Sleep

This is how little man likes to sleep...

which is clearly against the recommendations of any doctor or book. The catch phrase is "Tummy to play, back to sleep." Whatever. He won't sleep on his back, and if he isn't sleeping neither are we. After five weeks i have given up on "training" him to sleep on his back which is what the books suggest. Therefore I have purchased this...

Meet the Angelcare Deluxe Movement Sensor, otherwise known as my new best friend. Here is the description straight from the website:

The under-the-mattress Movement Sensor Pad detects your baby's movements and sends the signal to the Nursery Unit, which sounds an alarm ONLY if no movement is detected for 20 seconds. It also transmits all other nursery sounds and has a Movement Indicator Light showing if movement is being detected. The Parents' Units receive the alarm and all other nursery sounds.Two Parents' Units give you the flexibility of always leaving one in your bedroom while moving the second unit to the room you are in while your baby is sleeping. Additional features include a nightlight on the nursery unit, color LCD displays, out or range indicator and temperature feature. Both units are rechargeable and include 8 channels with a range of 820 ft. Includes an under-the-mattress Sensor Pad, a Nursery Unit, a Parents Unit (sound monitor) and two AC adapters. Requires 12 AAA batteries (8 AAA batteries included).

Basically the blue mat goes under the mattress and is detects motion/movement. If there isn't any for twenty seconds an alarm sounds. This way, Reese can sleep on his tummy and we (as in me, because Lofton can sleep regardless of the situation) don't have to worry that he is going to stop breathing (which is the concern with tummy sleeping, i.e. SIDS).

I'll update tomorrow and tell you how our night goes. Pray for us.