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what other suggestions did people have about getting B out of your bed and into her crib?  MH doesn't like the idea of the mattress on the floor (plus it presents a whole host of other problems, like where to store the stuff that's under our bed!).  We don't want to CIO either.
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  • Married2MrWrightMarried2MrWright member
    Ooh, I'll be watching this post too.  That said, I like having Libby in bed with us, but it's starting to get cramped (we only have a queen) and now that she's mobile I worry about her safety.
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    For the mattress thing, we took Bella's mattress OUT of her crib and put it on HER floor and I slept on a sleeping bag next to it. Not comfortable for me, but I was desperate so I did it... it failed! 

    Other suggestions: 1)  put her to sleep awake but drowsy in her crib and go in to console her every few minutes (the first time after 3 mins, then after 7 mins, then after 12 mins, making the amt of mins longer each time) until she fell asleep. Only consoling her by talking to her or patting her. The thought was that then she would know I hadn't just left her.

    2)put her to sleep when she was asleep and then if she woke up to go in and console her but not pick her up.

    3) create a better bedtime routine. Ours was a bit random depending on the night. Now it is eat dinner, cuddle or play quietly together, change diaper, change into pj's, nurse or have milk from the sippy. Cuddle for a minute. Tell her I love her and then put her in her crib still awake.  I feel like this really helped us a lot! So I attribute part of it to create this routine nightly.

    4) let her CIO. Which I was COMPLETELY against. I will say, I ended up partially doing this. She was going down just fine, but she STILL wanted to nurse between 2 -4 am... I was tired and couldn't do it anymore, so at 12 months (yes that's ONE year!!!), I would go in, change her diaper, then cuddle her for a few mins then put her back. That did not work, she cried for milk! So Dh had to go in and do that for a few nights. Then we eventually just let her fuss, she never full out screamed, more just fussed. It lasted 3 nights and each night was much shorter. Now she'll wake up, whimper for a few seconds and then fall back asleep.

    5) encourage the use of a "lovey". She finally latched on to one at 12 months old. A little pig my brother bought her. She also LOVES her glow worm and a stuffed bunny that was mine. I let her sleep with all three. At any point in the night she wakes up, she cuddles one of them and goes back to sleep. I think has helped too. During the day she LOVES her little pig though, it's her favorite!!

    6) sit by her crib and console her by voice and each night scoot further away (closer to the door) and console only with my voice. 

    That's all I can think of right now!

    Basically she ended up out of our bed because one night she fell off the bed and hit the floor. SHe fell on a pile of clothes but she cried and I felt horrible. I think I cried harder than she did. In the end, I loved snuggling with her but I wanted and needed her to be safe and it was no longer safe to be co-sleeping for us.

     Good luck! It's a hard transition for mom's and babies! 

      

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