10 weeks and no crib yet
sfochler
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Since Tucker has come home, he has slept in a rock and play sleeper at night But during the day either in the sleeper or now in his swing, which he sleeps great in both and will sleep for an hour+. I have tried multiple times to get him to sleep in his crib (shut the curtains, white noise, etc) and nothing seems to work the longest he has lasted is about 45mins and that was only twice. I am totally good with him sleeping in our room at night but at the same time he wont sleep in his pack and play in our room either only the sleeper. Is it sleeping flat on his back the problem?
I am trying to get a routine going that both he and I can adjust but I believe that sleeping in his crib is apart of that. Am I over thinking it or should he be sleeping in his room in his crib everynight/day, do I have time to make the change to his crib? Any advice would be helpfull
Re: 10 weeks and no crib yet
We havent tried our son in his crib yet, but I think it might be an issue when we do because of the whole flat on his back thing. He currently sleeps in a bassinet but propped up on a boppy pillow. The first few nights we were home we tried just flat on his back on the bassinet and it didnt work. Once I put the boppy in there for him, it has been a breeze. Maybe you could try the wedge pillow like PP said.
Also, I dont think it's a big deal that he's not sleeping in the crib yet. Our son is 7 weeks and we plan to keep him in the bassinet until he get too big or starts to roll over because it could be a safety issue then.
Have you tried swaddling him?
We started putting DD in her crib at about 6 weeks. It was hard at first and she would only sleep for about 15 minutes before she woke up screaming. We kept at it and though she is still not STTN, she does sleep for 3-4 hours in her crib these days. I swaddle her at night after a bath and feeding before putting her down. Also you can try putting there for naps during the day to get him used to it.
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Now nap time is a WHOLE other story, still hates his crib for that. I welcome any recommendations for that! :
My little one is 7 weeks today, when she came home from the hospital shee slept in her bassinette on top of the PNP, but when she got to tall for it we tried the PNP but she would only sleep for 15 mins or so when we put her on her back. Then we tried puting her on her stomach and she slept for and hour then 3 hours.
Shestill sleeps on her stomach but we watch her like a hawk,at first she would wake up @ 2:00 every morning but for the pass couple of days she sleeps till about 5:00am.
I'll echo the swaddling. I don't even know if it's the reason he sleeps well in his pnp, but during the day he usually sleeps in the bouncy seat. We've started putting him in his bassinet (we keep that downstairs) during the day and he'll go for quite a awhile but only if he's already asleep. At night I swaddle him and lay him in the pack n play.
also, I'm not sure if it actually helps or not, but I got a quilted sheet for the pnp, so it's a little softer than cardboard, and then I lay down a folded fleece blanket (so it reaches edge to edge of the pnp) just to give him a little more cushion. I wouldn't want to sleep flat on my back on a piece of cardboard after being snuggled inside my belly for 9 months! It's unnatural! But after swaddling him and the cushion of the blanket under him, he is generally good for the night. (Not STTN, but I mean like, for the 3hrs he'll go before eating again).
He actually sleeps best curled up next to me in bed, but FI is too nervous about squashing him..