Many young children like to sleep on their stomachs, which gives parents a lot of anxiety: whether the child will suffocate, whether it will be comfortable for him, whether he will choke in his sleep. For such caring parents, there are several tricks that will help your baby fall asleep and wake up on his back.
Instructions
Step 1
First of all, it should be said that sleeping on a child's stomach is not as dangerous as many parents fear. This is a natural position for an infant, much more comfortable than sleeping on your back. When the child turns over on his stomach, he pulls his legs to the chest, his body is grouped, the posture resembles that which was in the womb. In this position, the load on the spine is reduced, the baby does not need a pillow. He can sleep in this position quite calmly until morning.
Step 2
However, parents understand that if a child buries his mouth and nose in a mattress or spits up in a dream, this can lead to SDIC - sudden infant death syndrome, when the baby simply suffocates in his sleep, without realizing it and being unable to call for help. Almost all parents are afraid of the manifestation of this syndrome in the first year of life. Therefore, they continue to lay their children on their backs even after they learn to roll over on their own.
Step 3
Swaddling the baby tightly is one way to cope with these kinds of sleep reversals. It is not for nothing that, quite recently, babies were tightly wrapped in diapers and left so all night. In this position, the baby calms down faster, does not hit itself with hands, and therefore does not wake up and does not turn over in a dream. However, there are also disadvantages: this is an extremely uncomfortable position for the baby. Imagine not being able to move all night. Then there will be no rest, the body will ache and ache. This also happens in the baby, tight swaddling harms blood circulation and the supply of oxygen to all organs.
Step 4
In a dream, a child needs to move in the same way as an adult, therefore, his coups on his stomach after 5-6 months are almost inevitable. But at this age, SDS is no longer as bad as it is for babies 1-3 months old. In order for the baby to wake up as little as possible and rush about restlessly in his sleep, he needs to be properly reassured before bedtime. Do not take any noisy games 1-1, 5 hours before bedtime, give your child a soothing massage, give him kefir or milk, read a calm fairy tale or poems, sing a lullaby. Then, in a dream, the child will also behave calmly and may even sleep through the night without turning over.
Step 5
If you are afraid of the baby turning over, you can use hard pillows on both sides of the baby to prevent the baby from moving during sleep. An even better way would be to put your baby to sleep not in a spacious crib, but in a cradle that outlines the baby's body well and allows him to lie in only one position - on his back. Sleeping in a cradle will be preferable for babies up to 5 months old, then the baby becomes too large and mobile to get enough sleep in a confined space.
Step 6
Sleeping with parents is most popular with children. Sometimes for parents this is the best way not to worry about the baby and not get up to his bed several times during the night. However, it is usually very difficult for a child to wean from such a dream. Therefore, if possible, it is better to immediately accustom the baby to his crib and the correct position for sleeping in it.
