Tummy Sleeping

As soon as my wee girl could roll over she slept on her tummy.  This was from about 3.5 - 4 mths old.

Zoe has always had amazing head control.  I do have to admit the first night I didn't sleep a wink but after that I was fine.  She naturally turned her head from side to side and was fine.

I had Plunket not long after and spoke to my plunket nurse and she said at her age with the good head control it was fine. 

I'm not a big believer in using a safety sleep thing (however don't begrudge anyone else for using one) so not only does she mostly sleep on her tummy but she sleeps wherever she ends up in her cot

 

At the end of the day it is personal choice what you are comfortable with.  You would be surprised just how many babies are tummy sleepers but because you hear about all the bad things and that you shouldn't let them people tend to keep it quiet.

I think its about being sensible and as long as there isn't anything else in the cot but a nice firm mattress it should be fine. 

If you aren't comfortable try using a single sheet and wrap it around baby and tuck that in tightly or just really tuck the sheets in tight.   Or a sleep sack and tuck the end into the end of the cot.

I have noticed as Zoe has gotten older she prefers to sleep on her side and now she can roll onto her back anyway if she wants to which occassionally she does.

However her most fav position is on her tummy with her knees drawn up under her bum in the air.............how that can be comfortable I really don't know!!!

Lily didn't start until she learned to crawl tbh so about 9-10 months old. DP and I are both tummy sleepers though.

Tbh she actually slept on her side/tummy when we bought her home from the hospital - much better than back sleeping but like you I was scared of the risks so back slept her.

My advice would be, as we haven't bothered with the sensor pads of our monitor (I always forgot to switch it on or off) so my advice is if he can roll both ways easily and lift his head well and turn to the sides etc. Maybe trial it for day sleeps and see how it goes.

We tummy slept our girl from about 4 weeks, she always had excellent head control though, so lifting head and moving it wasn't a big problem.

Just use commonsense, flat sheet + firm mattress, no cosy toys etc, feet at bottom of bed so any blankets can't go over the face.

K always slept better on tummy and in the end we just researched a bit, decided seeing as I wasn't a smoker and neither was anyone else around me inc DP, the risk of SIDS was very minimal (you will find in actual statistics that smoking is the worst risk). Now she can roll she has the choice but always sleeps on her tummy, legs under her and bum in the air. It's VERY cute

I slept both of my children on their tummies / side. My mum did the same with me and my sister, my MIL did it with her 3 kids etc etc. They both sleep/slept better. Lily will now roll to her tummy to sleep by herself, Thomas stays on his back mostly now. I used a wedge for them when they couldnt roll by themselves.