Today Jake is home sick again, this time with a stomach bug. He's come up with the most disgusting word for diarrhea ever (and the "D" word is pretty bad anyway). Next time I see any of you for dinner, I'll tell you. ;)
In the meantime, right now Annie is asleep in her crib on her stomach. I always put her on her back, I promise. I used to think this was paranoia, but now that I've met a woman who lost a baby to SIDS (and who wasn't in any "high risk group") and heard statistics from her, I'm not taking a chance. However, within the last week, Annie has decided she prefers sleeping on her side or her tummy. Each night before I go to bed, I've gone in to turn her back to her back. Then I've laid awake worrying that she'll turn back to her stomach and stop breathing.
So today while both kids were sleeping (for all of 10 minutes), I looked it up. Here's what I've found (and I'm posting this here mostly for me, so I can look back at it tonight before I go to bed): Of course, once babies can roll over consistently - usually around 4 to 7 months - they may choose not to stay on their backs all night long. At this point, it's fine to let babies pick a sleep position on their own.
I'm still a little worried about it because she has trouble rolling back over once she's on her stomach. But I suppose if that's a problem, she'll let me know...
In the meantime, right now Annie is asleep in her crib on her stomach. I always put her on her back, I promise. I used to think this was paranoia, but now that I've met a woman who lost a baby to SIDS (and who wasn't in any "high risk group") and heard statistics from her, I'm not taking a chance. However, within the last week, Annie has decided she prefers sleeping on her side or her tummy. Each night before I go to bed, I've gone in to turn her back to her back. Then I've laid awake worrying that she'll turn back to her stomach and stop breathing.
So today while both kids were sleeping (for all of 10 minutes), I looked it up. Here's what I've found (and I'm posting this here mostly for me, so I can look back at it tonight before I go to bed): Of course, once babies can roll over consistently - usually around 4 to 7 months - they may choose not to stay on their backs all night long. At this point, it's fine to let babies pick a sleep position on their own.
I'm still a little worried about it because she has trouble rolling back over once she's on her stomach. But I suppose if that's a problem, she'll let me know...
3 Comments:
Don't you just love that they won't even do what you want at that age?? I'm sure that she is big enough that she'll be fine now though. It just shows what a good mother you are that you are so worried about here even after reading the statistics :-)
That's always what I've been told/read too by the "professionals". Back-to-sleep, and then once they can roll over by themselves - always put them on their back to sleep, but if they roll over on their own it's okay.
You are a great mommy!
I always worried about this too. It is normal for us to worry...just try to get some sleep :)
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