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Breaking my baby of the car seat?

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in Babies: 3 - 6 Months
The baby's dad has a job where he's away a lot leaving me alone with the baby and no sleep, so when I discovered that he slept a lot longer at night in the car seat instead of the crib, I started putting him in there on a regular basis so that I could get some much needed sleep. Now he's almost 6 months old and will sleep through the night in it but if I try and put him down in his crib he won't sleep for more than an hour at a time before waking up screaming. He's getting too big for the car seat and I can't figure out how to wean him off of it and get him to go down in his crib.
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Re: Breaking my baby of the car seat?

  • mben1119mben1119 member
    It is dangerous for a baby to sleep in a car seat overnight. Anything longer than a few hours, actually. It restricts their airways and can deprive them of oxygen. Try to transition him using a swaddle, or a swing, but please stop using the car seat.
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  • stgn01stgn01 member
    He's 6 months.  I would try CIO.  I used Ferber and it was a dream with my oldest.  I know what you mean about the car seat though.  I had DD in the car seat and the car seat in the crib when she was a baby.  Silly, I know.  But it worked for us and it was all about survival.  Good luck!


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  • bubble515bubble515 member
    Car seat is dangerous.. Babies have died bc they cant breathe right. We did the cs too and cold turkey stopped using the crib. It was rough at first but we would lay lo in it awake just to get used to it
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  • mamaHippo23mamaHippo23 member

    You might as well just go for it at this point and put him in the crib, because that's where he needs to get used to sleeping. The only way to break a habit is to get them used to doing it the new way. Start a bedtime routine and do it the same way every night no matter what, so he knows the cues for bedtime. Be consistent and don't give up!

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