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I know you cant spoil, but what about creating bad habits?

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Like letting them sleep in bed with you, letting them sleep in their swing/bouncy....etc.  DS #1 slept GREAT in his crib so I never thought anything about this.  DS #2 does ok at best in his crib and usually ends up in bed with me every morning around 4am.  I just wonder how hard this is going to make it to transition to his crib permanently. 
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Re: I know you cant spoil, but what about creating bad habits?

  • Hudson_HawkHudson_Hawk

    My doc says babies don't start developing habits until around 6 months. However, they DO develop preferences.

    Why does he end up in bed with you? Is it because you're BFing and you want a comfy feed at that time of the night? If so, then this might be a challenge that you (as opposed to him) have to overcome. If you're concerned about him getting attached to your bed in the early morning, then feed him in the nursery at night. It might take a few days for him to get used to falling asleep and going back to sleep in the crib, but he'll get it eventually.

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  • TexasLadyBugTexasLadyBug

    I think you can create habits, weather they are bad or not is a personal decision.

    Personally, DS and DD have both been in their cribs since day one home. If they are having a hard time sleeping I will or DH will stay in their room, rock them, night feedings etc... do what ever needs to be done, but we stay in their room at night to do it. 

    Your LO might have a hard time with the transition, but he may not. Kids can vary on these things so much.  

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  • mlc92404mlc92404
    Usually around 4 am he starts grunting a lot, losing the paci more, and just not sleeping as sound, so rather then go in there every half hour (some times more sometimes less) to give him the paci back I just stick him in bed so we both get some sleep.  I stay in his room as much as I can but I'd have to sleep on the floor in there if I wanted to stay (chair is NOT good to sleep in)
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  • ohiorootsohioroots member
    I have a friend who did this with her son and he didn't STTN until he was 9 months old.  If getting sleep right now is more important to you, I would say continue what you're doing, but I do believe that babies form habits/preferences this early, so if getting sleep in a couple months is important to you, I'd recomend trying to start good sleep habits now.
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