RNP Transition

KMac570 · June 2013

Hi ladies,

I am gearing up to transition LO from the RNP. I have heard pretty terrible horror stories from others. For those that have done this already, how did it go? How did you do it? Most importantly, did your LO's sleep permanently change, or did s/he keep sleeping as well as they did before? I have finally gotten LO to sleep well (after starting with 1 hour stretches for weeks), and I am so nervous that this transition is going to bring us back to square one.

Brookebu313 · June 2013

My LO slept in his RNP for the first 10 weeks. We had no problems at all transitioning him from his RNP to his crib. We even joked that we think he loved it, bc everytime we checked on him he was all sprawled out. We did get a crib wedge a little wedge that goes under the fitted sheet to prop his head up a little. I think the key to the smooth transition is routine. We bring LO upstairs to his playroom around 8:30p, we play for about 2030 min then we give him a bath, feed him, read him a book and put him down. He sleeps around 10 hrs a night. Good Luck!

marsh1128 · June 2013

We transitioned around 3 1/2 months. We tried a few times before then and realized she just wasn't ready yet and put her back in the RNP. We just kept trying and she finally seemed comfortable enough in the crib and that was it. We also raised up the mattress on the crib but just used rolled up towels under the mattress itself. GL!

ungraceful13 · June 2013

We transitioned at just before 5 months. We also dropped the swaddle then too. She took to it super well but she had been napping in her crib for a month.

jobiann · June 2013

We couldn't get him transitioned until 4 months thanks to an ugly cold. But when he started to wiggle his way down and out of the RNP there was no other option. We had tried two times before but after a weekend of up every two hours I caved each time.

Finally, we picked a holiday weekend (a long weekend) and after three ugly nights of up every hour to every three hours...he finally slept from 7pm to 6am. It was amazing. Now he prefers to sleep in his crib even for naps, it's awesome.

My advice, be consistent, don't be afraid to let him/her cry a little bit. And we use an A&A security blanket. It's breathable and he uses it to sooth himself when he is restless. We also have baby pearl jam and baby weezer playing on an iPod all night...I'm not sure if it truly helps but since he sleeps so well I'm afraid to take it away!

SarahandSam2007 · June 2013

I wouldn't rush the transition if your LO still likes the RNP. If they are not trying to roll out, why make the change now? My MIL watches our son, and she has a crib at her house. Because of this, I started having him take naps in the crib while I was on maternity leave. At first, they were definitely shorter as he got used to it...but we kept up with the swaddle and the white noise and now he will take longer naps in it. He's 19 weeks now. Otherwise, we cosleep, and he sleeps (and we sleep) beautifully like that. He starts the night in his RNP and goes back and forth between our bed and that RNP between feedings.

wesleycrusher · June 2013

ungraceful13:
We transitioned at just before 5 months. We also dropped the swaddle then too. She took to it super well but she had been napping in her crib for a month.

Same here. Wasn't hard for us at all. She indicated to us that she was ready to be out of the RnP and swaddle, we just followed her cues.

michelleb729 · June 2013

We did it just recently, when DS was three months old. He was just getting way too big for the RNP (he's a big baby!). We kind of just did it cold turkey. We had a couple of nights where he woke 2-3 times, a couple of rough bed times, and a couple of early mornings, but after about one full week he was pretty much back to his normal sleep. I'm glad we did it and are done with it. I was so stressed about it, and it really wasn't that bad.

littlebean4 · June 2013

The only way we could do it was through sleep training. We started four nights ago, We're doing Ferber we decided to transition to the crib and have her learn how to fall sleep on her own allinone go. I used to rock her to sleep and ferber has worked wonders. She cried 20 minutes the first night and hasn't cried at night since. Naps are increasingly getting easier, she fusses four days later but she'll fall asleep on her own. Best decision ever!

KMac570 · June 2013

Thanks! This is encouraging. I might wait a bit longer before trying, but it is good to know that it doesn't necessarily mean that I will never sleep again. Lol

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