Is my 5mth old the only one still not sleeping in his crib??

blessedinthewest · May 2010

We still have him in his bassinett in our room. It is a pack n play bassinett. With him still waking up about 2-3x per night we haven't attempted crib yet. Plus I really like having him close by. As I think about this I really thing we MUST immediately start putting him in crib for naps. MIL watches him in the mornings and unfortunately it is hard to get her on board...she either holds him or puts him on couch for his 2 AM naps....

bakermommy10 · May 2010

We're working on the crib as best we can. Today is the 2nd am nap in there, which is awesome. Our LO fights sleep so much though we often have to still turn to the swing which we both hate...

ericanandy · May 2010

We do naps in cribs or swing (that's daycare not me, but I make them do 1 nap a day in the crib at least) and initial falling asleep in crib. Then when we go to bed around 11:00 I nurse him and then bring him to either our bed or his packnplay beside our bed.

I just said to DH this morning that maybe we will try the crib all night tonight...... but now I'm not thinking so much that will happen tonight.

kcisthebombdotcom · May 2010

My 5 month old hasn't even taken a nap in his crib. We've come a long way though-he wouldn't sleep laying flat in the beginning because he had reflux, so he was in the carseat for a while to sleep until we bought the fisher price rock n play sleeper. We've been able to transition him to his bassinet in the past week (praise jesus, the kid can finally sleep laying flat without screaming in pain), we're going to move the bassinet into his own room this weekend, and probably start naps in the crib next week.

Vuja_de · May 2010

We JUST started working on him sleeping in his room in his crib and I am a walking zombie! He now wakes up 2x a night and I have my ear glued to the monitor, I think I wake up every hour out of a dead sleep to make sure he is still breathing. I usually bring him into bed with us after he wakes up for the second time at 2am

Natesmom05 · May 2010

I just moved my 4.5 month old to a crib this week. She's actually slept a ton better. From waking up 3x a night to waking up once or not at all. I think that's partially b/c we have 2 other kids who are loud & would wake her up when she was in our room.

ReniaB · May 2010

I'm a lurker on this board. I am so happy to see your post. I thought I was the only one that still had my 4 month old sleeping in a PNP in my room and still waking up 2-3x per night. I just can't seem to put him in his crib as his room is on a different floor than ours and with him still waking up it's just easier having him next to me. I am so jealous of the moms that have babies STTN.

ericanandy · May 2010

ReniaB:
I'm a lurker on this board. I am so happy to see your post. I thought I was the only one that still had my 4 month old sleeping in a PNP in my room and still waking up 2-3x per night. I just can't seem to put him in his crib as his room is on a different floor than ours and with him still waking up it's just easier having him next to me. I am so jealous of the moms that have babies STTN.

Also this is our reason as well. His bedroom is on the first floor and ours is upstairs.

ella.mabel · May 2010

I plan on keeping DD in our room for as long as she is not STTN and i'm still breastfeeding. It's easier, plus i just like it. She naps in a crib at daycare, so i'm hoping there won't be a problem when we eventually make the transition.

mrs_sherod · May 2010

Heck no...not only that...we bed share! I do put him in his crib about 4am when he wakes up for his last feeding before I get up for work. He does well sleeping in there. I need to just let go and put him in there more often. The night time feedings is a small part of why he isn't in his crib.

coastiewifey88 · May 2010

My DD is almost 5 months and she won't be sleeping in her crib until she's 6 month old. The only reason for this is because our bedroom is upstairs and her bedroom is down stairs, and we are going to be moving soon (July 1st) and both of our bedrooms will be on the same level. I didnt like the set up of our condo, so thats why DD is still sleeping in our room.

My DD i still waking up 2-3x's a night too. I think I read some where its because babies who are constantly being put to sleep by being held or w/ a bottle don't know how to put themselves back to sleep w/out that stuff. I am guilty of putting DD to sleep at the breast, sometimes I'll get lucky and be able to put her to sleep w/out anything, I just need to try it more often, and I need to start getting her to take naps in her crib that way she gets use to it for when we do move. Good luck. I just wanted to let you know you weren't the only one!

Shana051008 · May 2010

Tori is younger, but last night was the first time I was able to get her to sleep in the crib and through the night!! We gave her a bath and bottle. After she was done we put her on the boppy on the ottoman in the living room where she fell asleep. Ten minutes later I moved her with the boppy into the crib. I know you aren't supposed to let them sleep on the boppy unattented, but I did for an hour last night, checking her often of course. When I went to bed I removed the boppy and she was out the rest of the night!

lovebug630 · May 2010

Nope, you're not alone! I'm a worrier, and when I read that the risk of SIDS decreases when LO sleeps in the same room for the first six months, that was it for me. She's still in the co-sleeper. She's a great sleeper, though (with the exception of the hateful 4 month wakeful:)

We're going to the beach in three weeks, so she'll have to sleep in the PNP there. I'm nervous because she's never slept in it before. She took some catnaps in the bassinet part when she was a few days old (that's where we originally planned for her to sleep). She wasn't having it, though.

Guess we need to try her out for a night or two in the PNP. We've all been sick around here, and I've had a concussion, so it hasn't exactly been one of my priorities. I'm sad when I think of her not sleeping in the room with us:( Guess we'll be going to the crib after vacation. Crying

PinkMnM26 · May 2010

My LO sleeps in the PNP and in bed with me still. I don't feel bad. I will miss it when he actually goes to sleep in the nursery.

He still wakes up multiple times at night. My biggest bargaining chip with my dh is that the dog still sleeps in our room too:)

Meesh10 · May 2010

This is just a suggestion from a mom whose little one has slept in her crib in her room since day one. We bought the angel care monitor that detects if the baby stops breathing after a few seconds and that has really put my mind at ease. Her bedroom is right across the hall so we are lucky about that but if you don't have one and are thinking of moving LO to the crib I would definitely suggest it. Good luck ladies!

4maddison · May 2010

I would say my LO sleeps about 40% in the crib and 60% in our bed. I don't mind though, I know these days will be over before we know it so I like her close. I really don't understand why parents are in such a rush to put their kids in cribs in rooms all alone. Enjoy it, it won't last forever.

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