How did your baby sleep?

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STM+ How did your baby sleep the best? 

ETA: Obviously baby sleeping on their back is the way you should put them (please do).

[snapdragon]

This is kind of a weirdly worded question! My babies might very well have slept better on their stomachs or side, but obviously I never tried it.

[silentsara]

After my babies were old enough to turn over, they both slept all over the place. DD flips and flops all over her crib. When they were little bitty, I put them on their backs.

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Feb 18, 2015 15:08:47 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

This is kind of a weirdly worded question! My babies might very well have slept better on their stomachs or side, but obviously I never tried it.

True.. I guess I was asking because my husband would let baby sleep on his chest when DS1 was small and I was always freaked out about it, because it was on baby's stomach. But then they also sell these wedge sleepers that I have seen recently and I'm like is this a thing now, has it changed again?

[jil]

Most of the time on her back. She would frequently roll on to her side though.

[shmee]

You forgot the "in my arms with my boob in her mouth" option

[willadiesel814]

Once DS had the roll down, which was early, around 8 weeks. He was ALWAYS on his belly. I would go in and move him onto his back only for him to scream and wake up, so I gave up. He has been a belly sleeper ever since.

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Feb 18, 2015 15:13:10 GMT -5 shmee said:

You forgot the "in my arms with my boob in her mouth" option

DS2 slept like this 70% of the time. 

[shmee]

No but really, in her crib we always put her down on her back, she didn't move around too much until she got much older. Even now though, she mostly sleeps on her back all spread out

[hotcoconuts82]

We never tried anything but back. When they started turning over, they slept on their backs and stomachs.

[Deleted]

I always laid DD on her back, as per the current recommendation. When she got big enough to roll around, she started sleeping in a ball with her butt up in the air. She still sleeps like that to this day.

[veenie]

We would put her down on her back, but she started flipping on her tummy at 4/4.5 months. We stopped swaddling her, but left her on her tummy. I woke up a lot that first week or so to check on her.

[snapdragon]

Feb 18, 2015 15:12:10 GMT -5 @ajzmommy said:

Feb 18, 2015 15:08:47 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

This is kind of a weirdly worded question! My babies might very well have slept better on their stomachs or side, but obviously I never tried it.

True.. I guess I was asking because my husband would let baby sleep on his chest when DS1 was small and I was always freaked out about it, because it was on baby's stomach. But then they also sell these wedge sleepers that I have seen recently and I'm like is this a thing now, has it changed again?

No.  Just like crib bumpers, they're sold because parents buy them, not because they're actually recommended.  It's possible that in some extreme reflux situations a pedi might approve their use, but definitely don't assume they're safe just because they're sold.

My babies would often wake up if I put them on their backs when they were super little, so I had to wait until they were FAST FAST FAST asleep before I put them down.  After about 6 weeks or so I started putting them down awake sometimes and swaddled with a pacifier in the RnP and rocking in there until they were asleep.  By the time we transitioned to the crib they were already used to sleeping on their backs, and they were both super late rollers so they kept sleeping that way for a long time.

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Feb 18, 2015 16:08:41 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

Feb 18, 2015 15:12:10 GMT -5 @ajzmommy said:

True.. I guess I was asking because my husband would let baby sleep on his chest when DS1 was small and I was always freaked out about it, because it was on baby's stomach. But then they also sell these wedge sleepers that I have seen recently and I'm like is this a thing now, has it changed again?

No.  Just like crib bumpers, they're sold because parents buy them, not because they're actually recommended.  It's possible that in some extreme reflux situations a pedi might approve their use, but definitely don't assume they're safe just because they're sold.

My babies would often wake up if I put them on their backs when they were super little, so I had to wait until they were FAST FAST FAST asleep before I put them down.  After about 6 weeks or so I started putting them down awake sometimes and swaddled with a pacifier in the RnP and rocking in there until they were asleep.  By the time we transitioned to the crib they were already used to sleeping on their backs, and they were both super late rollers so they kept sleeping that way for a long time.

Thanks, I didn't want people to get the idea that sleeping on the stomach was okay. My youngest is 4 and back then we had to follow the back-to-sleep rule. Why in the worl do they sell so many of these things in stores then if it's not safe or recommended. At times I get confused with everything I see. 

[Starbuck128]

Feb 18, 2015 15:16:16 GMT -5 @sastahlman said:

I always laid DD on her back, as per the current recommendation. When she got big enough to roll around, she started sleeping in a ball with her butt up in the air. She still sleeps like that to this day.

DS still sleeps likes this too! We've started trying to teach him to use a pillow like a normal person, but he's resisting.

[roundtwoomg]

I always put my son down on his back for the first...six weeks? two months? But once he had a strong neck, I unswaddled that kid and put him on his tummy and never looked back. He still sleeps primarily on his tummy.

[meandmylove]

Dd slept in a rock and play at first. So on her back then. When she was too big for that she slept in her pack and play. I'm working on getting her to her crib now. The whole time though she has also slept in bed with me mostly in my arms. If she gets out of my arms she scoots around until she find DH in bed and tries to snuggle him. But when she does sleep by herself it's alway in her belly with her butt up in the air. There is just no stopping it.

[lgutu28]

DD slept on her back until about 5 months when we dropped the swaddle. After she started rolling she was all over the crib! I think that age plays a big part in it too BC once they get more comfy and mobile they might become tummy sleepers.

[rocksforludo]

I was all ready to say "like shit!" and then realized this poll was about something else. DD slept on her back even after she could flip around by herself. She tucked her arms behind her back.  Once she started napping on a cot at daycare, she started sleeping on her tummy with her butt up in the air.

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[mpiemont]

My babies slept on their backs- until they rolled to the tummy. Then they slept that way... I don't understand the question.

[honeylemon]

On their backs until they could roll themselves over. Then they switched to belly sleeping on their own.

[scattered]

Both babies always slept on their backs from day one. However, Jack has reflux so he had an elevated crib mattress and Ava had aspiration syndrome and has asthma so she spent many nights asleep in my arms while I sat up in a recliner.

[la79al]

DD1 was rolling onto her side before we left the hospital.  I was freaking out because FTM and she was supposed to sleep on her back and the nurses were like no big deal, how are you really going to stop her.  DD2 was swaddled on her top half with her feet propped against the end of the crib.