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3 doctors weighed in: When during pregnancy should you stop laying on your back? 3 doctors weighed in Want a second opinion? At approximately 24 weeks you should avoid laying on your back for prolonged periods of time in order to avoid compression of veins (vena cava). In brief: 6 months.
However, it has also saved thousands of lives, and rolling over later is not a serious enough reason to not put a baby to sleep on its back. Infants used to roll over from front to back at about 4 months, Dr. Olson says. It currently seems more common to see this at 6 months. There are no apparent consequences to this slight delay.. If babies aren't rolling over by 12 months, he says this should prompt some additional attention from the pediatrician.