Is it okay for a two month old baby to sleep on his stomach?

We all know that when the baby is two months old, many babies can already lie on their stomachs by themselves. At this time, the baby can already lift his head. Many mothers have begun to guide their babies to do various small movements. Some mothers will judge whether their baby has developmental delay based on their baby's movements. Some babies like to sleep on their stomachs, so is it okay for a two-month-old baby to sleep on his stomach?

Many parents have found that babies aged 1 to 12 months like to lie on their stomachs when they sleep, and even if they turn over, they will lie on their stomachs again after a while. So the question arises, is it good for babies to sleep on their stomachs? The answer cannot be general, because it depends on the situation.

Benefits of sleeping on your stomach:

1. Can improve sleep quality: Foreign studies have shown that compared with babies who sleep on their backs, babies who sleep on their stomachs can improve their sleep quality. The reason may be that babies who sleep on their stomachs receive less light and sound stimulation.

2. Improve breathing efficiency: It is beneficial to fully exert the lung function, thereby supplying the brain with more sufficient oxygen.

3. Prevent suffocation caused by vomiting: If the baby spits up milk while sleeping, sleeping on his stomach can help the baby spit out the milk, but sleeping on his back may cause the baby to choke on the milk into his trachea.

4. It is beneficial to the baby's brain development: Studies have shown that babies who sleep on their stomachs are smarter, which may be related to the fact that sleeping on their stomachs can supply more oxygen to the brain. Of course, this is under the condition that breathing is unobstructed.

Disadvantages of sleeping on your stomach:

1. It can easily lead to breathing difficulties or even suffocation: This is easy to understand. If the baby does not tilt his head to one side when sleeping on his stomach, but puts his entire face on the pillow, it can easily lead to breathing difficulties or even suffocation.

2. It can cause deformation of the chest: Some people say that because the baby's chest is relatively soft, sleeping on the stomach frequently can cause deformation of the ribs.

suggestion:

The advantages and disadvantages of babies sleeping on their stomachs should not be too absolute. As long as parents do not mechanically force their babies to sleep on their stomachs or backs, and as long as the baby is healthy, there will be no serious consequences or significant results. However, for some babies, due to their own illnesses, a certain sleeping posture is beneficial to the recovery of the disease or does not aggravate the deterioration of the disease.

1. Suitable for babies who sleep on their stomachs: For children with congenital torticollis, sleeping on their stomachs can help improve their symptoms. For babies who often regurgitate milk or vomit, sleeping on their stomachs can help avoid choking and suffocation. For children with overly large tongues, sleeping on their stomachs can prevent the tongue from retracting excessively and avoid suffocation caused by the large tongue.

2. Babies who are not suitable for sleeping on their stomachs: Babies with asthma, and babies with abdominal distension caused by congenital pyloric obstruction, duodenal stenosis, congenital megacolon, etc. are not suitable for sleeping on their stomachs.

3. For healthy babies, any sleeping position is acceptable. But be careful when your baby is sleeping on his stomach because the pressure on his nose may affect his breathing.