since we've moved grayson into his room he's started sleeping though the night. (alle-freakin-luia) i of course still get up around 4 every night instinctively and while i'm up i figure i might as well check on him.
i usually find him sleeping nicely in his crib. no problems. not last night.
he always slept on his back. the last couple nights he's been sleeping on his side. last night he was on his stomach! (cue heart attack!) every article, ever nurse and doctor, every everyone warns you.
do. not. let. your. child. sleep. on. their. stomach.
so i rolled him onto his back, and kept my hand on his shoulder until he relaxed. i would lay back in bed and like a nut i felt the need to get up and check again. he was on his stomach. every time!
i sat there an contemplated for the longest time what i could do to get him to sleep on his back and not his stomach. if he knew how to roll from his stomach to his back i wouldn't worry as much but he doesn't. he only knows how to roll from his back to his stomach (which apparently is opposite of the way babies learn?).
i couldn't get him to cooperate so i pretty much was up the rest of the night checking on him and rolling him back onto his stomach.
i honestly have no idea what to do. is it okay. is it not. do i duck tape the child to his crib to get him to lay flat!?
so much for getting more sleep.
I probably would have freaked out, too.
ReplyDeleteBut I {think} (and I may be wrong here) that once your baby is able to roll over and hold his own head up, if he insists on sleeping on his stomach, it's okay. Of course, back sleeping is still PREFERRED but... if he won't do it, he won't do it.
I'd call the pediatrician for advice :)