I apologize if this is long but I wanted to explain properly and am pretty upset/all over the place with this........I picked B up today from daycare and he was asleep in his crib - on his belly. I have noticed other babies sleeping on their stomachs but I guess I've been too naive to think that he wasn't too. He has always slept on his back at home and even though he knows how to roll over, I have yet to find him face down in his crib.

I was really bothered and shocked that they
A. are not following the "Back is Best" rule (even though it's in the center handbook)
B. did not mention or ask me if it was okay that he sleep on his stomach

Now I know that some babies do sleep on their bellies and some parents are perfectly okay with that but personally I'm not. When I came home I did a quick Google search and numerous sites stated that babies that aren't accustomed to sleeping on their stomachs that do are 18x more at risk for SIDS and that a large % of SIDS cases happen in someone else's care......This scared the crap out of me and now I feel immense Mommy guilt that I didn't say something sooner. I have no idea how long he's been napping this way. I could cry thinking about it.

So besides all that, I have to say something tomorrow when I drop him off and I hate confrontation of any kind. I also feel really insecure about questioning them for some reason but either way I have to balls up for my son. I don't know if I should just tell the teacher's in his room, go to the director and have her step in, or both. I'm actually pretty surprised that no other parents have said anything considering the amount of stress everyone puts on back sleeping these days.

I've been pretty happy with the daycare up until this point but now I'm worried what other things are they doing that I'm not being made aware of? This really isn't helping my already ongoing Mommy guilt that I can't stay home with him.