Tips on moving LO from bassinet to crib

Kasia&Mike · January 2010

My DS is over 3 months old and we want him to sleep in the crib instead of the bassinet. He's getting too long to sleep in the bassinet.

I've tried having him nap in the crib and he will only sleep for 20 minutes. Then after his usual nighttime routine, I let him fall asleep on the bed with me and after 20 minutes we moved him to the crib. We thought we were successful when he did not wake up upon placing him in the crib, but then he woke up after 20 minutes. He just laid there awake fussing and would not go back to sleep. We finally gave up and put him back in the bassinet and it took forever for him to fall back to sleep. He will normally STTN in the bassinet.

We've tried putting receiving blankets around him and tucking him and he still wakes up.

Any tips? TIA

ladyaylena · January 2010

swaddle or sleep sac?

beckytr · January 2010

i don't know how u feel about this but DS wouldn't sleep when we moved him to the crib so our pedi suggested a sleep positioner and that has worked well for us.

janice74 · January 2010

Not that my LO sleeps very well, but we have had much more success now that we are putting him down drowsy, but awake. When we try to move him when he is already asleep he wakes up and is expecting to still be in the same place, so he cries. Also, I read somewhere to put the bassinet next to the crib, so they get used to sleeping in the nursery. Eventually you can move them to the crib.

2006bride* · January 2010

Swaddle and baby crack sound machine (ocean setting works for us). Also, I put one of my t-shirts in his crib the first night he slept in the crib. Worked for our LO.

ETA: We did let him sleep in the bassinet in the nursery 3 nights before a total move to the crib. That may have helped too.

Kasia&Mike · January 2010

He hated being swaddled since day one and always got out of it. He sleeps in a sleep sac, but no success.

Will have to try the bassinet in the nursery and the t -shirt, hope it helps.

Thanks

rosesandpeonies · January 2010

My dd had a tough time transitioning as well. Basically consistency and not giving up when it got rough ended up working. It did take three weeks for her to start sleeping through the night again. I also continued to co-sleep in her room with her. I am not stopping that until six months. Come up with a little routine that you do at night so that he can associate that with going to sleep. It doesn't have to be long, but say the same thing every night, sing the same song, etc. I sing her the same song everynight. I rub her back. I put her mobile on. I put her noise machine on. I say goodnight and I leave. I kept doing that and eventually she got the idea. I also incorporated the sleep sack. Even though I live in FL I realized her room got really really cold at night with the AC. But don't give up even when you are absolutely exhausted ....try your very best not to bring him back to the bassinet. Good Luck

A lot of those suggestions I mentioned came from the No Cry Sleep Solution.

juliane2004 · January 2010

Here are some tips that worked for me for having her in her crib:

-I've put pyjamas down underneath them that smell like me

-I swaddle DD using the escape proof swaddle

-use a waterfall sound

For going from basinette to crib, try, if it is safe, put the basinette in the crib, so they can see new surroundings but still be in their comfortable place.

beckarak · September 2013

Just a warning to mommies if your LO is starting to roll over and you are considering swaddling them to help them sleep it has an increased risk of SIDS. If baby rolls over and they're swaddled they cant roll over or push themselves away...

pgermain11 · September 2013

I transitioned my LO at 8 weeks. I started off doing naps in the crib and being consistent with it even if her naps were short. When she got use to it then I did the night time transition. I put a shirt of mine in the crib with her and have white noise as well. I also spent a week recently helping her learn to fall asleep without being rocked or in my arms. I did that by putting her down when she was getting sleeping and staying in the room comforting her when she would start fussing. She has a paci and likes a blanket by her face. After about 2/3 days she started getting better with falling asleep on her own. A week later I put her in and she is out in 2 minutes or less on her own and she actually prefers to not be rocked or held any more when she's tired.

Goodluck! Stay consistent as hard as it is!

singingmama13 · October 2013

Hmm.. well I nurse my daughter to sleep and that has been great for us.

I will nurse her to sleep then move her from my arms to her crib. I used to move her to her bassinet but about a month ago started moving her to her crib. She had no problem staying asleep or sleeping in her nursery.

I also do a very consistent routine every night, which I think has helped make the transition easier. We did everything the exact same each night.. and then when I moved her it wasn't some huge change cause everything was the exact same before she fell asleep.

Good luck! I know you'll figure it out.

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