Did you put your babies to sleep on tummy or back? POLL

amother

↑ Yellow ↓

Today at 12:23 am

Tzutzie wrote:

I always had that fear! So glad your baby os ok!!!! Especially for my second baby who was an expert projectile vomiter!
The doc just told me it's impossible to vomit in your sleep because of many fancy terms. I didn't make sense, but I just had to convince myself it was safe. But she anyways would only actually sleep on me or on her tummy.
After a week of dangerous sleep deprivation. I just put her to sleep on her tummy. Only to be woken 6 hours later HORRIFIED, checking if she's breathing and with 2 feeding rocks. She def vomited in her sleep, and it was all encrusted in her hair. On BOTH sides of her head.... that means she turned in her sleep.

Usually, I put my babies to sleep on their tummies once they outgrew the swaddle. That baby was a whole 'nuther challange. She came out screaming and never stopped since. 😆 gotta lovem!

It's definitely possible to vomit in your sleep! That's why they warn not to let people who are drunk fall asleep on their back. And unfortunately I lost a relative that way, he fell asleep drunk and choked on his vomit. So... yeah.

amother

Ebony ↓

Today at 12:38 am

amother OP wrote:

For those that put to sleep on their tummy, do you just disregard what the medical world advises? Or have you done your own research?

I’m really considering putting my baby to sleep on tummy right away… I don’t want to deal with the endless stress of trying to get baby to sleep for hours on their back only to wake up 7 minutes later, which is my previous experience.

Some of us take medical research seriously. My first few slept in their stomachs 20ish years ago. But when I started to understand the risks I put my younger ones on their backs. Theres no difference between napping and sleeping. Sadly there are way too many SIDS incidents and many happen during nap time. My babies get plenty of tummy time during their waking hours and are usually crawling at 6 months. I'm quite surprised at how many people disregard the very strong correlation between SIDS and sleeping on the stomach.

amother

↑ Yellow

Today at 12:48 am

amother Ebony wrote:

Because many of us feel there isn't a very strong correlation. The most they can say is that around the same time they started pushing the "back to sleep" route, SIDS decreased. But there were so many other factors that changed right around then too. So who's to say this is the correct one or even the main one?

amother

Acacia

Today at 12:54 am

amother Yellow wrote:

Evidence based research is who to say.

amother

↑ Ebony

Today at 12:59 am

amother Yellow wrote:

A drunk adult is very different to a baby. This explains why it's less of a risk on their back for a baby
https://rednose.org.au/article.....-back

chanatron1000

Today at 1:30 am

amother Honey wrote:

Always back. I’d rather a fussy baby than a dead one

But how far do you take that attitude? Are you saying that whenever there's a tradeoff between direct risk of death and the risk (or certainty) of something else, you always choose the lower risk of death?

Because the problem is, if you think about everything that way, you can't live your life.

For example, we all know about the importance of safe car seats. But no car seat reduces the risk of dying in a car crash to zero. That means that it is factually true that every time you put a baby in a car, even if you follow all safety recommendations, you are taking that risk. For that matter, there's a risk as a pedestrian using a stroller too.

I'd rather a child who never leaves home than one who dies in a car accident.

I'd also rather have a child who never eats warm food because there's no stove than a child who chv's dies in a fire, rather a child who has to put up with wearing a helmet 24/7 than a child who dies from a head injury.

But that's not a fair representation of the tradeoff, and it's important to consider the ramifications of depriving babies of the sleep that's so important for their development before we do that in exchange for a marginal reduction in risk.