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how much does LO move while he sleeps? would it be possible to roll up a towel or something and put it in front of his belly so he can't roll? no higher than, like, chest level or something, obvs, so he can't bury his face in it some how?

other than that i'm not really sure! i sympathise though, my LO has always been a tummy sleeper, and would regularly roll on his back in his sleep and freak the crap out. he still wakes up and freaks sometimes now if he wakes up on his back, and he's 15 months! i just have to roll him back to calm him now though

hopefully you figure something out, and soon!

@rahlyrah: these days I leave him. he's getting more used to sleeping on his back, and has (finally!) figured out that he can just roll himself back and go back to sleep!

when he was younger (like 6m - a year) if i felt like he was asleep deep enough, i would often go in and flip him over as soon as i noticed. i have a pretty deep sleeper though, so YMMV

We put a diaper changing pad in the crib and laid DS on that. The sides went up so if he tried to roll he would stay on his side. We made sure he couldn't fall off it. I also put towels on the side at first just in case. He was fine. That lasted for about a month or two. We took it out when he was starting to try to sit up. By then, his rolling was really good and he wasn't as freaked out when he ended up on his tummy.

We are in the same situation, just opposite rolling direction! I have a tummy sleeper who FREAKS if he flips onto his back (which is often). He knows how to roll back to tummy if he's playing and calm, but when he's freaking out in his crib he can't figure it out.

I hope they all figure it out and this is something we can laugh about soon! I'm so tired!

My LO has always hated sleeping on her stomach too. She is also a side sleeper and before she gained more control of her body, she often ended up on her stomach and woke up screaming whenever she realized it. She had no issues flipping to her back when awake, but wouldn't do it while asleep. We rode it out and would flip her over and calm her whenever she cried - it was the roughest from 6mth - 7/7.5mths. She's almost 11 mths now and still hates sleeping on her stomach, but rarely ends up in that position anymore. When she occasionally does, sometimes she'll still cry, but most of the time she can now flip herself back over. Hang in there!

@rahlyrah: yes I flipped her back a few times at the risk of waking her up.

@.twist.: Me too! My husband walked in on me at 3 am decorating the Christmas tree (might as well be productive if im gonna be awake) with a screaming baby in the carrier, and I was singing Its the End of the World by REM to him. Pretty sure I turned in my ticket to hop aboard the crazy train.