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!

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!