have a bunch of blanket orstuffed animals by her mouth and nose. Its a normal natural thing :)

DS would not sleep on this back, I tried turning him on his side too and that didn't really work either. I tried him on his tummy one day for his nap and he has been like that since. Now when he goes to bed, he starts on his side and ends up on his tummy, sometimes when I check him during the night he is on his back, but most of the time he's on his tummy. Once they start rolling, you really can't stop them.

Both of my kids slept on their tummies as infants/toddlers. It was the only way they would actually sleep for any decent length of time.

what the dr told me is once your baby can roll they will get comfy no matter if that's on the tummy or not

My 2 boys slept on their tummys from 3 months on and preferred to sleep that way. I had them sleep on their backs, too but they liked their tummy's.
I know people don't think it's right but my boys were just fine.

my son did thesame thing at the same age.. he slept better and longer when he was on his tummy .. he hated to be on his back or side.

I dont see any problem with it. At one point or another it was the recommended way for babies to sleep. If youre comfortable with it than I say go for it!

both my kids slept on their tummy's from birth.
they are fine.
but i think it is what you feel most comfortable with.