Guilt

I am so GUILT RIDDEN over giving in to belly sleeping but its the ONLY way I can get them to BOTH sleep for any amount of time!

 

Dont feel guilty for wanting to preserve your sanity! Just be extra diligent in checking in on them and making sure all is well!
When my babies were little they loved to sleep on their sides. We would swaddle them up together, snuggle them in next to each other sideways in a boppy pillow. THey slept like that the first 3 months! Thats not back sleeping either

I let mine sleep on their tummys but they were usually laying on my chest, or just napping out in the living room while I was awake the whole time.

 

Don't feel guilty. Your babies need their sleep; you need your sleep.

 

I remember when my DH would come home from work with stories of co-workers and their babies, and that many of them slept on their stomachs. My reflux baby was having trouble sleeping one day (I think she was 3 months then) so I flipped her over—she slept over 3 hours! She was a stomach sleeper for her naps for the next several months. In the beginning I couldn’t keep my eyes off her because I was so nervous. But that goes away. She was very strong and could move her head from side to side at that point.
I actually think it helped her gain strength too since she was the first one to push up and eventually crawl. Her sister still can’t push up!

 

DON'T FEEL GUILTY!!! If you would have had your babies 30 years ago, the doctor advice then was to NEVER have the babies sleep on their backs!!! If your babies sleep - awesome - no matter how. Just keep them on a firmer mattress so their faces don't sink down into it, and check them often. At night, just make sure they can turn their heads on their own.

Mine have been blissfully tummy sleeping since 8 weeks (they are 15 weeks tomorrow). They STTN 10 hours, and take at least 2 2-hour naps per day. I swear up and down it's the tummy sleeping that has done the trick. They can truly relax and feel supported and comforted, unlike when they sleep on their backs and their arms can flail about.

So, enjoy it and be proud you found something that does the trick!!!

 

I did it too so don't feel bad.....they way I see it is they used to say only put them on their bellys when I was a baby and I didn't die and neither did thousands of other babies now they say don't put them on their tummys......well I say as long as you make sure nothing soft is around them and they sleep better then do it.....I did

 

All my babies have been tummy sleepers. It took me the longest to turn my twins to their bellies, but that was still only at 3 months. I always run a fan in my babies' rooms. And just recently someone posted an article about the benefits of running a fan.

Here's an article. Google fans and SIDS and you'll find many more reporting on it.
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/h...risk-by-72.html

 

Do you swaddle them ? I found mine slept great at night when they were swaddled tight and they were in those positioners. Sometimes even them on their sides worked great. During the day I had them on their tummies for naps. When they could roll over mine were tummy sleepers and still are. The happiest baby on the block was a great book (or video) to teach swaddling. mY dh was the best at it.

 

Please, don't feel guilty. My babies have been sleeping on their belly since they were about three months. You have to do what works best for you and the babies.

 

Don't feel guilty! I did A LOT of research on the subject, talked to a lot of medical professionals, and felt just fine about letting one of mine flip to her tummy. The very night I flipped her to her tummy (around 2.5 months), she STTN. I wish I would have done it from day 1.

 

Yup I did it too. I did however purchase the angelcare monitor which monitors their breathing. You can get them used on ebay for $60 each, or new for about 110$. WORTH EVERY PENNY! IF there is no breathing for 20 seconds an alarm goes off.

http://www.amazon.com/B%C3%A9b%C3%A9Sounds...1691&sr=8-2

Just reading the reviews was enough to make me get these!

 

I have a belly sleeper too, she has been like that since a month old. It's the only way she would/will sleep.
I agree with everyone else, when I was a baby; belly sleeping was the rule.

 

it was the only way my DS would sleep - he started out napping on his tummy and then when we moved out of the swing and into the crib at 4 months he would sleep all night long that way...like the other posters said we all slept on our bellies...

 

Yup, we did it too, My DS2 would only sleep if swaddled and on his belly.

 

Same here - my little girl became the perfect sleeper once I got over the guilt and let her sleep on her tummy!

Confession time: I lie to the pediatrician and tell her that I put both twins to sleep on their backs. I have enough guilt being a full-time working mommy without the addition of "tsk, tsk - you're not putting them to bed right!".

 

QUOTE(gusnlilysmom @ Apr 15 2009, 01:52 PM) [snapback]1274284[/snapback]
Same here - my little girl became the perfect sleeper once I got over the guilt and let her sleep on her tummy!

Confession time: I lie to the pediatrician and tell her that I put both twins to sleep on their backs. I have enough guilt being a full-time working mommy without the addition of "tsk, tsk - you're not putting them to bed right!".


Oh, I totally lie too! Even with my MIL there to help out. She knew I blatently lied. What I didn't know what I would do was if he asked in front of my older girls. Thank goodness he never did. I can't lie in front of them!

 

thank you thank you - as usual you all make me feel so much better!

 

We will let our boys sleep on their tummy if we're there in the room to watch. I think they do sleep better that way.

QUOTE(gusnlilysmom @ Apr 15 2009, 12:52 PM) [snapback]1274284[/snapback]
...I lie to the pediatrician and tell her that I put both twins to sleep on their backs. I have enough guilt being a full-time working mommy without the addition of "tsk, tsk - you're not putting them to bed right!".


But have you turned down your water heater to the "tepid" setting? I lied easily on that question. I have no plans to leave them unattended in the tub at any temperature, so let's skip the lecture.

 

QUOTE(gusnlilysmom @ Apr 15 2009, 01:52 PM) [snapback]1274284[/snapback]
Same here - my little girl became the perfect sleeper once I got over the guilt and let her sleep on her tummy!

Confession time: I lie to the pediatrician and tell her that I put both twins to sleep on their backs. I have enough guilt being a full-time working mommy without the addition of "tsk, tsk - you're not putting them to bed right!".

Yep, I totally lie on that one. I mean I know why they say back is best; I don't need a lecture on it. I bet there's more secret tummy sleepers out there than you know.