What should I do if my child likes to sleep on his stomach?

I believe everyone knows the importance of sleeping posture to us. If there is a problem with our sleeping posture, it will not only affect the quality of our sleep but also easily cause harm to our physical health. Therefore, we recommend that our readers should pay great attention to their sleeping posture in daily life. Some children like to sleep on their stomachs. Below we will introduce to you what to do if children like to sleep on their stomachs.

Although there are many controversies in the medical community about whether the "sleeping on the stomach" sleeping position is healthy, many parents are still worried that their babies will suffocate if they sleep on their stomachs. For this reason, the editor introduces several methods to parents who have concerns to correct their children's sleeping position.

Adjust your child’s diet

Some experts have said that one possible reason why children choose to sleep on their stomachs is because their digestion is not very good, and sleeping on their stomachs can make them relatively comfortable. In view of this, you can give your children some appetizers, such as hawthorn, yam, etc. At the same time, adjust your children's diet and let them eat more easily digestible foods, such as fruit puree and vegetable porridge.

Let your child sleep against your skin

The reason why many children sleep on their stomachs is mainly to find a sense of security. It is easy for children to find a sense of security when their skin is close to that of adults. If they get used to it, they will want to rely on adults after falling asleep. In this way, they will habitually choose the side-lying position and give up sleeping on their stomachs.

Place the child between two adults.

This is actually a stupid way to correct it, because turning over is the biggest movement during sleep, which requires a larger space. Two adults sleeping with the child between them reduces the child's range of activities, and parents are more likely to feel the child's turning over and correct it in time. If you think about it carefully, the disturbance to the sleep of two adults is evenly distributed, which is also scientific.

Use a sleeping bag to correct your child's stomach sleeping

After using a sleeping bag, some children find it difficult to turn over due to the mechanical force of the sleeping bag, which reduces the chance of sleeping on their stomachs to a certain extent. This method is effective for some children. The editor here reminds parents to pay attention to the breathability, thickness, and indoor temperature of the sleeping bag, otherwise the child will feel hot and irritable and will not sleep well.

In the above article, we introduced the importance of sleeping posture to us. We suggest that our readers should pay attention to their sleeping posture in daily life. A good sleeping posture is conducive to our sleep. The above article introduces in detail what to do if children like to sleep on their stomachs.