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Put Kacy to bed as normal, and she was crying which is normal sometimes until she settles herself so i didn't turn the baby mointor on cos i could hear her from up stairs, it went quiet so i turned it on and she was still crying but it sounded like she had something over her mouth so i just thought it could be her arm which she does, but it kept going went in to her room and she on her front with her head down.

she only started to roll over on friday she can lift her head up but when she is tried she can't do it for very long, and she was all hot and bothererd and upset her self.

My OH could not give a monkeys (He has been like since he got home at 4)
 
OMG Rubie did the exact same thing tonight!!! She sounded muffled over the monitor so I went up to check and she was lying the wrong way round in the cot and face down. She was really starting to panic. I brought her down to comfort her and ended up accidentally scratching her face when I went to catch a toy she had dropped :( I cried more than she did.

I have put a pillow next to her so she can't roll again, it frightened me to death!!
 
awww poor old roo and kacy least they got mums that go check there ok some kids dont have that so dont be to harsh on urselfs
 
How strange! Must be the heat because when I went to check on her Zara was upside down in her cot but luckily on her back still. She's never moved before.
 
aww poor kacy! I was going to make a post about this actually, to all the mums whose babies can roll over, when you put them to bed and they keep rolling no their front do you keep going up and turning them back?
Because I put Ella donw wide away she sends herself off to sleep, but she plays for a bit and keeps rolling over and usually falls asleep on her tum, she looks quite comfy but I get paranoid becuase of SIDS and turn her on her back, which usually wakes her up or make her cry!!
Now she is older would it be ok for her sleep on her tummy? or am I doing the right thing turning her on her back?

Sorry for hijacking the thread vicky! Ella is the same when she is really tired sometimes she cant hold her head and puts her face down!
 
funnily enough i was also thinking of this tonight, as we speak jamie is asleep on his belly, since he was born he would always sleep on his back until recently he becomes realy restless until he is on his belly.
I usually turn him back on his back but whenever i go into him in the morning hes always on his belly now!! so i guess he is ok, does anyone elses baby only like to sleep on there belly?
 
I have been having same problem with Heidi for a few weeks now. We put her down on her back - but she gets all restless and flips onto her front. Her neck isnt quite strong enough though to keep her head held up - and she doesnt seem to have worked out that she needs to keep her head to the side to breathe.

It's stressing me out loads.

I think its because her mattress is really firm. As we have just spent a week in Cornwall and the cot we had (in our holiday place) was dented in the middle and she slept like a log in it (she literally couldnt roll over) but she didnt seem restless and stayed in the same position all night.

Back home now and she has gone back to rolling around again :cry:

L x
 
kacy keeps rolling on her tummy at night or even when i put her down for a nap she will sleep on her front even though i'll put her on her back, but kacy has learnt how to put her head to the side, i was putting her back on her back but now i don't bother she is comfy that way i just check on her lots more, and i do put her back on her back before i go bed, but in the morning she is on her front,

No worries Lauz,
 
Lydia used to always sleep on her back but since she became more active (since about 4 weeks ago or so) she's taken to sleeping on her front with her butt stuck up in the air. (even though I do put her down to sleep on her back - she never stays that way).
I'm always checking her to make sure her face isn't buried in the bed, but usually she keeps her nose and mouth turned to the side.
I did read somewhere that once babies get really good at rolling and being active then the risk of SIDS decreases dramatically anyway.
 
Xena said:
and being active then the risk of SIDS decreases dramatically anyway.

You dont know how much that has put my mind at rest!!!!

Thanks for that info

L x
 
no problem.

If it helps further this is one website where it mentions it:

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/At ... ndrome.jsp

and this is the bit where it says it:


Prevention

SIDS appears to be at least partly preventable, which has been shown by a decrease in the case rate. The following are recommended as preventive measures:

Sleep position. The United States Department of Health and Human Services initiated a "Back-to-Sleep" campaign in 1994 to educate the public about sleep position. Prior to that time, an estimated 70% of infants slept on their stomachs, since parents had been taught that a "back down" position contributed to choking during sleep. There are some conditions for which doctors will recommend the prone position, but for normal infants, side or back (supine) positions are better. When placing an infant on his or her side, the parent should pull the child's lower arm forward so that he or she is less likely to roll over onto the stomach. When babies are awake and being observed, they should be placed on their stomachs frequently to aid in the development of the muscles and skills involved in lifting the head. Once a baby can roll over to his or her stomach, he or she has developed to the point where the risk of SIDS is minimal.
 
I have heard from a friend in the police force that 99% of "cot deaths" are actually the parents killing the child and that cot death is actually very very rare. I'm not saying everyone who experiences this have murdered their baby but that it is very rare for a baby to die for no reason, the media hypes it up. More often than not, the baby has been abused or killed by a parent/guardian.
 
Your advice has really made me feel a bit better about this whole SIDS thing.

Thanks so much

L x
 

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