Sleeping on front help!😬

My little one can roll from her back to her front (and does this constantly at night) but then struggles to return to her back from her front. I’m constantly waking up to find her rolled onto her front, and every time I’m turning her back over but this is now becoming 6-7 times a night and each time it’s waking her up. I’m just worried that because she’s not so good at rolling onto her back, that I should continue to roll her back over. But I know within 5 minutes of me being asleep, she’ll just roll onto her front again lol.

When is it safe to allow her to stay on her front? I’m just very worried as she seems to have her head RIGHT down in the mattress (as shown in the photo).

Is anyone else’s baby constantly rolling at night? It’s a great skill, but it’s causing me so much anxiety as a FTM lol. Thank you xx

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My baby has slept on his front since birth. Don’t worry, he is safe as long as you don’t put any pillows etc. 😊

thank you!!!

My baby does this, too. Even the face planting of the matress! I was going through the same thing of rolling her back but I watched her for a while and if she can't breathe properly, she turns her head to free her nose. I decided I feel confident that she can lift her head and clear her airway if she needs to. If your baby has good head and neck control, then I think you can be reassured that she is ok. Of course, it's about what you feel safest doing xx

My baby is the same
I’ve given up on trying to get him to sleep on his back as he keeps turning as well
Instead, we are focusing on giving him loads of practice to learn how to roll front to back

thank you for this. She’s got good head control too and I do feel like she could move herself if needs be, it’s just so worrying isn’t it!

She settles so much better when on her front too that I almost feel bad for keep turning her back! Xx

I’m doing the same!! Thank you for commenting xx

Me too! My LO learned to roll like 3 days ago and has been constantly rolling at night! I was up every 45min-1 hour as she fussed most times when she rolled… Last night was so much better, but I left her sleeping when she was on her side of if her head was to the side. It’s very worrying isn’t it! I’m trying to teach her in the day to roll onto her back, hoping she’ll pick it up quickly😭x

it’s so worrying!! It’s driving me mad too because she’s sleeping peacefully on her front but then I can’t sleep as I feel like I need to watch her just to make sure. Or roll her over but she just wakes up ahahhaha xx

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