I want to cry

WildcatPrincess

My baby is in her crib for the first time overnight and I'm so paranoid I'm not going to hear her when she wakes up, I don't like the separation!  We started crib naps in January and it was going awesome, but her night sleep was getting progressively worse.  She was spending more time in our bed than the PnP and none of us sleep well that way.  We figured sleep was already so bad trying the crib couldn't hurt....she has been down since 7 (it's now midnight) and there hasn't been a peep yet.  I'm happy she's sleeping for a change!! but going to bed in a babyless room makes me all teary ::sniff::

LouiseB2001

Orh, I know exactly what you mean, we transferred DD to her own room, in her crib full time about a week ago. I miss her so much during the night. But on the upside we are all sleeping much better now. She slept until 2.30am last night, from 7pm, the longest stretch ever. She used to always wake up by 11pm the latest and then 4-5 times during the night. Last night she woke up only twice. I still bring her into bed in the morning though where we lie and snuggle before getting up. Can you do that at least? Don't worry, you will hear her, mommy's instincts. I have woken up easily each time :-)

HappyMommy28

I'm not looking forward to this!  My bed is to much of a hazard for me to feel comfortable letting LO sleep with us.  Far from the wall, pillowtop mattress, and wide spaces in the headboard.  Right now I'm sleeping on a twin bed with LO in a bassinet.

Harper'smom

DD is 2 and I was just telling DH that I miss her being in our room. She's always come back in to bed around 4 or 5am but I can still picture her teeny tiny glow worm face next to the bed. You may not sleep so great but I hope she does. Btw my DD has the jammies in your siggy, so cute :-).

StrawberryAlarmClock

Oh no. I'm dreading this. As it is, I only get 2-3 hours with DS after work. I don't want to give up BSing but I know some day it must happen. I'm sorry you're bummed but good for you for making the best decision or your family!

WildcatPrincess

LouiseB2001:

Orh, I know exactly what you mean, we transferred DD to her own room, in her crib full time about a week ago. I miss her so much during the night. But on the upside we are all sleeping much better now. She slept until 2.30am last night, from 7pm, the longest stretch ever. She used to always wake up by 11pm the latest and then 4-5 times during the night. Last night she woke up only twice. I still bring her into bed in the morning though where we lie and snuggle before getting up. Can you do that at least? Don't worry, you will hear her, mommy's instincts. I have woken up easily each time :-)

Yes, the best part this morning was DH was up getting ready for work and heard her first, so I got a happy, clean diaper baby plopped in bed with me this morning   She slept 7-7 with one feeding!  It may have been a fluke because she was tired from not sleeping at all the night before, but I hope it holds.

LouiseB2001

WildcatPrincess:

LouiseB2001:

Orh, I know exactly what you mean, we transferred DD to her own room, in her crib full time about a week ago. I miss her so much during the night. But on the upside we are all sleeping much better now. She slept until 2.30am last night, from 7pm, the longest stretch ever. She used to always wake up by 11pm the latest and then 4-5 times during the night. Last night she woke up only twice. I still bring her into bed in the morning though where we lie and snuggle before getting up. Can you do that at least? Don't worry, you will hear her, mommy's instincts. I have woken up easily each time :-)

Yes, the best part this morning was DH was up getting ready for work and heard her first, so I got a happy, clean diaper baby plopped in bed with me this morning   She slept 7-7 with one feeding!  It may have been a fluke because she was tired from not sleeping at all the night before, but I hope it holds.

Wonderful! I certainly hope it is not a fluke but unfortunately here we have one really good night and one bad night, repeat. Last night she was up every second hour as she used to and was really difficult to get back down because I am trying not to feed her each time (down to 2 feedings per night). We let her cry a bit in her crib but stay in the room. And when she woke up at 6 she did not want to go back to sleep, so I brought her to bed and snuggled and she seemed very happy. It is such a tough balance between snuggle time and wanting to make sure she sleeps well.

BlindysWife

StrawberryAlarmClock:

Oh no. I'm dreading this. As it is, I only get 2-3 hours with DS after work. I don't want to give up BSing but I know some day it must happen. I'm sorry you're bummed but good for you for making the best decision or your family!

This is me. Linus sleeps in the PnP next to our bed, and I sometimes bring him into the bed with us after his 4am-ish feeding. People keep asking me why I don't want to move him to his nursery/crib yet. I just miss him too much!

OP- definitely look on the bright side that LO slept so great! Hopefully it will continue!

mmmhilary

In all honesty, I think that Dixon could sleep fine in his room at this point.  BUTIMNOTREADYYYYYYY!!!  He fell asleep at 6:30 once in his crib (where he naps) and he decided that it was bedtime and not a nap.  I though about waking him, but in the end we let him do his first stretch in the crib, with me glued to the video monitor.  I was a wreck.  I know how you feel; I missed him so much!