What if she...

...won't sleep on her back?

Krystiana is in a pretty good routine of waking for a feed, dozing off at the breast, having about 1/2 hour lie down during which she wakes properly for a "play" and then wants to feed once more before dozing back off to sleep for 3 hours or so.

But she has a thing about sleeping against my front - either upright or in feeding position. It doesn't matter if I hold her like that for 10 seconds for 10 minutes, when I lay her on her back for a sleep she wakes up within a few minutes and then we get stuck on the part of the cycle which feeds and dozes every 10-30 minutes And they aren't proper feeds either: suckle suckle sleep is all there is to it.

So in desperation the other night I lay her on her tummy in the bassinette - in the same position she had been lying against my chest. And she slept beautifully - for five hours in fact It's just happened again today. She's not cluster feeding because she's too dozey. She just doesn't want to sleep on her back, wrapped or unwrapped.

She's only 10 days old, what should I do?

My inclination would be to go with it if she was a bit older... but when is the tummy & SIDS thing until? 4 months or rolling?

Not sure if I want to introduce a SS cause then I'll have to wean her off it one day (gee I sound lazy lol)

charli did the same thing when she was about the same age...maybe a little older. my mw suggested sleeping her on her tummy on a cushion/couch/someone's lap til she was in a deep sleep and then transfer her into her bed. we tried it and the first night we did she slept 7hrs! i think we did it for a week or just over until she didn't need us to anymore....might be worth a try?

She maybe ok on her side with one if those wedge things to stop her from rolling on her tummy. Personally I wouldn't sleep on tummy at her age. My son was about 6 months when he would roll himself onto his tummy so I just left him to do what he wanted but he was older and could roll back over if wanted to.
Rhyley use to wake after falling asleep on us so now I put him to bed almost asleep and stay with him in his room - but not picked up - till he goes back to sleep if he wakes. he still does it some times as he likes to snuggle into my arm to get settled - and once again half asleep I will put him in his bed.

Vanessa - when you transfer to bed it is on the back?

Kels, Briona had silent reflux so I feel for ya - and must admit that had crossed my mind. But Krysti is far, far too settled. Makes me curious why she prefers the tummy though.

teresa, we'd put her back to bed on her side, i should've said that in my other post. i'd roll up 2 towelling bath mats and put one in front of her and another behind her so she stayed put all night.
jack is a tummy sleeper and has been since i got rid of his SS at 14mths.

Both my girls slept better on their sides and also with a wedge under the matterss so head was slightly higher. Tummy sleeping only happened when they could do it them selves. Good luck!!

I took Krysti to bed with me today, had my eyes shut for only 5 minutes and when I opened them she was facing the opposite way (She was lying on her tummy, drowzy but awake)... are kids this young supposed to be able to do that?!

Front pack sleeping is rather impractical when you have a 3yo and 1 1/2 yo at home I tried that with Briona and every time she got into a light sleep she'd get a whiff of what was on offer and wake herself up!

Have just seen mw and will be trying to side-sleep her with rolled blankets front and back today.