Naps during the day

My baby is just over 2 months now and refuses to sleep during the day unless me or husband are holding her, the last few days we've noticed that she'll sleep fine during the day if we place her on her stomach, she hasn't started rolling over yet and doesn't seem like she's going to start soon either, so quite concerned about doing this (constantly checking on her during the day if she's on her front with a monitor aswell) but it's the only way we can do anything at home if we're on our own. At night she has no problem sleeping on her back and will easily do 7 hours straight on her back. Is it ok to leave her on her front for day naps while constantly monitoring her?

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As long she is constantly monitored there’s no reason you can’t do this, I would still keep trying to put her on her back though so she doesn’t get too used to her front but I think it’s fine as long as you can see her and check on her

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