Sleeping on tummy

FTM here and my 5 month old has learned how to roll over. LO has decided that she wants to sleep on her tummy …? What do I do?….. Is that even safe ? Ahh the thought of her not being able to breathe. I roll her back but she cries and sleeps on her side then back again on her tummy ! She can only roll to her tummy
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They say if they can put themselves in that position it's safe to leave them. You just make sure they start on their back.

My first born used to do this. She was fine if you're too paranoid get the sock that monitors babies breathing

My LG does this, she doesn't sleep any other way now. She sleeps best on her tummy. My only worry is sometimes she insists on sleeping with her face flat against the mattress so I have to wait until she's asleep and move it to the side for my own piece of mind 😅 what helps me if I'm nervous is aiming the baby monitor on her back so I can see it rise and fall with her breathing.

Leave them if they r strong enough to roll over they have enough head and neck control to move there head to prevent suffocation. Once they can roll and move into different positions in their sleep the risk of sids actually reduces. It's almost impossible to stop a baby from rolling and moving in there sleep unless u plan on never sleeping again and watching them the entire time. Since 10 weeks my baby has been able to roll back to front and always rolls onto his belly to sleep but he's only just learnt to roll belly to bk now at 25 weeks old. Always put them down on there bk to sleep but if they roll and move around just let them obviously if they roll right up to the side of the cot then just move them bk in the middle but u can't do much else. I found once they can move themselves into positions they find comfy they start sleeping better as well. It will be terrifying for first few night but ull get over it soon x

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