Hi! I'm new and so grateful for this site. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one experiencing a lot of these issues. Any way, my soon to be five month old started rolling on to her tummy while napping and at night. She would of course wake up crying because she obviously was in a position she did not like. We were using a wedge up until a month ago - she was making her way out of it somehow and I didn't know if I should start using it again because of the rolling. I called the dr. and a nurse said that I am to use the wedge and/or flip her over if she does fall asleep on her tummy. Two days later I was at the dr.'s because she has a cold and restated my concern (unfortunately I go to a dr.'s office with seven different dr.'s and only see her dr. on well visits). The dr. I spoke to said to not use the wedge and let her learn by rolling on her tummy. Well, because of her cold, I am using the wedge because I am scared she won't breathe effectively if she rolls on to her tummy. For the last four nights she has been getting up two or three times (she had been sleeping 10-12 hours at night). I know her cold is bothering her, so I nurse her back to sleep. However, is she waking because of her cold? Does she now find comfort in getting the breast two or three times throughout the night? Could the wedge be the problem because she is not used to it and needs to move freely? Or is she requiring more calories becasue she's getting older and needs to be fed throughout the night? I don't know what to do. I didn't use the wedge tonight and I'm constantly checking on her. If she still wakes up, I'm sure I'll feed her, but am I starting a bad habit? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
Michelle