My 8 month old daughter just learned to roll over in her sleep. She hates it and wakes up screaming. I can't get her back to sleep without her turning over again. Do I let her scream herself to sleep when this happens???
well, you could roll up a recieving blanket or two and 'prop' her on her side so that she can't roll over...
good luck
S.
Elizabethville PA
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I have a 8 1/2 month old son who started turning on his stomach in his sleep about a month ago. At first, he would wake up crying when he rolled over. I would go in and turn him over and he would go back to sleep. Sometimes I would do this a few times a night. It was very tiring, but after about a week or two, he stopped waking and crying when he would turn over, and now he actually seems to prefer sleeping on his stomach.
Do you have a wedge for your daughter? I am not sure if that is the actual name for them, but it has two long triangular shapes connected by a thin pieace of material. You lay the baby in between the two wedges and it is suppose to keep them from rolling over. It worked great for my daughter.
I used blankets/towels on both sides to keep my boys from rolling over. It worked for us.
If your baby can roll over by herself, her chances of SIDS are greatly reduced.
Read this:
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/sids.html
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/question/infants/back_sl...
Hi F.. I just went through this myself. My little girl has been rolling over (only in her crib- go figure?) since she was 5 months. However, she couldn't get back onto her back and she would get SO MAD!! I would let her fuss for 5 or 10 minutes then go flip her. Finally, after many weeks of this I realized she wasn't getting enough of an opportunity to practice this skill and I was probably hindering her rather than helping. So I let her cry it out and she would fall asleep, then wake and cry, then fall asleep again. We also gave her plenty of tummy time outside the crib as well. Eventually she learned how to flip herself and now it isn't an issue. I think that it is important to let them practice but if she gets really frustrated after trying then it is ok to help out.
Hope this helps. Good luck and don't worry- she'll get there! :-)
R.
F.,
they say if she can roll back to her back she will be fine. I have two girls my 7yr old was to be put on her back only.When i had my 17yr old it was put them on their belly only. it changes constantly. my advice is don't make yourself crazy how ever she is going to sleep.
Hahaha. Oh I remember when both of my kids did the same thing and it was around the same age. It's the worst Hahaha when you have to keep turning them around on their back in the middle of the night. I wouldn't let them cry though because I knew that they were actually 'stuck'. I felt cruel letting them cry and just lay there helpless. I always helped them and kept thinking in my head "this will pass in a few weeks" and it did! Your daughter will be tossing and turning before you know it and it will be all good. Hang in there!
They recently connected SIDs not with the position the baby is sleeping, but with some types of bacteria (such as strep and e.coli).
My son used to roll over in his sleep too--started to do it when he was only 2 months old--and our pediatrician told us it was ok as long as there wasn't anything in with him that he could suffocate on. (pillows, stuffies, clothes...)
I would say just let her sleep on her tummy!
To this day, my son will fall asleep on his back, and as soon as he hits that 'dead' zone, he will roll over on his belly.
