crib transition poll

PennyLane26

I know this has been asked before, but I'm just interested...

For those of you who started with LO(s) sleeping in your room, at what age did you transition them to their own room/crib? 

PennyLane26

We plan on transitioning after returning from our July 4th vacation. Grace will be 3 months old. We are ready! She has been STTN (10-12 hours!!) for almost one month now. Of course there will be bumps in the road, but it's time.

I do have a *tiny* feeling of reservation after reading so many articles encouraging co-sleeping/room sharing until 6 months to prevent SIDS, but with her sleeping so well, it seems like the right time to transition since she sleeps alone in our room from 6-11pm anyways. I mentioned it to my pedi and she seemed to agree.

ELF4321

Four months. We started by moving the bassinet into her room, next to the crib, to let her get used to the new room first. She still freaked out in the crib, until I put on a breathable bumper to block her view of the rest of the room. She had gotten used to self soothing by rubbing her hands along the mesh sides of the bassinet, so having a similar feeling bumper seemed to help.

ccam

We transitioned at 4 months.  DS was in the bassinet part of his PNP and was getting way to big - the whole bassinet part would sway every time he moved.  So we put him in the lower part of the PNP and he was just so uncomfortable.  Up more than usual and tossing and turning.  So that was the sign that it was time to transition.  We all slept better!  We sleep trained a few weeks later.

Roxie5739

I was an early bird for this one. 3 weeks and we have not had an issue thanks to the monitor next to my side of the bed

mnj05

I wanted to at a month old but DH wasn't ready, says he didn't want to walk across the house to do the MOTN feedings. We are finally moving DS next week. He's too big for the bassinet and is almost turning out of the bouncer so off he goes! He's been napping in there every day this week and has done well so I know it won't be a big deal on his end.

CallMeAl

DD lasted exactly three nights in our room. She was such a loud, grunty baby we couldn't sleep with her in the room with us. We, obviously, did it a lot earlier than is recommended by APA, but it was OK and she did fine.

Good luck!

Robeano

We are lucky cuz Hannah is such a quiet sleeper. DH recently wanted to move her, but work still needs to be done in her room. And then I found research that says you should keep them in your room till 6 months. So at 6 months we're gonna start the transition.

itsmevkb

With my first three, I had them all in their cribs right around 3 months.  Maren, however, is still in our room mainly because Sully is still in the crib and I'm worried if I put them together and she wakes up at night she'll wake him up.

queenbone

We use a bassinet in our bedroom, but usually baby ends up bed sharing with us. We Ferbered both boys at 3 mo. to the crib in the nursery for night time. They still mostly nurse napped in my arms during the day though.

pb_bride

PennyLane26:

We plan on transitioning after returning from our July 4th vacation. Grace will be 3 months old. We are ready! She has been STTN (10-12 hours!!) for almost one month now. Of course there will be bumps in the road, but it's time.

I do have a *tiny* feeling of reservation after reading so many articles encouraging co-sleeping/room sharing until 6 months to prevent SIDS, but with her sleeping so well, it seems like the right time to transition since she sleeps alone in our room from 6-11pm anyways. I mentioned it to my pedi and she seemed to agree.

Penny, I was planning to room-share for 6 months based on the AAP recommendation.  AS a result, we set up M's crib in our bedroom for that reason.  BUT, by the time M was 4 months, we (DH, I and M) were ready for him to move out.  M was getting more aware of his surroundings, so it was getting difficult to NOT wake him up at night when we went to bed, or even just turning in our sleep.  I found myself lying still MOTN afraid to turn b/c I worried I might wake M up.  

Anyway, we were going to move him right at 4 months, but 2 nights before that, M learned to roll from back to tummy (and then he'd wake up crying/screaming).  I was too nervous to move him right then w/him sleeping face down buried in the mattress.  So we waited for 2 more weeks until we felt more comfortable w/him sleeping face down before we moved him out.  

jesselayne8

We transitioned DD from the swing in the living room to the swing in her room at 2 months. Then moved her to her crib at 3 months. When she was in the living room I was on the couch.

With DS I slept on the couch with him in the RnP until 4 days ago so 3.5 wks. Now he is in his crib but I am sleeping in the bed in the nursery. Once he drops one of his night feedings I will move back to my room.

Ruthie04

Once they started sleeping 10 to 12 hours, we moved them to their room. It was all DH. I would have kept them with me until middle school.

ETA: It was somewhere between 4.5 and 5 mos.

Mr. & Mrs. Woodtick

DS transitioned from a bouncer to a crib in our room at about 3.5 months. He slept in our room though until he was about 8.8/9 months. Honestly, I wanted him in our room until he was one. I guess I am not the in the norm on this.

ChattyCathy81

at about 6 weeks and we ALL immediately started sleeping better. 

kaf7

I want to wait to 6m but two things mean we are going to do it at 4.5m when we are back from vacation... 1. The 4m sleep regression is making me unhappy. 2. I will have a week of vacation left and then am back to work full time so it will be easier for everyone especially when I am working nights to have the sleep training done. 

imoverit

One year. I couldnt part with him sooner. Lol

BabyRN2006

We are at 4 months now and none of us are ready. She either sleeps in the RnP or the swing and at least one of us is always in the same room as her. She is a great sleeper though so it hasn't been an issue yet. I suppose we will think about it around 6 months but I don't know...

hugmonkey

LO is 4 months and will be tansitioning from the pack n play bassinet next to our ed o a cib next to our bed in the next couple of weeks.  We will be keepong he in our room for the first year per aap guidelines.  

TJ1979

We waited until 6 months. She did great, I was a mess.

srveatch

TJ1979:

We waited until 6 months. She did great, I was a mess.

This exactly but she was so ready.