Silly problem...phasing out basket for crib.

saraenns

My lo sleeps well these days (9-11 hrs)...in her basket in the crib. She's almost outgrown it (7months old). Naps well in crib.. but at night needs comfort if basket walls. Tried no basket and she'd wake as soon as i put her down (nurses to sleep)So short if cutting the end off ...any suggestions to weaning her out of it?
Thx ladies

LisaLisa1980

DS has been in his crib for 1 week from being in a Moses basket & he's 6.5 months. I used to do naps in there every so often but he'd wake up everytime I'd put him down. Then it just became ridiculous to keep him in the basket because he's too big/old for it. So we just started putting him in there in a Friday night because Saturday wasn't a work day for my H.

I also would play in his room for an hour everyday & let him move around in his crib so he could really see, feel & smell this new surrounding.

DS did fine in it, surprisingly. I think you just have to be confident in yourself and in her.

On the other hand, DS's sleep is getting worse & worse but that's not because of the crib. Your daughter may coincidentally be going through a sleep regression. Some babies also sleep better if they fall asleep where they will ultimately sleep. Going from your arms to the crib could be waking her as well.

Pitterpatter44

If she needs the security of the basket walls, have you thought about trying something like the baby Merlin sleep suit? Worked wonders for us when transitioning out of a swaddle, and I'm thinking it may work for you?

Also, when we moved LO from her PNP to her crib for nighttime, I used her crib sheet as a pillowcase for a week to make it smell like me. Maybe that would help the transition from your arms to crib too.

taraleanne

LisaLisa1980 said:

 I think you just have to be confident in yourself and in her. On the other hand, DS's sleep is getting worse & worse but that's not because of the crib. Your daughter may coincidentally be going through a sleep regression. Some babies also sleep better if they fall asleep where they will ultimately sleep. Going from your arms to the crib could be waking her as well.

I agree with Lisa on the above   

I don't know how she still sleeps in her basket...I had to take my son out around 3.5 months and now all he does is roll around the crib! Our transition went smooth too, I was worried he'd need the comfort of the walls of the basket too but he did ok. I put up a breathable crib bumper and placed him near the edge of the crib and sometimes he snuggles in there...

My DS is a bit younger than your DD but it sounds like you need to help her learn to fall asleep on her own after nursing. My DS does not nurse to sleep at night, even though it's the last part of the bedtime routine. He weened himself of that, so now he's put down awake most of the time. (never CIO btw) Sounds like your DD is doing the same.  Is she crying when you put her down?  Maybe it's time to help her learn to fall asleep on her own.... it won't happen overnight though, it will be something you need to have patience and persistence with.  And then there's regressions and growth spurts and things too!  Good luck! 

taraleanne

Oh yeah, and I also slept with the crib sheets for a few days so it smelled like me - maybe that helped my DS transition. Some people warm the crib with a heating pad before they put the baby in -obviously take the heating pad out before you put baby down