Napping in crib fail

charmedgrl517 · November 2012

DD is doing great so far sleeping in her room in her RnP and I'm so proud of her with that transition from our bedroom. I've been attempting napping in her crib and its not going well. I rock her for about 20 min and she is sleeping but as soon as I put her down she is wide awake. I see if she falls back asleep on her own but she doesn't. She either plays or cries. I am wasting an hour plus of doing this and she is getting little sleep and I don't want to keep having her sleep so little. She already only takes 20 min cat naps when she does nap which is almost always in her swing. She also goes to sleep quickly in her swing of course. I know there really isn't a hurry except for the fact that she can't be napping on her swing forever and I guess I was hoping to break that habit before she really can't nap in it anymore plus I go back to work next week and thought this was a better time than ever. Any advice?

crystalknpp · November 2012

Have you tried swaddling? When I first put DS in his crib for naps he would swing his arms around and kick alot because of all the extra space and it would wake him up. So I started swaddling him, then I would rock him to sleep and then put him down in the crib.

charmedgrl517 · November 2012

Yes tried swaddling today and nothing different. In her RnP she will sleep swaddled or I not swaddled fine but I figured it might help her in her crib but as of now nothing.

adoxyinherear · November 2012

It might just take a few days. I'd definitely keep trying with the swaddling, and since she's used to being rocked to sleep, being rocked by you for a bit before lying down. Many infants don't enter a deep sleep cycle until about twenty minutes in, which may be why she's waking up right as you're lying her down. Hope she gets it soon!

SouthernBellaKS · November 2012

We started with lying E on the couch next to us for about a week just to start acclimating him to being flat. That way if he started waking up or getting antsy we could just rest a hand on his torso or rub his tummy. After that we then tried naps in the crib once he was asleep, and managed about 40 minutes to an hour. We just recently started to force a swaddle on him which made him unhappy for about 5-10 minutes until he fell asleep. As of last night we're averaging about 2 hours in the crib, and he just seems to sleep better.

luvmyducks · November 2012

Every baby will deal with the transition differently, but for us it worked to transition her to the crib at night first and then once she had that down, we moved to naps. The first 3 nights or so were tough, but after that it was fine. We did that around 3m. She napped in her swing until 5m and then we started putting her in the crib. It was like she didn't even notice she wasn't in the swing anymore.

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