Why do babies like to sleep on their backs

  Sleeping on your stomach is the baby’s preferred sleeping position, sleeping on your stomach makes your baby feel more secure, helps promote the development of lung respiratory function, reduces the baby’s abdominal distension, exercises the baby’s neck muscles, helps head movement and so on.  Because the baby in the mother’s tummy is a curled back outward position, this position makes him feel very secure. So many babies learn to turn over, will independently choose a back outward position to sleep, this sleep position will let the baby sleep more familiar, not easy to be awakened more secure. In addition, if improper feeding, let the baby eat too much, or eat indigestible food, the baby appears bloated or colic and other symptoms, will also choose to sleep on their stomach, which can compress the stomach, promote intestinal gas discharge, relieve abdominal distension, reduce the symptoms of colic. Baby sleep on his back also helps to promote respiratory function, sleep on his back when the lungs are relatively less pressure, the baby’s respiratory system development is beneficial. Sleeping on your back also helps to relieve vomiting, small babies with immature digestive system, prone to vomiting, sleeping on your back can somewhat alleviate the situation of baby vomiting.  Although the baby sleep on his back very many advantages, but sleep on his back is easy to cause the mouth and nose is pressed, affecting the child’s breathing, and even the risk of suffocation, parents are advised to let the baby sleep on his back in the case of someone to watch, keep an eye on the baby to help adjust the sleep position at the appropriate time.