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ella.mabel
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Transitioning to Crib at 10 Months - Help!
ella.mabel
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Hi Ladies,
This is my first post since the Bump moved to it's new format so I apologize if my siggy looks weird or anything like that. Anyway......
My DS and i have co-slept on a mattress on his floor since he came home from the hospital. I think it's time for him to begin sleeping in the crib. I love co-sleeping, and I feel guilty thinking about the transition, but I think it's probably time. He keeps waking up and "taking off" - crawling off the side of the mattress, sitting up and falling over which causes him to head-butt me or bang his head into the wall. It's also taking forever to get him to go to sleep at night - often and hour and a half or longer, and I feel like in the evenings I don't get to spend any time with my 3 year old because i'm stuck on the mattress with him trying to get him to go to sleep. Not to mention, i'm not spending any quality time with DH. I don't think it's an option to have him sleep with DH and i because i'm so afraid he'll crawl off the bed and fall - he'll often crawl to the end of the mattress and go off, so we'd need a barrier around the entire bed! Also, he naps on us during the day, and that's become such an obstacle because we need to also care for our toddler.
Anyhow, i feel like it's a weird age to transition - he's old enough that he's well established in the current co-sleeping world, but he's not old enough where we can talk about it. Can anyone share any techniques for this age? We are thinking of transitioning over the Christmas week because we are both off work.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
This is my first post since the Bump moved to it's new format so I apologize if my siggy looks weird or anything like that. Anyway......
My DS and i have co-slept on a mattress on his floor since he came home from the hospital. I think it's time for him to begin sleeping in the crib. I love co-sleeping, and I feel guilty thinking about the transition, but I think it's probably time. He keeps waking up and "taking off" - crawling off the side of the mattress, sitting up and falling over which causes him to head-butt me or bang his head into the wall. It's also taking forever to get him to go to sleep at night - often and hour and a half or longer, and I feel like in the evenings I don't get to spend any time with my 3 year old because i'm stuck on the mattress with him trying to get him to go to sleep. Not to mention, i'm not spending any quality time with DH. I don't think it's an option to have him sleep with DH and i because i'm so afraid he'll crawl off the bed and fall - he'll often crawl to the end of the mattress and go off, so we'd need a barrier around the entire bed! Also, he naps on us during the day, and that's become such an obstacle because we need to also care for our toddler.
Anyhow, i feel like it's a weird age to transition - he's old enough that he's well established in the current co-sleeping world, but he's not old enough where we can talk about it. Can anyone share any techniques for this age? We are thinking of transitioning over the Christmas week because we are both off work.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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