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Sleep/Crib questions

jen-dalejen-dale member
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I've been trying to get DD to fall asleep in her crib and on her own. For a week or so I could put her down drowsy and it was fine. Then she went through 2 weeks of not sleeping well at all and I haven't been able to put her down since unless I hold her until she's out. How did you do this? When I did it the first time I think I just put her down and stayed by her crib until she fell asleep each day and gradually it got easier. WDYD? Also, we used to let her sleep with a blanket over her. I would tuck the sides under her butt. We started that after we quit the swaddle. Now she's moving a lot and loves the blanket to be up by her face, like a lovey. I took the blanket away. She's ok without it. She woke up sideways in her crib the last few days and now I'm worried about the bumper. It isn't a breathable one. Should I be worried about this and take it off? She likes to kick a lot so I'm worried about her slamming into the sides. WDYT?
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Re: Sleep/Crib questions

  • Babs022Babs022 member
    olivia still has nights when she'll need to be sound asleep before she goes in her crib for the night...im thinking it will pass soon enough. about the bumper situation, we took ours out when she started rolling and put in a breathable one- i can sleep so much better at night knowing shes more safe with that in there. i would switch it up and cut out the worrying. :)
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  • savernesaverne

    My DD doesn't go down drowsy.  These days, she doesn't go to sleep at all (haha- see post above).  There are a lot of techniques out there to get babies to fall asleep- the "no cry sleep solution" the "baby whisperer" and "cry it out", to name a few.  you may just have to do what you are comfortable with and what works for your baby. 

     Can you get a sleep sack for her so she will be covered but not have the SIDS risk?  I love Aiden and Anais sacks. 

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  • AmysMelodyAmysMelody

    I try to switch it up a little bit each night with DD.  Some nights she will fall asleep nursing and I can easily transfer her to the crib.  Other nights, she's still wide awake when she finishes nursing, and I will just put her in her crib and see what happens.  On nights like this it differs too - sometimes, she just lies there and falls asleep, most of the time though, it's five minutes or so of fussing, and then sleep.  I will usually stay just outside her door, or downstairs directly next to the monitor until she falls asleep. 

    When we stopped swaddling DD, we just let her sleep in a long sleeve footed sleeper.  So I can't help with the blanket question.  We have a regular bumper in her crib and she has no problem with it.  Right now, she's still small and she never gets close to the side of the crib.  But I think that's a personal decision.  It works for some and not for others. 

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  • pollykinzpollykinz
    my DS doesn't go down drowsy either. he did this a few times when he was super young but now he falls asleep eating & then I put him down. if he's drowsy & I put him down he starts crying & gets himself worked up & awake so it makes it worse. since he's a pretty good sleeper I don't have a problem with him being asleep when he goes in the crib, it works for us.
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