Crib transition advice

Maizey06

Our pediatrician recommended we have DD in her crib by 4 months which is Dec. 20. She has been sleeping in the RnP. I have tried the crib before with little success but never pushed it.

Tonight we are going on over 2 hours of trying to get her to sleep in the crib. I have it at a slight incline and also made a U shape witb a towel with her feet at the bottom. Either she wakes up and cries the minute we put her down or will only sleep for 10 minutes. Once we pick her up to rock again she falls asleep immediately.

How long should we try in a single night? Any other advice to help with the transition?

DemoDoll

I'm glad you posted this. We are going through the same thing and I am looking for answers. We are having no success because we have a sick baby. Having the 4 day weekend seemed like the perfect time to try to transition but we can barely get her to sleep even in the RnP. Hope you have better luck!

xxbabycakesxx

Why does your pedi recommend Lo be in the crib by 4 months? Is it cause the RnP will be too small? Sorry, I've just never used a RnP before and I'm not familiar with them.

I'm not sure if you'll be comfortable with this but with B we put rolled up receiving blankets on both sides of him which I guess makes him feel like we're still holding him. Hes been in a crib since the beginning and has been sttn for a few weeks now.

When Ds1 was a baby we put a rolled up receiving blanket on one side of him cause he preferred to sleep on his side. He slept in a crib since the beginning and sttn after sleep training at 5 months.

Does your Lo sleep swaddled?

WhimsyGirl14

I'll preface this with the fact that DD slept in a bassinet initially that was flat and didn't move, so we weren't transitioning from a RnP.

First night took longer to get her to sleep in crib, because the mattress did make different noises etc. The biggest difference for me was that if she's not full, she'll wake up within 1015 minutes. So I feed her until she unlatches and then put her into bed. Sometimes she'd lazy eat, and I'd put her to bed even though I knew she'd be up. Then she would focus and eat, and I could put her down.

Not sure if this helps, but hopefully. We now change where she sleeps. Sometimes she sleeps in crib, sometimes in pack n play in our room, just has to be completely fed, so she can pass out.

jessalynn521

I would recommend starting with naps in the crib if possible (I am not sure if you are working or SAH) That is where we started and got him used to the crib and then once he was used to it for naps we moved him there at night and he was completely cool with it, because he was already used to it.

I did want to note too that he started in a bassinet which was flat instead of a RnP. If you can't do it for naps due to working, see if he can nap where he is for care in a PnP to get him used to the flat surface for sleeping. I would try the transition a couple hours at a time if he is really struggling with it (like 3 hours for a couple of nights and progressing upward every couple of nights) 

Buona Fortuna

I transitioned DS from a swing to crib - he too would wake up as soon as his body touched the crib mattress. I ended up putting one of those super soft minky blankets under his crib sheet. The first night I tried that he slept all night. Don't know if that will work for everyone but it was like magic for us.

Bemyselfandi

I'm so sorry you're having problems. We didn't have a rnp so our transition was easier. She sleeps her first part of the might in the crib. Usually from 8 to 4 or 6. Somewhere in there. Then we put her in the pnp in our room.
If I were you I'd take all that stuff off thecrib. No incline no towel thing. Just her crib and her. Get a crib soother or the seahorse or something. If you stick to it she'll start sleeping well in there.