This whole transitioning to the crib is for the birds.

franceshouseman · June 2011

I swear, it's getting worse each night. It took me until 10 to get him down, he was up at 12:30, 3:00, 4:30 and I finally put him in bed with us. then he slept till just now. It does get better, right?

LittleGus · June 2011

It does! Have you tried not putting him in bed with you? I know every baby is so different, but when we were transitioning, I kept putting her back where she was used to (the carseat) for the first few nights because I was exhausted and sick of it. When I finally bit the bullet and said enough and just kept putting her back in her crib she finally got it.

He might be waking up in anticipation of returning to your bed where he has been this whole time, kwim? If he realizes it isn't going to happen, he'll be fine. (I hope)

Good luck! I know its hard.

franceshouseman · June 2011

LittleGus:
It does! Have you tried not putting him in bed with you? I know every baby is so different, but when we were transitioning, I kept putting her back where she was used to (the carseat) for the first few nights because I was exhausted and sick of it. When I finally bit the bullet and said enough and just kept putting her back in her crib she finally got it.

He might be waking up in anticipation of returning to your bed where he has been this whole time, kwim? If he realizes it isn't going to happen, he'll be fine. (I hope)
Good luck! I know its hard.

I know I shouldn't bring him to bed, but he was screaming and I couldn't get him to calm down. His room is right next to Morgans so I'm paranoid he's gonna wake her too. Honestly, if I knew getting him in his bed would be so hard I would have never put him in our bed.

LittleGus · June 2011

franceshouseman:
LittleGus:
It does! Have you tried not putting him in bed with you? I know every baby is so different, but when we were transitioning, I kept putting her back where she was used to (the carseat) for the first few nights because I was exhausted and sick of it. When I finally bit the bullet and said enough and just kept putting her back in her crib she finally got it.

He might be waking up in anticipation of returning to your bed where he has been this whole time, kwim? If he realizes it isn't going to happen, he'll be fine. (I hope)
Good luck! I know its hard.
I know I shouldn't bring him to bed, but he was screaming and I couldn't get him to calm down. His room is right next to Morgans so I'm paranoid he's gonna wake her too. Honestly, if I knew getting him in his bed would be so hard I would have never put him in our bed.

Yeah but how could you have known. I'm sorry dear! I hope it gets better soon. Sleep issues are exhausting

pepomntpat · June 2011

franceshouseman:
LittleGus:
It does! Have you tried not putting him in bed with you? I know every baby is so different, but when we were transitioning, I kept putting her back where she was used to (the carseat) for the first few nights because I was exhausted and sick of it. When I finally bit the bullet and said enough and just kept putting her back in her crib she finally got it.

He might be waking up in anticipation of returning to your bed where he has been this whole time, kwim? If he realizes it isn't going to happen, he'll be fine. (I hope)
Good luck! I know its hard.
I know I shouldn't bring him to bed, but he was screaming and I couldn't get him to calm down. His room is right next to Morgans so I'm paranoid he's gonna wake her too. Honestly, if I knew getting him in his bed would be so hard I would have never put him in our bed.

Have you tried the crib in your room? When we transitioned Ro we started with the crib in our room and we also started with just naps in the crib. Once she had naps down, we moved to night in the crib. Then we moved it to her own room. The first two nights were hard, but the third night she slept 8 hours (probably exhausted from all the sleep fighting) and now she sleeps five, wakes to eat and then four to five more.

It really does work best if you are consistent though. Even if for the first few nights you are up every hour, the more consistent you are the easier it will be. If you keep letting him in your room, you are just confusing your baby.

rg8482 · June 2011

pepomntpat:
franceshouseman:
LittleGus:

It does! Have you tried not putting him in bed with you? I know every baby is so different, but when we were transitioning, I kept putting her back where she was used to (the carseat) for the first few nights because I was exhausted and sick of it. When I finally bit the bullet and said enough and just kept putting her back in her crib she finally got it.

He might be waking up in anticipation of returning to your bed where he has been this whole time, kwim? If he realizes it isn't going to happen, he'll be fine. (I hope)

Good luck! I know its hard.

I know I shouldn't bring him to bed, but he was screaming and I couldn't get him to calm down. His room is right next to Morgans so I'm paranoid he's gonna wake her too. Honestly, if I knew getting him in his bed would be so hard I would have never put him in our bed.

Have you tried the crib in your room? When we transitioned Ro we started with the crib in our room and we also started with just naps in the crib. Once she had naps down, we moved to night in the crib. Then we moved it to her own room. The first two nights were hard, but the third night she slept 8 hours (probably exhausted from all the sleep fighting) and now she sleeps five, wakes to eat and then four to five more.

It really does work best if you are consistent though. Even if for the first few nights you are up every hour, the more consistent you are the easier it will be. If you keep letting him in your room, you are just confusing your baby.

Definitely try the crib in your room.

The reason we started transitioning E to the crib was because she fell off our bed on Friday night. I'm anti-sleep training and anti-CIO so my H took the lead because I couldn't bare it. It was tough for me the first 2 nights but after that, she started fussing a little bit on Monday and for the first time last night she slept for 7 hours (9pm to 4:12am), so it does get better.

If you can, try putting LO down for naps in the crib too. We also did that over the weekend and having the crib in your room let's LO know that he's not alone.

E just fusses because she wants to come to our bed but she's getting more comfortable in her own space each day and she knows that we're right beside her because she can see us. Good luck!

franceshouseman · June 2011

LittleGus:
franceshouseman:
LittleGus:
It does! Have you tried not putting him in bed with you? I know every baby is so different, but when we were transitioning, I kept putting her back where she was used to (the carseat) for the first few nights because I was exhausted and sick of it. When I finally bit the bullet and said enough and just kept putting her back in her crib she finally got it.

He might be waking up in anticipation of returning to your bed where he has been this whole time, kwim? If he realizes it isn't going to happen, he'll be fine. (I hope)
Good luck! I know its hard.
I know I shouldn't bring him to bed, but he was screaming and I couldn't get him to calm down. His room is right next to Morgans so I'm paranoid he's gonna wake her too. Honestly, if I knew getting him in his bed would be so hard I would have never put him in our bed.

Yeah but how could you have known. I'm sorry dear! I hope it gets better soon. Sleep issues are exhausting

They really are! I feel like a crazy person because I never dealt with them with Morgan. She was an amazing sleeper.

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