5 Month Old Rolls on Tummy Then Screams, Can't Get Any Sleep.

Hi there,

This will pass. My son did the same thing. You will see that very soon she will learn how to roll back over on her own. My son is all over the crib now. You just have to ride it out and it will pass.

I would suggest NOT to use the sleep positioner. In fact, it is recommended that as soon as babies roll over that it can suffocate them. So, please don't use it, she will roll over with it.

You'll find once she gets past this stage, something else will pop up. My son is 9 months old and is crawling and wakes up 4-5 times in the night screaming sitting up in his crib :( I just go and lay him down and hope this stage, like the other, passes soon.

Good luck and it will pass and you'll get some rest!

My son is six months next week- and he/ we went through (I swear)exactly the same thing 2-3 weeks ago.. It was so weird- every night and every nap like 3-10x's he'd do his little flip trick! Drove both of us nuts... Then in like 4-5 days- done! It was such a strange little phase, but it did pass. One thing I did notice was that the fact that his crib didn't have a bumper helped him get the flip leverage...

HI Kari
My soon is 7 1/2 months and learned how to turn over on his tummy around 3 weeks ago. He also got startled and would cry because he could not turn himself back over.

He would get so tired from not being to turn back that he would just put his head down and learned to sleep on his tummy. I watched him for days to make sure he was OK sleeping on his tummy

I also tried turning him back onto his back but no more than 5 minutes later he would be on his tummy again.

He finally got used to this and now sleeps on his side or on his tummy. He has still not mastered completely turning back on to his back but it will come in time.

I just make sure he gets a lot of tummy time during the day and I am sure he will get this in no time

Also tried sleep positioner and at this stage they move too much and it did not work. I also resorted to putting him in his swing for a while but knew this was just a short time solution.

Don't worry in no time your daughter will get the hang of it

She is at the age where this happens. It's developmental. It's a phase and will pass once she has the ability to roll herself back over. When babies have developmental leaps, their physical reactions occur even in sleep. It WILL disrupt them.
Patience. It will pass.

Babies are just learning how to move around...they will not always "know" how to get back to a sleeping position by themselves...later, they will sit-up, pull-up, and even stand up in the crib, and will not always know how to get themselves back down in a sleep position. You will need to wake up and help them until they are able to do it by themselves.

Evey baby is different, in their abilities and getting their coordination.

A sleep position-er can work. For my son, once he got too big for it, it didn't work and he would roll right out of it.

Just try, every baby is different. It will take patience.
Good luck,
~Susan
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Hi S.,

The positioner is a great idea...but health experts say not to use it because of suffocation purposes. I used it and LOVED it so I would recommend it but every parent is different so research it first to see if you are comfortable trying it.

You may also want to experiment to see if you can have her on her tummy during play time for 15-20 minutes a day. It might be that she is scared because this is a new sensation for her and since she can't roll back over she may deem it as bad. But if you allow her awake time to explore her tummy (even though she won't like it at first) that may help ease her at night and boost her confidence. Plus it will give her an opportunity to figure out how to roll back over and strengthen those muscles (especially if she really doesn't like it). After awhile, she may have the skills to do it herself at night without having to wake you or daddy.

My son hated his stomach and it took him a couple of weeks before he quite screaming when I'd put him on his tummy. But I can't tell you the difference it made!!

I hope this'll give you ideas :)

have you tried a positioner? (you know the ones that prevent them from rolling) or a matress wedge. or maybe just try to get her used to napping on her tummy. i hope you find something that works good luck!