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Crazy: transition to the crib
the only thing that worked for us, since we were co-sleeping. is first we started with naps:
first nap in her own crib, then the rest of the naps her "regular" place, then after 3 days of that, add another nap to her crib. once all the naps are in her crib then we moved on to bed time.
we would put her down in her crib, first "real" waking she came to bed with us, after 3-4 nights of that, we went to the second waking she came to bed with us... and so on untill she was just in her crib all night.
if you are not co-sleeping, and she's just in a PNP or bassinet in your room, you can do the same thing, just bring her to your room at the right waking.
the key is the bedtime routine, keep it the same as you have been doing, just move it to her room. ALL of it should be done in her room if possible (i understand she can't take a bath in her room, but you can dry her off, etc. in there. )
DD slept better once she was in her room all night, she went from 3-4 wakings a night to 1-2 and in almost no time she was sleeping 12 hours w/o waking at all. We waited a long time to transition her since her room is down a flight of stairs, so every waking means i go up/down the stairs to see/get her. it was hard on us in the beginning, and we used the monitor till she was fully in her room, then we would only go and check on her if her cries would wake us w/o the monitor. Now we all sleep much better.
good luck... if it doesn't seem to be working, keep at it. repitition is the key, if you keep changing things its harder for them to understand, so once you start something its 100% easier to continue on than keep changing it. (even tho it may not seem like it at the time.)
feel free to page me (here, on the SAL board or on the EFF board) if you need any help. 
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Re: Crazy: transition to the crib
that one just takes time... are you waking up because you think you hear her? or just worried that something is wrong and you aren't there to watch her?
if you're just worried about things like SIDS and her rolling over or if she's still breathing... you can always get a video monitor, or just set up a web-cam in her room and a laptop in your room so you can watch her when you are worried... but honestly it passes... like everything else with "us" (SAL gals) its always worry worry worry... lol
Melsie, when did you do this transition? How old was your baby?
she was about 3 months old, it was right before she was rolling over efficiently.
https://anewmomisborn.blogspot.com/2008/03/asleep-in-crib.html
its sad, but i had to go look at my blog to remember how old she was! lol mom-nesia for the WIN!