The crib

CSmith8911 · April 2013

So DS has never been a fan of the crib. It's not that he cries in it, but he just doesn't sleep. It's been this way since day 1. When he was a newborn and DH and I were desperate for sleep we let him sleep with us and by that, I mean ON me. To this day he naps on me for day naps and at night sometimes he still needs to be on me.
This is really starting to wear me out and I need to make a change. He is currently in his crib, doing what he always does, and that's kick. This can go on for over an hour and the moment I grab him to just be with me, he is out.
I never planned on bed sharing and I know I've created this but at 5 1/2 months things need to change!
Any words of advice or someone in the same situation?
My back thanks you!

jg1011 · April 2013

The only way I could break V of needing me to hold him was to do three nights of CIO. Nights one and two were ROUGH. By night three he only cried for an hour ( 3am-4 am) with me going in every 15 min. Now he is sleeping in his crib mostly every night u

143BabyCakes · April 2013

transfer him to the crib once he is out? We started K in his crib for naps. When he would wake up I would let him just lay in there to get used to being in it. Since it is a diff surrounding/ environment. He is 5 months now and goes to bed in there just f

Becky520 · April 2013

Me was like this in the beginning and we got a co-sleeper bassinet to put in between DH and I in bed. This (I think) helped her transition from sleeping on me to in a crib-like bed. She now sleeps in a pack n play still in our room.

Becky520 · April 2013

Becky520:
Me was like this in the beginning and we got a co-sleeper bassinet to put in between DH and I in bed. This (I think)

Becky520 · April 2013

143BabyCakes:
transfer him to the crib once he is out? We started K in his crib for naps. When he would wake up I would let hi

katigox · April 2013

We had DS in a pack-n-play beside our bed, then he outgrew it, so then we used a co-sleeping bassinet in the bed, before finally sidecarring the crib to our bed.

It gets him used to the crib (for whenever I can finally feel comfortable let

143BabyCakes · April 2013

katigox:
We had DS in a pack-n-play beside our bed, then he outgrew it, so then we used a co-sleeping bassinet in the bed, bef

maven212 · April 2013

So I had the same problem. The first month LO needed to be held all the time. We had to sleep in shifts. She would flip over when swaddled, so we were kind of up a creek. Later on LO's reflux was so bad that after a night feeding I had to hold he

katigox · April 2013

143BabyCakes:
katigox:

CSmith8911 · April 2013

maven212:
So I had the same problem. The first month LO needed to be held all the time. We had to sleep in shifts. She would flip o

CSmith8911 · April 2013

143BabyCakes:
transfer him to the crib once he is out? We started K in his crib for naps. When he would wake up I would let him jus

Gargita · April 2013

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143BabyCakes · April 2013

Gargita:
I'm glad it went OK! Think you can get the seahorse at BRU or through Amazon.

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CSmith8911 · April 2013

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