Newborn Tummy Sleeping - Page 2

[Hannah32]

My son (4.5 months) can roll over both ways with ease. I know I'm "supposed" to put him down on his back and let him do the roll to the stomach, but I don't. Who does that? And what difference would it possibly make? All the moms I talk to in real life say the same thing, and many didn't even do back sleeping until the rolling happened.

[porcelina]

Oh, this is really interesting (from national institute of child development, http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/sids_qa.cfm):

Are there any babies who should be placed prone for sleep?

There may also be other specific infants in whom the risk/benefit balance favors prone sleeping. The risk of SIDS increases from approximately 0.86 SIDS deaths per 1,000 live births to 1.62 when babies sleep prone* (that is, 998 of every 1,000 prone-sleeping babies will not die of SIDS). This relatively small increased risk may be reasonable to accept, when balanced against the benefit of prone sleeping for certain babies.