Can we talk about this? Has it been talked about?
LO is 2 months and at his appt today, the doctor asked about his sleeping and suggested we start trying to transition him to the crib/his own room.
Right now he's sleeping well, in the RNP next to my side of the bed... I say well, but the longest stretch we get is 4 hours (asleep around 10, up around 2, 5 & 7 for feeding... usually up for the day around 9).
I've noticed that he's doing a better job at falling asleep in his own, but still needs to sleep on an incline (side question ' can I make his crib an incline?)
I'm not even sure what the point of this post is
I guess I'm just nervous and wondering what all of your experiences have been, when you knew it was time, how it went, or alternatively if the baby is staying in your room for a while.
Re: Transitioning to the crib/bedroom?
Question: when your LO wakes up in the MOTN do you try to put them back to sleep and if it does work then feed them? If so how long do you work on putting them to bed?
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He just always hated his bassinet. No idea why. I thought maybe it was the flat surface but he will at least hang out in his crib and PNP. What a waste!
If LO is used to being swaddled in a RNP, but busts out of the swaddle in the crib, you could always try a velco swaddle sack (or I've also heard the woombie is good because it uses a zipper instead).
We started LO in the RNP in the Summer Infant swaddle me sacks, but at around 7 weeks I felt like her breathing pathway was not in an ideal position (she was grunting and snoring even more often) so back to flat on the back we went. Transition included swaddling and practice naps in both the PNP and the crib to get her used to it.
A friend also recommended we try angling her back toward the side of the PNP to make her feel more secure (so she was tilted as basically a 45 degree angle). I only felt comfortable doing that with supervision though. But after about 1-2 weeks of this transition strategy she now sleeps flat on her back in the middle of the crib all night. And the snoring has totally stopped, so I think it's a better position for her as she's gotten bigger (8 weeks, ~13 lbs now)
As far as swaddling, we swaddle her lightly and she takes her arms out mid way through the sleep. If she wakes herself up, we swaddle her again. We are hoping that she will slowly get used to it.
When is everyone stopping the swaddles? I have tried to transition them out of them and it's no bueno unless they're dog tired. They're starting to roll, does that make a difference?
About the incline -- I read something about putting rolled up blankets under the top of the mattress. We don't do it ourselves but thought I would pass along that suggestion.
Previously we had been feeding them right before naps since I did tummy time before eating and they'd throw up if we did it after eating. Now we do tummy time, eat, play on playmats (not on tummy), nap/sleep. I have been paying close attention to sleep cues (rubbing eyes, yawning) and popping them right in their cribs. They fall asleep pretty well since they are tired but their naps are much shorter than when in the RnPs. I think they miss the snugness of it, but I can't think of a way around it. I did try to keep them up a little later tonight to see if that will help with naps tomorrow.
@katekat8721 for swaddles: we had been swaddling Hugsy arms out and Mumble arms in by their preference but ditched the swaddles completely when I got worried about them flipping. They haven't rolled back to tummy yet (and I think we are still a ways off from that) but I had noticed Hugsy trying to toss the bottom half of his body over and it made me nervous. We have a couple different sleep sacks but their arms are always out.
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He's almost 11 weeks and sleeps about 10p-5a most nights. We'll be keeping him in his crib in our room to Christmas, and possibly beyond.
I'm not new. I just hate The Bump.
So I'm guessing it's time to stop swaddling. And maybe using any inclined surface since she's freaking me the eff out in there.
DS only likes his wubanub. Won't take a plain old soothie. Sigh.
She is also the kid that if we put her in a bed will ball up at the top on the pillow with her head into the headboard
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