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Those that dont co-sleep...or transistioned

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HOW??

The boy sleeps in my arms all night. I do it safely and all that. But we do have one of those bedside co-sleepers that I would like him to go in, at least for part of the night.

So I tried last night. He was full and dry adn burped and fell asleep on Tony but I put him down and maybe 15 mins later he was awake and crying.

We have the soft sheet and put a rolled up towel under it (sportys trick) and have the head end slightly elevated.

He isnt a paci boy but is learning to suck his thumb! We asked for a sound machine thing for Christmas for him so hopefully we get that, if not we will buy it.

So any tips??

JLK just went to her crib one night...naps were a way harder transisition.

Oh and he naps on me Moby style or in his swing :)

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Re: Those that dont co-sleep...or transistioned

  • amyfeliceamyfelice

    We never co slept but Lele used to fall asleep on me and then I would transfer her to the co sleeper. She started waking up right away, so first we would rock the co sleeper and she would fall asleep. That stopped working, so we got the amby motion hammock and she liked that better. We also have a lot of white noise playing. The Amby can sway and rock and bounce so we used to spend a lot of time doing that until she fell asleep. Finally she stopped falling asleep on me and would just cry so I started just putting her down and letting her complain/cry for about 15-20 minutes. That usually works. If it doesn't I take her out and calm her down (singing, blowdryer, nurse, etc) and try again, Eventually it works. I used to swaddle her too and we just recently stopped that. Now we are in sleep sacks. 

    Another thing is to try to make sure he isn't overtired. This is the hard part I think, because once they start showing sleepy signs they are usually overtired and that makes them much more irritable. So decreased activity is the first sign. If I get her at the right time she barely fusses at all just talks to herself for five minutes, sucks her fingers and falls asleep. If I wait too long she cries and it takes longer.  

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  • That's~Mrs.StephanieThat's~Mrs.Stephanie
    I did co sleep for the first 6 months.  I found that in order to lay DS down I had to have him asleep for a while.  My brother calls it the drop test, pick up his arm/hand and drop it, if he wakes or fidgets he's not ready to be layed down yet.  IT usually took DS about 45 min - 1 hour to get to this point.
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  • MrsEmmMrsEmm
    I never co-slept with B. But I would put her in the moses basket right next to me swaddled. Do you swaddle? I also did a lot of shushing if she was restless. after a bit of shushing she usually fell asleep after eating. We followed the EASY schedule. I would also make sure I warmed up the mattress before laying her down.?
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  • everydayeveeverydayeve
    We stopped co-sleeping at about the same age that J is now. The swaddle was a life-saver. I don't know if J likes to be swaddled, but it made out transition so much easier. We also used a microwavable rice pad to warm up the crib mattress before we laid her down and we put her down asleep. If she woke up 15 minutes later, we started from scratch. It's probably not the ideal, but it worked for us at the time.
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