https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:56:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1849377 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:42:40 +0000 tillma 1849377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 5 1/2 months. I would try to return him to his back but he would just flip again almost immediately. I finally embraced it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1849354 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:26:43 +0000 catomd00 1849354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3.5 months or so when she learned to roll. The first night was torture. She would roll to her tummy, wake up and scream. I'd flip her on her back and repeat. The second night I'd go in and comfort her while on her tummy but wouldn't flip her (she knew how to roll both ways but just refused?) She's been a tummy sleeper ever since. I know she's exhausted if I put her down (I always put her down on her back) and she stays on her back!</p> <p>It was a great way to take care of swaddle weaning and her sleep was awesome after! Until the 4 month regression that hit around 4.5 months... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1837532 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:18:25 +0000 nana87 1837532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So so good to hear that this is around the same age as all of your los! And such a relief to hear that so many of them slept better after being able to roll onto their tums, I've been dreading swaddle weaning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1837524 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:11:47 +0000 DigAPony 1837524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would leave her be. My son started rolling over consistently around 6 months and that's when we swaddle weaned and he naturally started sleeping on his side or belly. His sleep has really improved since all of this started! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1837522 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:10:22 +0000 lady grey 1837522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 5 months when we stopped swaddling and started sleep training. He rolled right onto his belly the first night and has been sleeping that way ever since! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1837513 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:59:20 +0000 twoofeverything 1837513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 months or so...we swaddled and did the Merlin Suit...at 7-8 months each of them started rolling over while in the suit, so we swaddle weaned. It wasn't my favorite time of their lives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1837299 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:09:29 +0000 illumina 1837299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 8 months! I thought she was getting stuck on her tummy, because she used to hate tummy time, so we'd flip her over at first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1837094 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:45:18 +0000 LovelyPlum 1837094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just did this week! She is so much happier! She is 4.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1837002 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:10:49 +0000 lamariniere 1837002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS not until late, like 10 or 11 months, but that's because he would sleep on his side (starting around 6 months).<br /> DD started around 5 months, when she could roll there, I let her do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836963 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:02:20 +0000 NeekieRose 1836963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our pediatrician said as soon as they are rolling to their stomach on their own, it is fine to leave them. No need to be rolling them back over so I think you are good to go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836859 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:17:22 +0000 Adira 1836859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once Xander could roll onto his stomach from his back, he preferred to sleep that way. I always put him down on his back, but he would immediately roll. Embrace it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836846 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:11:20 +0000 edelweiss 1836846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would embrace this new stage and let her sleep how she wants. when LO started rolling on his own, we took him out of the swaddle and didn't move him if he rolled onto his tummy (unless he was stuck and crying). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836798 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:54:58 +0000 gilmoregirl 1836798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once he got used to it, sleeping on his side/stomach was a great way for B to put himself to sleep and take better naps. He seems much happier. We had ditched the swaddle before he learned to roll over, but that was a happy coincidence. I just got tired of fighting him to put the darn thing on. </p> <p>At his 4 month appointment, the pediatrician said he can sleep in whatever position he puts himself in. I still put him down on his back, but then he goes wherever he wants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836752 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:39:26 +0000 kes18 1836752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She rolled from her back to tummy at 3 months and within a few weeks I think I started going in to find her on her tummy sometimes. It's a little scary at first but I am used to it now. Sometimes her face isn't even entirely to the side which makes me nervous but what can I do? She is 4.5 months and most nights she will sleep on her side or tummy. </p> <p>Sometimes being on her tummy makes her mad though and she will cry, and even when I roll her back over to her back she immediately rolls back to her tummy and cries again. Silly baby. You can't stop them once they decide they want to roll over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836750 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:38:55 +0000 Pepper 1836750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 months when we stopped putting him in the Magic Sleepsuit. We put him in a sleep sack, and he rolled right onto his stomach and went to sleep. Should have stopped using that thing a lot sooner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836743 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:36:24 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1836743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: I think around the age that your LO is now. Our pediatrician told us once she was rolling, it was fine to let her sleep on her belly. Honestly I don't know how I would have stopped her! Ever since she learned to roll and we stopped swaddling, she's slept on her belly with her little behind up in the air. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836707 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:18:30 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1836707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The very first time we put her to sleep in the crib (she was in a mini crib in our room.) She was 5.5 months and had been rolling front-to-back and back-to-front for 4-5 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836694 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:13:16 +0000 lemondrop 1836694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 1/2 months with my first and 5 1/2 months with my second. </p> <p>Both times I went with it because sleep improved drastically. We never swaddled with my first, but the sleep sack swaddle is magic with my second- on rough nights I still use it sometimes, sure it's not recommended, but you have to make choices of what works best for your family. He's a rolling machine with excellent head control, so I am less concerned than with my first who had problems with rolling and head control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836691 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:11:49 +0000 Mae 1836691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I'd always heard that as long as LO rolled onto their tummy by themselves and you always put them down on their backs, it's fine. Enjoy the sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836682 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:07:57 +0000 Smurfette 1836682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 5 months when she started rolling over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836672 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:03:21 +0000 .twist. 1836672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I kind of just embraced it. They totally have a will of their own. ;) </p> <p>As soon as he started flipping over in his crib, we stopped swaddling. I believe that was around 5/6 months. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836667 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:02:16 +0000 lawbee11 1836667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 5 1/2 months when she started rolling over. As long as she got herself onto her tummy I left her that way. Even if I tried to put her back on her back she'd just roll over again a minute later! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-sleeping-on-hisher-tummy#post-1836664 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:00:22 +0000 nana87 1836664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo will be 5 months old next week. She started rolling over from back to front a couple weeks ago but it wasn't until yesterday that she started rolling regularly, and now she rolls within a couple minutes of lying on her back. And, she has started rolling over in her crib--eek! On Sunday night she woke up shrieking because she rolled over while swaddled (soooo scary! we hadn't weaned out of the swaddle yet because she hadn't rolled regularly...oops, parent-fail! no more swaddling with her arms in!), and then this morning when she woke up she was on her tummy as well. Normally we nurse/bottle-feed or rock to sleep, but today for her nap she wasn't going down after a long time rocking so I thought I'd try putting her in her crib drowsy-but-awake. Of course, she rolled immediately, but rather than rolling her back, I patted her butt for a couple minutes and she went OUT. She woke up around 45 mins into her nap but I patted again and she went right back to sleep. Now, she's been asleep about 1 hour and 15 mins (not counting the part in the middle where I re-patted her back to sleep)--which is an amazing nap for her! Seriously, yesterday all her naps were either on my lap or in the ergo, so this is incredible. But I feel kind of guilty for letting her sleep on her tummy! </p> <p>When did you start letting your lo sleep on his or her tummy? Should I be rolling her onto her back, or just embrace this new lovely tummy sleeping? Of course, the butt-patting may never work again, but it's so much easier than rocking her forever! </p>