rolls onto tummy but can't roll back again and WONT sleep

[smelly]

Hi

I have a 5 month old daughter who generally sleeps quite well day and night. However, for the past couple of days she has been rolling onto her tummy as soon as I put her into the cot for a nap. Problem is, she gets stuck there and won't go to sleep. During the day I've been having to turn her onto her back up to 20 times before she gives up and goes to sleep. So when I put her to bed tonight, I pinned her down with a sheet which seems to have done the trick for now.

Has anyone got any good ideas about how to handle this? And can anyone tell me if this is just a phase she's going through. If I left her on her stomach, do you think she'd learn to sleep that way too?

I guess I haven't tried leaving her ono her tummy for too long because I'm a little concerned about the safety factor - especially since she can't roll back over. I have an Angelcare sound and movement monitor but to be honest, I don't feel it's much help since the alarm would only go off if my daughter didn't take a breath for more than 20 seconds. It's a bit late when she's already stopped breathing.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[alanasmum]

I went through this with DD also. When you put your bub down, if she rolls on to her tummy and is comfortable (and her head is to the side) you can let her fall asleep like that and then turn her over. I did this with DD for a while, until she got very good at rolling and then I just let her sleep however she was comfortable, which now happens to be on her tummy. I know it is safest for them to be on their backs but once they start rolling there's not much you can do about it. Oh, the other thing you can try is if your bub is in a sleeping bag, you can tuck the end of the sleeping bag into the end of the cot, if you know what I mean.