Going back in time..crib question..

crene84

Hope you don't mind.  DS' birth month board is never as responsive.

With DD, I put her in the crib at 5 months and she was already STTN (on her tummy) for like 12 hours..no issues.  But with DS, I have not been able to transfer him yet.  I've tried some naps, and even one night time, but he immediately wakes up and rolls over..gets upset and cries.  I am not real comfortable putting him on his tummy from the start yet as I don't feel he's as strong as DD was at 5 months, but I did try it for a nap once to see what he'd do.  He woke up after only a few minutes upset.

So, he does night time in his rock n play and nap time in his swing.  I am not thrilled with this since he's 5 months old and I know it isn't the recommended way for them to sleep.  

Did any of you have this problem?  If so, did you just make them get used to the crib even if it meant no sleep for you (and baby) for a while?  Or did there naturally come a point where they were happy sleeping on their tummy and that's when you transferred?

Thanks soo much!

watercolor5

With DD1 we got her used to naps in the crib first- it was a struggle, since she wasn't as used to sleeping flat, so sounds a bit like your DS.  Once she napped in the crib without waking up and crying after a couple minutes, we had her sleep there for the night.  It might actually be easier to try him in there for the night though, since they seem to get to sleep more deeply when they go down for the night.  Not sure that helps, just wanted to say it's a common transition to struggle with.

DD2 will be 5 months on the 30th.  We still have her in the pnp in our room, and are waiting for DD1's twin mattress to arrive.  I don't know which transition to dread more, but we'll probably get DD1 settled into the twin before we try to move DD2 over to the crib.  Ugh, I sense some sleepless nights in my future!

ETA: I didn't put her down on her tummy until she rolled there on her own- just got her used to the crib with persistence!

bosha711

Have you tried swaddling & rolling up receiving blankets & tucking them on either side of him? Basically trying to mimic the snugness of the RNP/swing in the crib.

redneckmomma25

We moved from the rnp to the pnp at 5months. She was still in our room because her crib was upstairs and still woke multiple times a night for her pacifier. I tried to do naps in the pnp before transition with no luck so I just stopped cold turkey. Then transitioned to crib at 7.5mo.

crene84

Yea...DS will fall asleep flat if he's really tired playing on the floor or something, but it's rare.  I think it's mostly because of rolling over, having extra space, etc.  When playing, he rolls over almost instantly and then seems frustrated most times (even though he does know how to roll back over, not sure why he doesn't more often)..

I read that you shouldn't try to prevent them from rolling over with a wedge, blankets, etc because of SIDS but I've thought about it.  

LyndseylovesHugh

When we transitioned dd from the RNP she hated that the crib was flat so I rolled a towel and put it under the mattress so it was at an angle. Then every few days I unrolled the towel a bit so the mattress slowly got lowered to a flat surface. It worked great, we didn't have an issue with her in the crib once we did that.

crene84

I don't think he cares about the angle so much as it's just that if he's flat and has space, he'll roll over and then he gets upset.  The only thing to prevent that is the wedge/blankets around him idea, but then why not just leave him in the RNP? Hmm..

AKB090609

DD could never be put in the crib asleep, she had to fall asleep in there on her own, I want to say we started trying around 5 months. As far as naps went she napped in the swing until 9 months.

Holly_1007

I didn't read all the responses. We eventually did CIO around 7 months to get him sleeping in his crib consistently, we just kind of winged it until then. I would start with naps.

miss50

crene84 said:

I don't think he cares about the angle so much as it's just that if he's flat and has space, he'll roll over and then he gets upset.  The only thing to prevent that is the wedge/blankets around him idea, but then why not just leave him in the RNP? Hmm..

This will get him in the environment. Extended swaddle really did help with the crib transition. Bosha had excellent advice.

crene84

LyndseylovesHugh said:

When we transitioned dd from the RNP she hated that the crib was flat so I rolled a towel and put it under the mattress so it was at an angle. Then every few days I unrolled the towel a bit so the mattress slowly got lowered to a flat surface. It worked great, we didn't have an issue with her in the crib once we did that.

Thank you by the way!  He is now in the crib!  I put two towels under it for a few nights and took one out last night. I'll take the other one out soon.  Great suggestion, yay!