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Need Sleep Advice...

hdine22hdine22 member
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Hello ladies,

My 16 week old son is not a very good sleeper. I would like to TRY transitioning him to his crib, as we currently co-sleep, but I need some advice on the best ways to do this - I'm not too fond of the CIO method. 

As of the past couple of weeks, he will take a couple 30 minute naps in his crib then will wake up. I'm glad he's at least napping a little in his crib, but as soon as I try to put him down by himself at night, he will immediately wake up. It's odd, because I can put him down without waking during the day... I can't figure him out! 

Also - opinions - what is the best age to transition to the crib? And will babies let you know when they're ready to sleep on their own/show signs? I'm trying to decide if he's ready.. maybe it's ME that's not ready - lol! 

Sorry, FTM here, trying to figure out the best way to go about this! Thanks!
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Re: Need Sleep Advice...

  • CLP493CLP493

    I am in the same place, 16 weeks old, last night I finally put him in the crib (he slept in a bassinet next to my side of the bed) Not a fan of the CIO, but I also know if I go in I will be going in every 5 minutes....so he cried and I delayed going in. When I did go in to quietly check on him, the big issue wasn't him being lonely neccessarily, it was because he kept (continuously) inching his way up to the top of the crib and then flipping over and getting his head stuck in the corner. I had to go in three times, to adjust his position and gave him his pacifier and he fell back asleep immediately, but then within the next hour he would do it again....

    Finally some time around say 4, I got up and fed him a little, put him back down, went in another time to turn him around and then he slept until 7:30 am. I am not sure if there was any success in this, but can let you know in a week if it worked out. But if anyone else has advice or tips, it would be great. I know he likes to flip, and has been trying to "crawl", he would do it in the bassinet, I though a crib being better he wouldn't have the same problem getting stuck, but he does....I am not sure if they grow out of this???

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  • pinkmoonlightpinkmoonlight member

    We are still co-sleeping with DS, but when DD was a baby we also co-slept with her. At 5 months old I was ready to move her into her own room and into her crib. What we did (and it may not be a popular choice) was use the crib bumpers to make her feel more secure (crazy sounding I know, but without them she would not sleep in there) We also started putting her in her crib only at nap time. If she would wake up and seemed still tired I would rock her back to sleep and put her back in her crib. It took a week or two but she finally was taking good naps in her crib. We then started the night time sleeping, we added a crib soother to her bed and she had no troubles at all sleeping.

     

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  • alliecat1234alliecat1234

    Have you read the No Cry Sleep Solution?  It has some good suggestions for transitioning baby from parents' bed to crib. One idea is to sidecar the crib to your bed (with the side of the crib touching the bed off) and have your baby sleep in the crib that way for a bit, then transition to putting up the 4th side of the crib but moving it just a few inches from the bed, then moving it farther from the bed, and finally into baby's room. 

    I wouldn't be surprised if it takes a little bit of time for your baby to adjust from sleeping with you to sleeping on his/her own.  

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