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moving LO to the crib tonight :(

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DD is still sleeping in her bassinett next to our bed & usually when she wakes to nurse @ night, I bring her in bed & nurse her laying down....so we both end up falling asleep & she stays in bed w/ us the rest of the night.  While I'm ok w/ bedsharing, I do feel it's time to depart from it before she gets too old & I'm always a little nervous something could happen even though most of the time I think it never could.  I know that if she's in her crib, she'll still wake to nurse during the night, but it will force me to relocate & not bring her to bed (ok maybe once in awhile if I'm really exausted).  I'm hoping she transitions well & that I don't wimp out.  I know I'm going to miss having DD so close; I just can't get enough of her. 
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Re: moving LO to the crib tonight :(

  • LouiseB2001LouiseB2001 member
    I am trying this exact thing at the moment and I have to say it is not going so well. Because DD wakes so frequently (every 1-2 hours) I often end up taking her into our bed around 4 am and then she stays there the rest of the night. She wakes up to feed, but having her close means it is so much easier. Last night DH literally fell asleep with his head on the crib rail while DD was still fussing! Neither of us have much strong will at 2 am. But I agree with you that it would be nice to transition her fairly early, for us it is about safety and comfort: we don't have a very big bed and when she starts rolling over I am worried she will fall out of bed. So far she sleeps really quiet though. Good luck with the move!
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  • terri_doula2010terri_doula2010 member

    We've been working on this for about a month. DS just started waking up every 1-2 hrs and it definitely isn't easy. My hubby and I have had to split up the night, even tho he works out of the house and I'm a SAHM. I go to the nursery the first half of the ngiht and there is a bed in there. Half the time I fall asleep nursing him in there (which doesn't really help with the whole not bed sharing thing...). The other half DH has him and will bring him into bed with me to nurse. LOL it is a slow process. We just need sleep at some point!

     

    Good luck! I definitely don't mean to worry you more. Some people have an easy time with it and I've heard a lot of mamas say that their babe didn't start sleeping thru the night til they were in their own space.

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  • RuthiVRuthiV

    Good luck!

    I love bedsharing but honestly wish we'd started putting DD in a crib earlier. By the time we started she could already pull herself up--harder to get her to settle. We just started moving her into it to start the night a few weeks ago, and last night was the first night she fell asleep in the crib (vs. falling asleep and then we move her to the crib).

    Even with bedrails, once DD started rolling, not to mention crawling, it just wasn't safe to leave her in our bed alone, which meant I was in bed with her from about 8:30 to 7. Eventually I decided I needed my evenings back!

    The NCSS suggestions are really working well for us as we move DD to a crib and try to get her sleeping longer. Glad I checked out the book before trying the crib thing for too long as I think we've managed to bypass a lot of potential frustration. For now I do still bring her to our bed when she wakes up. For us it's the best combination to get the most/best sleep, and I love the morning cuddle time!

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