Dangerous sleep- how to solve?!

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Dangerous sleep! My 4 month old now knows how to roll onto her front (it’s been a day); however, when she’s on her front, she can’t keep her head up too long and cries in exhaustion. Sometimes I see her with her head in the ground, and body not fully over and she’s crying and suffocating a little. 
Today, I heard those same screams coming from her Snuzpod crib, and found her like as in the picture, but even more turned into the “walls,” unable to turn herself back. I’m concerned she may do this when I’m asleep, and not make noise and thus die or choke etc.  I thought sleeping sacks were meant to avoid this? 
I don’t know how to safely cosleep either ie what product to use in our bed so neither my OH nor I roll over onto her nor she roll over and out of the bed onto the floor or suffocate etc. Please could someone advise?
Edit: one side of the wall is down so I could take the pic at eye level, and keep an eye on her whilst I was awake observing her (:

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Sleep sacks aren't meant to prevent rolling over, it's just a wearable blanket. To me in the picture it just looks like she's on her side? She can't suffocate in that position. At four months old, baby is old enough to make noise if she's in trouble, as she's indicated during her tummy time sessions. Sleep positioners can be a suffocation hazard so I'd stay away from those. My recommendation is to keep her in your room still, that way you can respond quickly if she's stuck.

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Once baby can roll from back to front you shouldn't be using a sleep sac. It's also fine for them to sleep on their side or back once they can do it themselves. You can't really solve it with any sleep apparatus that's safe.

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Practice rolling during awake time, maybe do more tummy time. Practicing during the day develops the skill to do it at night.

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Im not seeing anything unsafe in this photo. If that’s an approved sleep space, then it’s designed with the notion that kids will roll over and potentially contact the sides. It’s ok for kids to sleep on their bellies once they can get there themselves. Always put them down on their back, but you don’t need to worry if they roll.

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It's not dangerous if she is in a safe sleep space and got herself there. Keep all four sides up on the bassinet and don't swaddle. Sleep sack is okay.

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She looks perfectly safe in that picture. If you’re concerned about the breathability of the walls of her bassinet then I’d get a new one or move her into a crib.

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Maybe talk to your baby’s pediatrician about safe sleep suggestions and your doctor about possible ppa

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I use something similar to this. It keeps them in the position you want :)

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