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Offline chrisgd

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rolling over baby won't sleep
« on: June 10, 2008, 00:02:27 am »
My 4.5 month old baby sleeps on his tumy every night, which I am OK with.  The problem is that he will rollover during the middle of the night to his back and can't rollover and cries until I wake up, nurse him and turn him back over, about every 3 hours.  I am trying to get to the point where I don't have to wake up every 3 hours and just sleep though the night.  Also when I put him down to sleep, he fusses and cries and will rollover many time before he goes to sleep, but he can't sleep on his back.  Help I don't know what to do.
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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2008, 00:39:35 am »
Rolling over is something you want your LO to achieve but not in the middle of the night. What we did with our LO was use a grobag..It looks like a sleeping bag. This happened in the winter so not only did it keep her warm, it helped her stay in place without getting frustrated.

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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 08:23:26 am »
hi there - rolling is so annoying when they learn to do it!
Our LO (4 mo) learnt to roll back to front about 2 weeks ago, and used to cry in the night as she would find herself on her front and couldn't get back. We had a week of having to turn her over - didn't feed her though, just used a dummy (but that we have actually weaned off now). She got used to sleeping on her front or her back. Just takes a bit of time.
You could also try during the daytime helping her to learn to roll back again, so she can do it at night.
it will get better as she gets used to her new found skill.
Good luck
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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 09:02:24 am »
I'm so glad this thread just opened cos i was about to do it myself!!! For the first time this morning i went in to ds' bedroom and he'd rolled over on to his front and was flailing around crying.  If he does this in the night will he be safe on his front? 
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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2008, 11:46:38 am »
My LO has been rolling over for about 2 weeks (currently 4 mo) - she always sleeps on her front now. I am OK with it as I know she can push herself up on her arms - a kind of pre-crawl position - so I don't worry that she won't be able to breath. The first couple of times when she rolled over in her sleep she did wake up crying and I had to turn her over, well I turned her onto her side - as when I turned her onto her back she simply rolled onto her side again. I am assuming that she is now most comfy on her front.
Once they get used to it he won't wake you up any more!
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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2008, 12:14:09 pm »
just offering encouragement.  when my lo was about 4.5 months and learned to roll he did the same as your lo's.  it took about 10 days before he perfected the skill and then stopped waking.  what i did was go in shush pat before turning him over just in case that is all he needed and if that didn't work then i turned him over and left the room.  it was a bit annoying but it passed.  they will do the same when they learn to pull themselves up.  they will cry cause they can't come down or let go and fall flat on their backs cause i guess they haven't figured out they have knees, and then start crying.  i have learnt to go with the flow.  especially when we have bw at our disposable. 

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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2008, 12:48:34 pm »
chris - how long has he been doing this? Usually these developmental things disrupt sleep for a week 2 while they are practicing thier new skill - and then peace returns!

The usual recommendation is to give plenty of opportunity to practice during the day

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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2008, 15:39:19 pm »
He has been doing this for about 3 to 4 weeks now....I try to practice with him rolling the other way but he doesn't seem very interested.
The pediatrician recommended not to roll him back on his tummy, she said he would get used to me doing that....I tried that one night, and he cried for a long time....and tried to turn but just couldn't do it,eventually I put him back on his tummy.

I know , time is on my side....eventually he'll learn it....
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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2008, 16:34:08 pm »
They do in the end...!

Also mine still does this a lot if she is overtired or a bit over-excited - is this possible?  Having a nice relaxing wind-down before bed might help if tha'ts the case

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Re: rolling over baby won't sleep
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2008, 17:01:29 pm »
Right I'll get myself prepared for some broken nights! I can feel a siesta coming on!!!!
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