I do BUT only if I'm awake and watching him AND he is laying on my chest. Otherwise, I would not feel comfortable with laying him on his stomach in his crib or anywhere else.
i never put him down on his stomach, but he was rolling forward and backward under his own power before 2 months, and he'd roll himself onto his stomach. at first, i'd go in there every so often and put him on his back, but that just pissed him off so i left him alone after about a month of realizing he was doing it on his own and on purpose.
Right now DS (1 month tomorrow) is lying on his tummy in the pack n play bassinet next to me, because when he gets gassy it helps him sleep.
I wouldn't do it if I wasn't right here next to him and awake, but it seems to help him sleep and I can see him the whole time.
A friend of mine put her now 5 year old son to sleep on his tummy all the time cause one of her cousin's had a baby who ended up dying because it spit up and choked. So that really does happen. And she has a daughter who is almost a year old who also sleeps on her tummy.
My son slept on his tummy on my chest for like the first month. it was the only way he'd sleep. And after that he slept on his side next to me. And as soon as he learned to roll over at 4 months he slept on his tummy. There was no way to get him not to.
Quoting North_of_Boston:First, it was "Lay the baby on their tummies so they don't choke on spit up." That used to be the rule. Now it's "Lay them on their back so they don't suffocate."
Both of my DDs were tummy sleepers. They slept better that way. If you left them on their backs they were cranky and upset and barely slept. Happy babies make happy mommas.
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I don't claim to know everything on this subject AT ALL. However, IMO, if your baby can lift their head in the slightest, I think its okay.l My daughter has always been able to lift her head, even if just for a second or two, but has always been able to do so since she was born. I know a few people who have lost children because of suffocation, but each of them had something else going on, like a preemie or FAS, etc...
all my boys have slept on their tummies as infants (although i switch it depending on which way they are comfortable)
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Both my DDs slept on their tummies and still do. They would NOT sleep on thier backs so I let them sleep however they were comfortable.
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