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Ready to give up on the crib

cara117cara117 member
in January 2012 Moms
We are on about night 8 of transitioning to the crib from the RNP... DS is 14 weeks.  In his RNP he would sleep from 8pm to 8am, waking only once around 4am to eat.now that we moved to the crib it takes us multiple times to put him to sleep and he sleeps 9-6 most nights waking up every few hours.. I feed him 2 or 3 times in there usually after trying to soothe him other ways first.  This is also only our second week at daycare too so there are lots of changes going on but I can't help blaming the crib!  I'm tempted to go back to the RNP, I mean, what does it even matter?  Do we just keep going or put it off...I feel like we haven't really made much progress as it is.
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Re: Ready to give up on the crib

  • eklangereklanger member
    I haven't even tried transitioning yet, but my plan is to let her go the first chunk of sleep in the crib and then let her sleep in the PnP if she wakes up in hopes that eventually she will sleep all night again and be ok in her crib/own room.  I thinkn its normal for sleep pratterns to regress with any chnges esp with a bunch at once. Could you try the RnP in LO's room so you are only changing one thing instead of 2?
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  • cara117cara117 member
    He's actually been in his own room since about 2 weeks old.  After I posted that at 4am this morning I cheated and put him in the RNP and he slept until almost 8!  I got in trouble when I showed DH the video monitor... but man it felt great to sleep in!!  I think I'll start doing that where he starts in the crib for the first stretch.
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  • Lhand11Lhand11 member

    imagecara117:
    He's actually been in his own room since about 2 weeks old.  After I posted that at 4am this morning I cheated and put him in the RNP and he slept until almost 8!  I got in trouble when I showed DH the video monitor... but man it felt great to sleep in!!  I think I'll start doing that where he starts in the crib for the first stretch.

    I think that is a good idea. He might surprise you one day and sleep the whole time in the crib. Once my BFF's daughter started daycare, she started STTN in her crib. Hopefully this is the same for you.  

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  • PsyDr04PsyDr04 member
    DS will be 17 weeks on Tuesday. He just started sleeping in the crib a couple of weeks ago. If you want to go back to the RNP, I say do it. He'll sleep in his crib eventually. Smile
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    I should also mention that DS does not sleep the full night in his crib yet. Last night, he went down around 9 and I got him out at 3 am because he was grunting, which he does at least a couple of times a night because he is extremely gassy. At that point, I nursed him and put him in his swing to sleep the rest of the night, which only turned out to be until 5:30 am. Tongue Tied Every night, though, we start out in the crib and he sleeps at least 4 hours there usually, but after that it's usually in his swing, aside from sleeping on my chest for maybe an hour in between. Do what works for you and don't feel badly about it!
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  • michnthecitymichnthecity
    My LO only sleeps in the crib on his stomach.  That's the only way.  We have an angel care monitor and he has great head control.  After researching SIDS, I realized that the risk of sleeping on the stomach contributing to SIDS is negligible than compared to other risk factors that don't apply to our situation (drug use, dusty home, cigarette smoking in the home, etc.).  In fact, it's more dangerous for LO to ride in a car than sleep on his stomach. 
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  • GingerWifeGingerWife

    We tried the transition for the RnP a month ago and it was terrible.

    We retried it this week with a new strategy and are have success.  I detached the top of the RnP (above the joints).  I set this part in the crib with the top propped on 2 pillows so it is still at an incline.  We have gradually reduced the incline and are now at one pillow.  I am hoping to have him flat in the crib in the next week or so.

    *The pillows are anywhere near the actual baby.  They just support the head end of the RnP top so that it is still at an incline.*

    If my description above doesn't make sense, I can take a picture. 

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  • anhg80anhg80

    We transitioned from the bassinet in our room to her crib in the past month.  First we had her in the bassinet in her room.  After I was sure she'd sleep in there, I started doing her first stretch of sleep in the crib.  At first, this was only 15 minutes before she was up again and I would put her down in her bassinet.  This past week she's slept almost exclusively in her crib.  

    I'm totally jealous of your 8-8 sleeper!  Lena sleeps from 8:30/9:00 to 4:00 for her feeding.  Then she's up again usually around 6:30/7:00.  

    And last night (after her baptism and general overstimulation yesterday), she was simply up at 4:00.  Boo! 

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  • ATrzeciakATrzeciak
    imageGingerWife:

    We tried the transition for the RnP a month ago and it was terrible.

    We retried it this week with a new strategy and are have success.  I detached the top of the RnP (above the joints).  I set this part in the crib with the top propped on 2 pillows so it is still at an incline.  We have gradually reduced the incline and are now at one pillow.  I am hoping to have him flat in the crib in the next week or so.

    *The pillows are anywhere near the actual baby.  They just support the head end of the RnP top so that it is still at an incline.*

    If my description above doesn't make sense, I can take a picture. 

     

     

    CAN YOU TAKE A PIC PLEASE!! :)

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