Transition from RnP to crib... How did it go?

xoxoxox · May 2012

Im preparing to do this but feel worried a crib will feel huge compared to the cozy RnP?.. Also wondering if it will be an issue that the crib is so flat compared to the RnP. What was your experience if you transitioned already?

greeneyed_bride · May 2012

We swaddle, so that helped the transition. The first few nights, I had to pick him back up several times to calm him down, but now he's totally used to it. We have a projection mobile above his crib (this one- https://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=projection+mobile&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=667&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=6717323914171803856&sa=X&ei=wb-yT8GiHpOXtweGrqDkCA&ved=0CLIBEPICMAA ) so I would turn that on if he started to fuss, and it usually distracted him enough to make him stop crying and go to sleep.

bpwife&mama · May 2012

We also swaddle, and DS slept straight through the first night and has every since. I feel so lucky!

Vii Lii · May 2012

I had a very smooth transition because the crib ended up being more comfortable than anything else. For the first month we used a bouncy chair because she had reflux issues and had to be angled up. We also had a pack and play. The pack and play was way too hard and she could never get comfortable. Eventually the bouncy chair wouldn't work because she wanted to lie flat and stretch out. The crib mattress ended up being perfect. I swaddled and used a pacifier, and she had an easy transition at 6 weeks. I was worried at first about the reflux and lying flat, but the pacifier actually fixed that. I'm not sure how, I've read that it does do that. In her case I think it had to do with the swallowing of saliva that helped keep things down.

JEliseS · May 2012

I started with crib naps at just about 3 months, and also put the girls down in the crib to play (usually while I was changing the other one's diaper) so they could get used to it. We swaddled like PPs, and that definitely helped the transition. The only thing for us was getting them to fall asleep in the crib... we ended up doing a little sleep training, with checks, because they were used to be rocked to sleep prior to that. Now it takes maybe 10 minutes tops to go to sleep at bedtime, but nap time can be more sometimes. Good luck!

oheck · May 2012

We had to transition DS from a swing to the crib. DS loves him mobile, so we started the transition with just him playing in his crib. Before we started the actual sleeping transition, we propped textbooks under one end of his crib to incline it a bit. We started the night in the swing. After his first eating, we moved him to the crib. Sometimes it would take a couple of times to get him down. If he seemed like he wouldn't go, we would just go back to the crib. We did this until he would pretty much always go in the crib for the second part of the night. We then started at the beginning of the night. We are now slowly lowering the crib down. We will see how this goes since he has acid reflux.

We had a pretty easy transition but I think that is because he was outgrowing the swing and the bed was way more comfortable. I think he liked the extra room in the crib to stretch out.

Good luck

crystaleyes39 · May 2012

We just cold turkey switched our girls and made sure to swadle them real tight in the crib so they felt safe. The first night was a little rough but then after that they were champs. Good Luck!

noryang · May 2012

I think this is really dependent on your child. Mine just isn't ready. Trying to force it will make us both miserable. I am saving those battle of wills for her fourteenth year.

love22 · May 2012

We are just starting at 5 months to transition for naps. I've learned from DS #1 that if your kiddo is ready the transition is super easy but when you do something before they are ready it is a lot of work. There is no harm in trying to transition but if it is bad stop and try again in a few weeks.

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