Help! Transition for RNP to crib not going well.

IBackBevo

Our transition from the RNP to the crib is going terribly. 

We tried the transition about a month or so ago, but LO would flip over and start choking.  It scared me to death.  It turned out he was getting sick with a cold/upper respiratory sickness.  With all the drainage and based on DH's research online (he is an M.D.), he felt like it was best to put him back in the RNP until he got over the sickness.  Then we all ended up sick with the cold/upper respiratory virus from hell (I was the last one to get it and I'm still a little congested even 2.5 weeks later) so the transition was put off.

Once he was well, we started the transition again.  LO is going down just fine and will sleep a few hours.  Then, usually between 2-3 a.m., he will wake up and will usually cry/scream for 20 minutes then fall back asleep for anywhere from ten minutes to an hour and then repeat the cycle over and over again throughout the rest of the night.  Prior to this, he had been STTN since he was 3 months old and is now 8.5 months.  It isn't an issue of being hungry.  We always check on him and he is fine.  We have tried comforting him. (One night the crying went on so long we finally did get up and feed him because it just wasn't ending--but he barely ate and instead just wanted to look around and play in the middle of the night.) We have also tried not comforting and letting him CIO.  Nothing seems to be working. I feel like I have a newborn again only I'm not on maternity leave and I'm having to get up and go to work the next day after only getting about 4-5 hours of sleep night after night.  LO has been great at STTN for 5 months now prior to this in the RNP.  And by STTN, I mean that he slept 10+ hours.  

Any tips or suggestions?   What we are doing is not working. 

skate88

Perhaps it is the transition from the RNP but it might just be a phase too. Or a mix of both. My DD has been STTN since 8 weeks but occassionally goes through these phases. I don't really have any suggestions or tips but if you are into CIO, be strong and I'm sure this will pass and he will go back to his regular sleep patterns in the crib. Good luck.

kateraid

I am going through something similar.  I had to stop the crib transition because DS reflux acted up again and he ended up back in his RnP.  Now he is flipping himself over in his RnP and it's getting dangerous.  His reflux is better controlled and he sleeps a few hours in his crib and then all hell breaks loose.  I have no answers but I am going to introduce a lovey and see if that helps.  Just something you could consider also.  I have the crib mattress up on an incline and towels to position him.  I have no idea what I'm going to do if this doesn't work.

Pokedot

We transitioned DS at 3 months old from the RNP to the crib so my suggestions *might* not work but here is what we did. I propped the mattress to simulate the RNP then I took 2 towels and rolled them lengthwise. I put them in a U pattern underneath the fitted sheet so one was wrapped near his head and the other by his feet. This made him feel snuggly without putting anything dangerous in the crib. I slowly removed the towels after 2-3 weeks. First the bottom, then top and lastly I lowered the crib. He's successfully sleeping in the crib since then. Also I would do the transition first then move to sleep training only because I think the 2 combined are too much for him.

We also did CIO full extinction when DS started to wake up for no reason. It took us 3 days and he puts himself to sleep at night. He's down at 7:30-8pm and up around 7:30-8am. Hope this helps!