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What do I do?!?!

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I have a problem. Actually my 4 month old daughter has a problem. She does not like to be on her stomach for very long and not at all while she sleeps. Well, she has learned to roll over from her back to her stomach (first time was last night!!!) But she can't roll from her stomach to her back. Right now she is laying in her crib screaming because she has rolled to her stomach and hates it! I don't know what to do. Everytime I go in and put her back on her back she just rolls over again. I don't think its safe for her to sleep on her stomach anyway if she can't roll to her back. What the heck do I do?!?
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I think once they start rolling themselves, you could probably leave her, as long as there's not blankets, stuffed animals, etc. she can mash her face into. The problem sounds like she doesn't like her tummy, then wakes up and cries... Hmm..
maybe velcro her jammies to the mattress? LOL... My dd hates her tummy time too, but usually stays put in the crib... sorry- I hope this phase passes fast!
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Use one of those positioner things. I have one that came with my co-sleeper, and it's just 2 foam things that keep them in the same place. That would keep her from rolling over!
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I thought that my DD didn't like her being on her tummy either...come to find out that she was mad because she couldn't roll all the way over on her own. I worked with her. Instead of just turning her over, I helped show her how she could turn over. She was rolling over to get to places after a while. It was too funny.

But anyways! During the day if she rolls over to her tummy. Get to her before she realizes that she is unhappy and teach her to roll the rest of the way. It will be good bonding time if nothing else.
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You could try a sleep positioner or you could swaddle her to keep her from rolling. My daughter is 5 months and can roll both ways just fine, but we still have to swaddle her at night as she thrashes around and will wake herself up constantly if we don't. Because she's swaddled, she doesn't roll at night.
Bistro
Bistro
Like ETeeter says, mine is turning 5 mo, and he got mad when he couldn't get back over to his back again. I'm pretty sure that's it. Now he flops all over the place, and doesn't seem upset when he's on his stomach - he just rolls back over.
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