Making the transition...

babykk · September 2013

...to the crib. I have been putting it off for about 3 weeks. I have a video monitor and for at least the last 15 min, I have been staring at it. Being able to see him while he is sleeping in his dark room is awesome and a little creepy.

He has been sleeping in a RNP in our room, so I guess we will see how it goes. He looks comfy so far!

When did you transition to a crib or when do you plan to? How did it go the first few nights?

I'm hoping we both sleep good tonight!

arlingirl · September 2013

I haven't yet and I'm terrified so I'm also curious to hear other answers.

getaclue44 · September 2013

We have been in the crib since her first night home. The video monitor definitely makes it easier . I hope it goes well. Good luck!

jeng100 · September 2013

We plan on transitioning this week, after her first shots. Did you do anything to help the transition? Like use a wedge under the mattress?

babykk · September 2013

Thanks! I am so happy that I have a video monitor so I can look at him. I keep watching him move his arms around thinking he is going to wake up, but he has been putting himself back to sleep!

babykk · September 2013

jeng100 said:
We plan on transitioning this week, after her first shots. Did you do anything to help the transition? Like use a wedge under the mattress?

@jeng100
I didn't do anything different with his mattress, but I left the RNP set up in our room just in case. It sounds terrible, but I half way want him to wake up so I can snuggle him. Now I sound crazy, I should sleep since everyone else in my house is. Lol

[Deleted User] · September 2013

Probably going to transition him out of my bed when he's 5 years old. Just kidding. I love having him next to me but I know I need to transition him soon.

[Deleted User] · September 2013

Oh, and I hope your LO sleeps well tonight

hunnygirl · September 2013

GL! DD has been in her crib for just over a week now. She did fine the first night, but I had a hard time. The second night I brought her back to the RNP after her MOTN feeding and the next night before I went to bed! Since the she has been in her crib all night. It was definitely harder on me than it was on her. Video monitors are fantastic!

babykk · September 2013

@asbromle
Thanks! I love having him next to me too, so I will probably stare at him all night :-??

babykk · September 2013

@MrsErinH

I was wondering if I would run into that issue. If we do, then he will be back in the RNP!

Jasmineeelizabeth · September 2013

We transitioned about 2 weeks ago, but still have the RnP beside the bed.

We also moved the crib into our room because I just wasn't comfortable with him sleeping that far away. He either needs to be very asleep, or I swaddle him (he used to hate being swaddled) and I turn on the tranquil turtle.

He actually sleeps longer stretches in his crib than the RnP, I was very surprised. GL

mullinstherapy · September 2013

We just put our LO in his crib for first time as well for the night! We are at 8 1/2 weeks. We just got a video monitor and it's amazing and makes me feel great. So far so good. Hope it works for you!

PrimRoseMama · September 2013

With DD we transitioned from co-sleeper to crib at 3 months. It was awful the first week. Then it was a battle to get her to not flip out in there. When she could climb out that was it. Your experience is hopefully better.

With DS I'm going to try when he outgrows the cosleeper. Hopefully the night and day differences will continue & he will love the crib.

DD starts off in the toddler bed but its incredibly difficult getting her to stay there. We keep walking her back but the tantrums are starting to wake DS up. It's getting more difficult to wash, rinse, repeat for both of them every night.

khays8785 · September 2013

jdandrea said:
We have been in the crib since her first night home. The video monitor definitely makes it easier . I hope it goes well. Good luck!

This.. Having a video monitor has been awesome. I'm not sure I would have survived the first few weeks without it.

baabyy&moomii · September 2013

Not any time soon I love sleeping right next to my baby, When it gets really uncomfortable I put her in the bassinet for a couple of hours, but for most of the nights she's right next to me, they are so little for so long that I want take advantage of her age, my DS slept in our bed until he was 2 then he did the transition by him self when we bought him a car racing bed and I was really sad. I know it might seem crazy but I love to hear their breathing right next to me.

danielledunning · September 2013

We switched from bassinet to crib at 6 weeks. It went really well for us. Maybe because they are both flat surfaces so it wasn't much different for LO.

Lelo2006 · September 2013

We are slowly doing it. He's sleeping in the crib for naps now. He slept in there on Friday night for 2 hours but woke up with a terrible cold so I let him sleep next to me last night and tonight. He seems to be feeling better so ill try again tomorrow.

martyn17 · September 2013

My LO has been in the crib since the beginning and sleeps well. Generally gives at least one 7 hour stretch, Saturday night she did a 9 hour stretch! Good luck!

jemasa33 · September 2013

I transitioned last week when he hit two months. Prior to that I let him play in the crib while I showered to het used to it. I did notice the mobile helps him feel comfortable. I got the nerve to do it when he was wide awake after a motn feeding and I was tired.

jemasa33 · September 2013

Although my 2 year old has been sleeping in my bed for a month since he started with night terrors. I figure at least one of my kids will sleep in their room to minimize them waking each other up.

danigirl7181 · September 2013

PrimRoseMama said:

With DD we transitioned from co-sleeper to crib at 3 months. It was awful the first week. Then it was a battle to get her to not flip out in there. When she could climb out that was it. Your experience is hopefully better. With DS I'm going to try when he outgrows the cosleeper. Hopefully the night and day differences will continue & he will love the crib. DD starts off in the toddler bed but its incredibly difficult getting her to stay there. We keep walking her back but the tantrums are starting to wake DS up. It's getting more difficult to wash, rinse, repeat for both of them every night.

We had that problem with DD, she is finally going to bed without crying and has been STTN. For a week or so she was waking up more than DS, it was horrible.

aehamilton13 · September 2013

We transitioned around 5 weeks. He did really well! I think we're all sleeping better. He loves to sprawl out, so he has the space to do it now.

sdtchica13 · September 2013

We did it the day we came home from the hospital with no issues. We also have a video monitor and his room is like 10 feet down the hall, which helps. If he had been in our room at all, none of us would have slept.

babykk · September 2013

Overall the transition night #1 went well. He slept from 10:30-3:30 which was nice. Then up again to eat at 5:30. I had to put is nuk in once, but otherwise he seemed to have slept good! Thanks for sharing your stories

Jaileewin · September 2013

We transitioned at 6 weeks and we both sleep so much better. The first two nights were hard, but now I'm so happy we did it. She'll be 10 weeks tomorrow. This last weekend, we were out if town and had her in the same room and it was horrible. I slept horribly and kept waking all night. Good luck!!

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