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August 2011 Moms
AnnaRedhead
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I don't know what to do!!! HELP!
AnnaRedhead
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I feel like I'm at my whits end...I've been transitioning Colin from his RnP to his crib for the past two and a half weeks now and it has SUCKED. Of course just like every other baby on the planet he was sleeping great in his RnP and now in his crib he is waking up every 45 min. I am getting NO SLEEP. I mean literally I will go an entire night without sleeping. By the time I finally drift off to sleep for 5 min he's crying again. I feel like I'm getting depressed from no sleep and I also feel like I could collapse several times throughout the day.
I just don't know what to do! I only started this transition now bc he seems like he's getting a bit too long for the RnP. He's totally within the 25 pound weight limit. My crazy MIL is also convinced the RnP is some sort of torture device and has begged me to move him to his crib. Should I just move him back to the RnP until he's closer to 6 months and I feel more comfortable letting him CIO? I know that's what it's going to take to get him to sleep in his crib! I don't think I can go on much longer with no sleep! I'm losing it!!
He's probably a freaking stomach sleeper! I've never even tried it...my MIL put him on his stomach for a nap one day when I wasn't home and he slept for 4 hours she said. He'd probably sleep great on his stomach in his crib but I'm of course terrified of SIDS. Any tummy sleepers on this board? Should I try it?
Ugh I don't know what to do! Any advice would be amazing!!
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Re: I don't know what to do!!! HELP!
Have you tried putting blankets under the mattress to put it on an incline to mimic the RNP? I would try swaddling and putting the mattress on an incline to see if that helps. They sell a wedge at BRU if you want to try that rather than a wedge.
If you have tried this, you could try belly sleeping and get a Snuza or an Angelcare monitor. DS is a belly sleeper (first time I'm admitting this on here). He would not sleep any other way including in the RNP. So we got the Angelcare monitor and follow every SIDS recommendation like no bumpers, no blankets, and a fan in the room. GL
Anna, I'm in the same boat as you.. only I haven't tried making him to go his crib for that long. For my own sanity, I still let him sleep in his RnP. Everytime I put him in his crib it ends in screaming. Asleep, awake, lights on/off, with a toy, mattress up on one side, blankets underneathe to mimic RnP..I've tried it all. One thing I have tried that I've had some success with is in the mornings I change and feed him and hold him while he falls back to sleep and then put him in his crib. The longest stretch I've gotten in 35 minutes. Somedays it works, today it didn't. During the day I also put him in his crib for a few minutes with a toy. He's usually ok for a couple mins, then screams.. I also started putting him in his crib every morning while I shower, sometimes he is ok, sometimes he is screaming when I'm done. GL..I'm dreading moving to the crib, it's going to be horrible for us too.
Sorry for your lack of sleep but as my nurse friend told me, "Put that baby on his tummy and let him sleep!". He is exhausted from no sleep as well. I know everyone scares the begeezus out of us regarding SIDS and it is a real thing but we have an Angelcare monitor, breathable bumpers and nothing else in his crib. He sleeps like a champ and has been like that since he was 3 wks old. Try giving him a supervised nap on his tummy, if he sleeps then invest in the monitor and give it a whirl. Apparently habits begin forming now (3 mo) so getting him out of the RnP sooner than later is going to be better. You don't really want to have to make him CIO if all you have to do is let him sleep a way he might feel more comfortable.
Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving.
Saw this on FB after I read your post. It's all about following your intuition. Thought it was fitting to share.
https://www.letthebabydrive.com/letthebabydrive/YOUR_INTUITIVE_VOICE.html
Thanks everyone for your advice! I have literally tried everything under the sun...swaddling, no swaddling, I've tried a wedge at the head of the crib...I've even mimicked the RnP with two receiving blankets rolled up to for a little "nest". Nothing has worked!!!!!
I agree...this is not healthy for either of us to have such little sleep. Something has to give here. I think I may put him back in the RnP at night and see if he can sleep on his tummy for naps in his crib. If that works I think I may invest in a monitor and try it at night. I REALLY don't want to do CIO! Anything I can do to avoid that I'll try. THanks again ladies. You are all awesome and it helps to know I'm not completely alone:)
After a couple nights of trying to transition LO into her crib, I gave in and put her back in her napper. I know how you feel. It sucks for both mom and baby to not get any or very little sleep. I'd say go ahead and put him back in the RnP until he outgrows it fully. Maybe just try to get him to nap in the crib during the day and go from there.
My LO is starting to turn onto her side when I put her in the napper. It worries me because sometimes her face is right up against the side of the napper. I always have to check to make sure I have her head moved away from the side. Our days in the napper are getting numbered now. My next step is the bassinet of the Pack n Play for a few weeks, then eventually move to the crib.
Good luck! Just put him back in the RnP tonight and get some rest!
I could have written this exactly. We plan on transitioning to his crib over Christmas as hubby will be home with me but not looking forward to it at all.
I hope your little one gives you a break soon.
My LO wakes up every sleep cycle (45 min) when she is flat on her back. It all started for us at 8w in her bassinet (raised mattress); desperate, we started her on reflux med and it passed (she had additional symptoms of silent reflux). Then it started again at near 11w when we transitioned her to the crib (flat mattress). Yes, if we put her on her belly she sleeps through - we did so for supervised naps. During the night, I did paci runs until 3am and then DH would do them until morning. At 14w after another sleepless night (up every 45 to 60 min), I gave in and am now placing her on her stomach to sleep the night --- and she does, like a charm (10 hrs, with one BF interruption).
My pedi said it would be ok to put her on her stomach unsupervised when she can roll; she hasn't even attempted to roll, but she's been so great at TT since the beginning that with precautions I'm relatively comfortable taking this risk. I suppose I could have increased her reflux med (she's on 1/4 dose) or propped up the crib mattress, but... well... I apparently believe the SIDS risk is less than the other efforts.
Wishing you find what works for you all --- you both need your sleep!
TTC#1 2003, 5 angels above, IVF-PGS-FET, DD b. Aug-2011
TTC#2 2012/13? FET
We had DS sleeping in our bed when he first came home in a co-sleeper. The transition was a little hard at first. We had tried just doing naps in his crib for the first couple weeks, he still wasn't too happy about it and it was some work but dealing with the crying during the day is a little easier during the day then at night. Eventually for him to be comfortable to sleep in his crib we moved the co-sleeper and put it into his crib. There was something about it that he liked. As soon as it was in there he was good and sleeping great. Once that went smoothly we removed the co-sleeper for day time naps. Now he just sleeps in his crib and is STTN.
I know its hard and gets frustrating, Colin crying is him being overtired too so he knows just how you feel. Like a PP said maybe try a supervised tummy nap. My DS also has done those and had amazing naps. Doesn't mean he has to sleep all his naps or at night on his tummy but if he can get a really great nap once that way then maybe he will be rested enough to try his next nap in his crib when he is less cranky!!
Keep trying, it won't be like this forever!!!!!
I feel your pain. I think I post every other day about my devil child not letting me sleep!
Are you still swaddling? If not, that might help the transition. What else? Paci?? I wish I had some helpful advice for you because I know EXACTLY what you're going through -- and YES!! The lack of sleep does contribute to depression, so enlist your husband to help out with the middle of the night wakings and get some sleep!
::hugs!::
I'm a fan of CIO, we had O do it at 1 month and now he is sleeping like a champ. Flame away mommies, I'm such a terrible mom I know
But here's another possibility I read about to try: Pull a chair up next to his crib, lay him down and then sit very quietly in your chair. Once he starts to get fussy, stay sitting but rub him and hum or sing quietly to him, do it til he calms down. Do this until it gets easier for him to lay in his crib(usually around a week or so it takes) then move the chair in the middle of the bedroom and when he gets fussy, sing or hum but stay in your chair, do that til it gets a little better then move to the door and do the same as in the middle of the bedroom. Eventually after a couple of weeks he will be so much better and able to sleep in his crib. I've heard it really works, doesn't hurt to try, right?