Moving from rock n play to crib

amscheu · August 2012

Just wondering when you moved from bassinet etc to sleeping on their own in the crib? LO is 10 weeks now and my maternity leave ends in three weeks. LO will also be starting daycare then. I don't want him to have too many changes at one time. I am also concerned about moving him because he sleeps very well in the rnp.

ras26 · August 2012

We started in the pack 'n play (in the "newborn napper" attachment) in our room until 12 weeks when I went back to work. Then we moved it out in the hallway with no napper attachment so we wouldn't wake her up when we got up. Her bedroom is on a different level though, so I didn't want to have to trudge upstairs multiple times a night. Finally at about 5-6 months when she was only waking up roughly once per night, we moved her to the crib in her room and she did great! The interim hallway step was for my convenience, as opposed to her needs.

SarahKate31 · August 2012

LO slept in a bassinet in our room until he was 5 weeks old and then we put him in the crib in his room. He did great. My personal feeling is, the sooner the better!

mrs. remy · August 2012

I think we transitioned both kids into their cribs around 8-9 weeks, mainly b/c they were getting too big for the basinette. Both did fine with it. Maybe even slept a little better.

jcsntms06 · August 2012

I moved A our oldest to her crib at 4 weeks old and I moved C in her crib at 6 weeks old. We all sleep better at night when they finally moved to their cribs.

Cooper81 · August 2012

We wanted to do it before I went back to work, so at about 9 weeks. Two weeks before that I started putting him in his cribs for naps, but still had him in the PNP next to our bed over night.

KathrynMD · August 2012

I don't remember when I did it, but it was around 8 weeks I think.

I first started taking DD into her room a few times a day and put her down in the cib just so she'd get used to it. I tried to make it quiet, but fun. Lots of talking, quieting singing and would move around the room. After a few days of that, I tried letting her nap there and that seemed to work. After a few days of that, we tried sleeping over night there and that worked well. And ditto everyone else, we all slept much better.

lauranne · August 2012

We moved Claire from the RNP at 3.5 months when she was starting to sit up in it. I loved that thing, and I was so sad to put it away!

chrissyp18 · August 2012

This is a great post because I know we're going to have to go through this at some point. For everyone who said everyone slept better when LO was moved to the crib...why was it better? Just because LO didn't hear you getting up and it didn't disrupt their sleep...and it didn't disrupt yours/DH's sleep when baby gets up in the middle of the night and one of you tends to him/her in another room? Sorry that's one long run-on question.

We used the newborn napper in our pack n play up until Juliana was around 5 weeks. She outgrew it somehow. We moved her to the RNP...wish I would have purchased it earlier! Now we initially put her down in the RNP at night, then when she gets up btwn 2-3, I feed her, then put her in a bassinet (the one my siblings and I were in at some point!). She fusses around in it and kicks the sides. Eventually she ends up back in the RNP early in the morning. Juliana only really naps in her swing which is going to be fun come the time when she has to go to daycare! We're trying to ease her into sleeping flat on her back by putting her in the pack n play for naps but she still gets fussy.

lenebene · August 2012

We moved Jack at 12 weeks from the RNP to the crib. He was too long for the RNP and I was afraid he would roll out, etc. We all slept better once he got use to the crib. We didn't have to tip-toe anymore and could enjoy our bedroom again.

KathrynMD · August 2012

chrissyp18:

This is a great post because I know we're going to have to go through this at some point. For everyone who said everyone slept better when LO was moved to the crib...why was it better? Just because LO didn't hear you getting up and it didn't disrupt their sleep...and it didn't disrupt yours/DH's sleep when baby gets up in the middle of the night and one of you tends to him/her in another room? Sorry that's one long run-on question.

We used the newborn napper in our pack n play up until Juliana was around 5 weeks. She outgrew it somehow. We moved her to the RNP...wish I would have purchased it earlier! Now we initially put her down in the RNP at night, then when she gets up btwn 2-3, I feed her, then put her in a bassinet (the one my siblings and I were in at some point!). She fusses around in it and kicks the sides. Eventually she ends up back in the RNP early in the morning. Juliana only really naps in her swing which is going to be fun come the time when she has to go to daycare! We're trying to ease her into sleeping flat on her back by putting her in the pack n play for naps but she still gets fussy.

For us (me), it was better because I could fall asleep much deeper instead of hearing every grunt and sigh DD made and wondering if she'd wake up crying and hungry in 2 minutes adn then deciding I might as well get up now, but then 20 minutes she's actually fine, sound asleep and so I roll over and then she wakes up. Ugh

I think for her too, since I was a room away and the monitor wasn't actualy in her bed, it would take a little bit of noise for me to actually hear her and go in, whereas, when she was right next to me, I reacted to every peep immediately and then would wake her up, whereas, she might have just been making a totally normally sleep noise and fallen back to sleep w/o any help from me.

DH sleeps pretty light and he would wake up to more than I did (I'm a sucky mom, I guess) but he was also pretty good at holding off on waking me up to go to her. If I heard something, I was going in.

Don't worry about her sleeping in the swing at daycare - those ladies are all pros and will have her sleeping in the crib!

chrissyp18 · August 2012

Thanks, Kathryn! That was really helpful!

mrsbecky07 · August 2012

We just moved from the co-sleeper to the crib this past weekend (DS will be 3 months tomorrow.) It was a pretty smooth transition. He's been sleeping through the night basically for close to a month now so we finally decided to make the switch (I LOVED just being able to roll over and snag him out of the co-sleeper to feed him and then he would go right back to sleep. I didn't want to move him until he was getting longer stretches of sleep.) He has been napping in it (the crib) off and on since he was born and we put him in a lot to play, look at his mobile, etc so he is used to it.

For us, we transitioned him bc he was outgrowing the co-sleeper, and he is starting to be a louder sleeper (moves around a lot, grunts, etc) so he was disturbing me more than he was before. Once I'm asleep I don't hear him at all, but it was taking me longer to fall asleep, and I get up at 5 to get to work, so that extra half hour to fall asleep was like gold to me ha. So he's been in his crib now. It actually made me kind of sad to move him out of our room.

mrsbecky07 · August 2012

Chrissy - it took work to get Will to sleep in the crib for naps as opposed to the swing or whatever. But I wanted him to be able to do that bc when we travel we dont always have swings etc and he needs to nap, and eventually they outgrow those things. So I read that damn baby whisperer book, which is annoying but still helpful. We started following EASY (eat, activity, sleep, you-time) which helped I think get him in the routine of sleeping more regularly (but he has always been a good napper, just not in the crib, ha.) So I woudl still use the swing or whatever or take him for walks or runs to get him used to going to sleep after being awake for about 90 minutes or 2 hours. Then after two weeks or so of that, maybe longer, I used the last two weeks of ML to work on napping in the crib, and it worked. When he was tired but not exhausted, i'd put him in the crib. When he cried, I would go in, pick him up, comfort him until he settled down (but wasn't asleep), and then put him back in the crib. Somedays I had to do this 8 to 10 times (I would just go in my bedroom with the monitor). Then he would just conk out all of a sudden. After each time I had to do it fewer and fewer times.

Daycare actually made his napping WORSE last week because they are trying to figure out his habits and it's hard to explain what we just "know." He's doing really well overall there but just doesn't nap a lot in the cribs and so far they haven't forced the issue bc they will just hold him as he naps or something. But one of the teachers is really good at getting him to nap in his crib so we will see how it plays out over the next few weeks.

KathrynMD · August 2012

mrsbecky07:

Daycare actually made his napping WORSE last week because they are trying to figure out his habits and it's hard to explain what we just "know." He's doing really well overall there but just doesn't nap a lot in the cribs and so far they haven't forced the issue bc they will just hold him as he naps or something. But one of the teachers is really good at getting him to nap in his crib so we will see how it plays out over the next few weeks.

They always suck at sleeping at daycare at first b/c there are so many new thigns to see and hear - so they don't want to sleep b/c its so exciting!

It'll take a few weeks for him to adjust.

chrissyp18 · August 2012

mrsbecky07:
Chrissy - it took work to get Will to sleep in the crib for naps as opposed to the swing or whatever. But I wanted him to be able to do that bc when we travel we dont always have swings etc and he needs to nap, and eventually they outgrow those things. So I read that damn baby whisperer book, which is annoying but still helpful. We started following EASY (eat, activity, sleep, you-time) which helped I think get him in the routine of sleeping more regularly (but he has always been a good napper, just not in the crib, ha.) So I woudl still use the swing or whatever or take him for walks or runs to get him used to going to sleep after being awake for about 90 minutes or 2 hours. Then after two weeks or so of that, maybe longer, I used the last two weeks of ML to work on napping in the crib, and it worked. When he was tired but not exhausted, i'd put him in the crib. When he cried, I would go in, pick him up, comfort him until he settled down (but wasn't asleep), and then put him back in the crib. Somedays I had to do this 8 to 10 times (I would just go in my bedroom with the monitor). Then he would just conk out all of a sudden. After each time I had to do it fewer and fewer times.

Daycare actually made his napping WORSE last week because they are trying to figure out his habits and it's hard to explain what we just "know." He's doing really well overall there but just doesn't nap a lot in the cribs and so far they haven't forced the issue bc they will just hold him as he naps or something. But one of the teachers is really good at getting him to nap in his crib so we will see how it plays out over the next few weeks.

I need to get that book! I've been doing that routine somewhat. She is usually ready for a nap an hour after she gets up from the last nap. So I feed her first, then she does an activity (sometimes with me/sometimes by herself supervised), then time for another nap. I almost always put her down when she's still awake or drowsy since she fights sleep. Getting her to nap in the PNP on the flat surface has been a win! I need to transition that to the crib now...guess I should put sheets on it haha. Smile

That swing is just so helpful though...she'll sleep in it for 2+ hours vs. the PNP where she'll do stretches of 30 minutes or so (this is recent). I'm sure this will increase over time. Sometimes she'll just chill out in it and be content without falling back into a deep nap. Her problem is that she fights sleep at times and then gets overtired and cranky. Did Will always stay up for 90 minutes to 2 hours...or has that been recent? Sometimes Juliana will stay up longer if we're out and about, but she's been pretty predictable lately with wanting her naps (i.e. cranky baby if we have visitors or she's being passed around).

Thanks for the additional info and what worked for Will! I hope the napping at daycare gets better.

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