Almost 8mo DCG fell asleep FACE down... I'm freaking out now!

[Lilbutterflie]

Boy, this one has been causing frustration! She is almost 8 mo (she's the one I posted about refusing to eat baby food); just now learned how to roll over. She consistently rolls over back to tummy; but doesn't consistently roll tummy to back yet.

I went in to check on her shortly after she fell asleep. I believe what much of you do... back is always best. BUT when they start rolling over consistently, I let them sleep where they lay and check in on them often. However... when I checked in on her this time she had fallen asleep not only on her tummy; but face DOWN into the PNP mattress. She was breathing deeply, though I don't know how. Nose and mouth were pushed into the mattress. I have no lose bedding, just a sheet over the PNP mattress. I rolled her back over, which of course woke her up. She rolled over back to tummy and fell back asleep with her head to the side (thank goodness).

Now I'm freaked out! I don't think I'll ever get a peaceful naptime b/c I'll be so worried about her and checking in on her every 5 minutes.

[Christian Mother]

My little daycare girl here is a little older then 8mos. She does this quiet often but as gotten used to placing her head on the side. I go in every 45min and ck on her as she will only sleep each time 2 hrs. Pretty much I go in 3 times to ck on her. There are times she is snuggled right up close to the side of the pnp and I have to wonder if she can breath so close but like your little..she breaths heavily. I can ashually gentle pull her back to the middle of the mat and she won't wake up. That usually settles that bc she sleeps deeply after the first initial check. I can go in the next couple times and she is still as the place I put her.

I think as long as she is able to brace her self up and look from side to side she should be ok but always always check on her through out her naps. As she gets older you will feel more secure with her sleeping. With the littles like this it's just good to constantly go in there often to ck on them.

I have a 3 month who ashually I have sleeping in one of those rock n play sleepers. It's fab. I have it out in the living room area where not many will go into and he will slept undisturbed in there all by him self but I can just walk right up to him and know he is fine. That thing is my saving grace.

[Heidi]

I KNOW you are freaked by this, but in all honesty, once they can roll on their own, there is not much you can do. The only thing I WOULD do is give her (and ask her parents to this weekend) LOTS of tummy time so that she can roll back over on her own asap. That will eliviate some of your fears?

If it's any consulation, SIDS statistics change dramatically after 6 months of age, and actually, suffocating is not SIDS. SIDS is UNexplained infant death. I don't know how that helps, though....sorry!

[Blackcat31]

My little daycare girl here is a little older then 8mos. She does this quiet often but as gotten used to placing her head on the side. I go in every 45min and ck on her as she will only sleep each time 2 hrs. Pretty much I go in 3 times to ck on her. There are times she is snuggled right up close to the side of the pnp and I have to wonder if she can breath so close but like your little..she breaths heavily. I can ashually gentle pull her back to the middle of the mat and she won't wake up. That usually settles that bc she sleeps deeply after the first initial check. I can go in the next couple times and she is still as the place I put her.

I think as long as she is able to brace her self up and look from side to side she should be ok but always always check on her through out her naps. As she gets older you will feel more secure with her sleeping. With the littles like this it's just good to constantly go in there often to ck on them.

I have a 3 month who ashually I have sleeping in one of those rock n play sleepers. It's fab. I have it out in the living room area where not many will go into and he will slept undisturbed in there all by him self but I can just walk right up to him and know he is fine. That thing is my saving grace.

It is so totally against our state regs to allow an infant to sleep ANYWHERE except a crib with a firm mattress and no bedding. We would be in big trouble for letting them sleep in any other type of baby equipment.

[Heidi]

It is so totally against our state regs to allow an infant to sleep ANYWHERE except a crib with a firm mattress and no bedding. We would be in big trouble for letting them sleep in any other type of baby equipment.

Same here too!

[Lilbutterflie]

I KNOW you are freaked by this, but in all honesty, once they can roll on their own, there is not much you can do. The only thing I WOULD do is give her (and ask her parents to this weekend) LOTS of tummy time so that she can roll back over on her own asap. That will eliviate some of your fears?

If it's any consulation, SIDS statistics change dramatically after 6 months of age, and actually, suffocating is not SIDS. SIDS is UNexplained infant death. I don't know how that helps, though....sorry!

Thanks for the reassurance. One of my biggest fears is something happening to one of the precious babies on my watch. None of my previous tummy sleepers ever fell asleep with their faces down into the mattress; so it had me quite alarmed!

We (the parents and I both) have been giving her tons and tons of tummy time to build those muscles for rolling over. Again, she is almost 8 months and only recently learned how to roll over back to tummy. She hasn't yet figured out how to go tummy to back yet; despite the large amount of tummy time she's been getting the last month or so.

[Heidi]

Thanks for the reassurance. One of my biggest fears is something happening to one of the precious babies on my watch. None of my previous tummy sleepers ever fell asleep with their faces down into the mattress; so it had me quite alarmed!

We (the parents and I both) have been giving her tons and tons of tummy time to build those muscles for rolling over. Again, she is almost 8 months and only recently learned how to roll over back to tummy. She hasn't yet figured out how to go tummy to back yet; despite the large amount of tummy time she's been getting the last month or so.

They do seem to do the rolling thing later now-a-days that everyone is a back sleeper. I remember when my son was born (22 years ago). We HAD to put him on his tummy because he had siezures, and at the time, they advised that. My sister's daughter slept on her tummy sometimes, but mostly in a car seat. My friend's son slept on his back only (one of the early back-to-sleep campaigns, I think). They were all born within 3 weeks of each other. I have a picture of all three of them lined up on their tummies at my son's Christining (12 weeks old), and my son has his head WAY UP on his arms. Niece is sort of up, but struggling. Friends son is a floppy mess.

Never-the-less, they all started walking within weeks of each other, so I guess being in a hurry doesn't always make one first! Oh wait, that's an old story...something about a tortoise and a hare.