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Babies: 0 - 3 Months
2 month old only wants to sleep in swing
Recently my 2 month old will only sleep in his swing. I try to put him down in his crib or p'n'p and he'll wake up in a few minutes. This happens during the day and night. I'm worried that I'm getting him addicted to his swing but after trying to put him down for hours at night I gave up and put him in his swing then I move him at his next feeding. Any tips to get him to sleep somewhere else besides his swing? Anyone else going through this?
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Re: 2 month old only wants to sleep in swing
I disagree with the PP. My DD slept in her swing all she wanted for 2.5 months, sometimes even overnight.
Then at 2.5 months, I started using her crib more, but still allowing her swing. One day she just started crying in her swing, and has been sleeping in her crib for all bedtimes and naps ever since. She goes in her swing now, but never sleeps.
Your LO will be finished with the swing when they are ready, I promise.
Here's a post I wrote on sleep (in crib, from awake to sleep on own):
https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/29470977.aspx
My kids both napped in their swings until 4 and 5 months old. Every nap, every day for MONTHS. Then one day I laid DS down in his crib while I was changing DD's diaper and he fell asleep on his own. No fussing, no crying, and he slept for 3 hours straight that afternoon. He was ready for it. If I had tried before he was ready we both would have been miserable. DD followed suit about a month later, and they've been in their cribs ever since.
Your LO will not sleep in the swing forever, I promise. If that's where they're happy, then let them be. At 2 months old you're still in survival stage and you do what you have to do to have a happy mommy and baby. Try every so often to see if LO will fall asleep somewhere else, and when they're ready you'll know.
Also, does he wake up really upset, or does he just kind of fuss because he doesn't want to be in his crib? DD had bad reflux at that age, and she couldn't lay flat without being in huge amounts of pain. We had to set her crib mattress at an incline until she was about 6 months old because she would scream in pain if she was flat for longer than a few minutes.
A baby can have reflux and not show the typical signs (spitting up/throwing up), so if he's waking up like he's in pain or very very upset I'd talk to your pedi about it and see if that might be an issue.
Having your baby nap only in a swing is so inconvenient...what do you do when you are at someone's house? I love the fact that my babies sleep anywhere from a very young age.
By the way, 10 minutes later and my DS is sound asleep...he fussed for 10 minutes and probably won't wake for 4 hours. If I would have rushed in to "save him" I would probably be up for hours trying to get him to sleep in his crib too.
"save" your 7 week old.. seriously? You really are being unreasonable about this.
This!
I'll trade you the swing for me!
None of my children have wanted to sleep anywhere but on or next to me. I too was afraid of "the monster" I'd create but it never happened. He's a sweet little boy who sleeps anywhere - bed, hotel, other people's house, stroller, car, etc. without sleep props and has never ever cried at bedtime...ever. Actually, he has always been easy to put to sleep (even at 2)...I always followed his lead and let him develop good sleep associations on his own.
You do your best and follow your instinct. Luckily I have that experience under my belt b/c guess where DD is sleeping right now? On my chest. I'm not worried about it one bit.
PS - I would never ever let a 2 month old CIO...that's cruel and unnecessary.
My baby only wanted to sleep in her bouncer and she just recently has gotten out of sleeping in it. Gradually we have just started laying her in her pnp and crib and she will sleep there for a good bit without waking up....if she crys we pick her up but when she starts to doze again she is back in her pnp so she has gotten used to it a little i think. I seriously felt there would be no breaking this habit 2 weeks ago.
Good luck it's frustrating but you can break him of it!
I know someone who let their kid sleep in the swing until 4 months, with no lasting adverse effects.
I heavily rely on the glider, (my kid actually hates swings, but loves gliders), to help get my LO to sleep, but after about 30 minutes, (the time it takes for her to get in a deep sleep), I move her to the PNP. Just because I think a kid should sleep in a proper piece of sleeping furniture. But if she had trouble sleeping in a crib or PNP, then I would let her stay in the glider.