Better sleep in the crib??

Kebert618 · December 2013

On top of waking up every hour (sometimes every 1/2 hour!!), Layla immediately wakes up as soon as I'm in the room to go to bed. She's sleeping in the pnp next to our bed. I know babies can smell mom from a short distance, and I'm wondering if that's keeping her from sleeping.
Has anyone's babies immediately slept better once in the crib, in their own room? She's sleeping in the Merlin right now too and I'm about to give up on that. It can't get much worse...yes, I know it can...but not a whole lot!! What's your experience?
Also, any babies sleeping at night in the carseat? I know it's not the preferred way...just curious.

Edit- no sleep= not being able to spell.

rfrazier611 · December 2013

My son slept much better as soon as we moved him to his crib in his room. Our movements no longer woke him, and his snorting and snuffling at night no longer woke us.

danadane75 · December 2013

My LO transitioned perfectly from the pnp in our room to the crib in her room..I was super anxious on how she would do but it was great! I believe shes getting a better sleep without all our moving around and DH snoring

BellaOso · December 2013

My DD1 definitely did better when she was not in the same room as me.

amaseya · December 2013

Not here, lol. Eli's eyes still shoot right open as soon as I lay him down. We got a sleep suit and were able to get about a hour a couple days ago, so that's some progress, right?

BlueJewelM · December 2013

BellaOso said:
My DD1 definitely did better when she was not in the same room as me.

This. I'm keeping ds2 near me because im clearly a glutton for punishment.

Smom901316 · December 2013

The first two-three days of transition were rough but now she loves her crib and knows it is sleep time when she goes in it. EVERYONE is sleeping better, even with me sleeping with the monitor next to my face (mommy anxiety)

ashleyamberRN · December 2013

Haven't moved to her crib yet, we're still in the rNp but you made me realize a good point; maybe the mothers scent thing is why she always sleeps great thru the night for DH on nights I'm at work, and not as good for me. I'm thinking we may move to the crib soon. We do it for most naps now for the past 2 weeks or so and that's going pretty well.

MommyBolty · December 2013

The whole family slept better once LO was in her crib in her own room.

mommabmb · December 2013

samanthafavorite said:
The first two-three days of transition were rough but now she loves her crib and knows it is sleep time when she goes in it. EVERYONE is sleeping better, even with me sleeping with the monitor next to my face (mommy anxiety)

This was true for us, too.

shootthemoon · December 2013

Didn't notice a difference, but DS has always been a good sleeper.

BelhurstBride · December 2013

DD2 sleeps better in her crib. DD1 did not.

janneann1127 · December 2013

He slept better in his own room, for sure. I think it's because he wasn't getting woken up by us getting up to go to the bathroom, moving around, snoring, etc.

pb&jojo · December 2013

Mine sleeps so much better in her own room...even if hubby and I are both asleep, I think if one of us rolls over or makes any sort of noise, she wakes up.

Caz1221 · December 2013

We moved LO from the PNP napper in our room to the crib on her room when she was 8 weeks old, and she did great from night 1. As others have said, she was no longer being woken by any noise we made. She also seemed to like having more space to spread out (she has never been swaddled because she hated it). The video monitor definitely helps with my anxiety!

Fitzkitten · December 2013

Mom dad and baby all slept better after ds moved into his crib at 3 months! Wish I started sooner! Every week since has been better than the last. Good luck! It stinks not sleeping.

PB102012 · December 2013

We all sleep better with LO in her own room. She has been in her crib almost since day one. She is a hand sucker, talker, and laughs in her sleep. There's no way that we ever would have been able to share a room for a long period of time.

V&G101808 · December 2013

LO slept really well in the RNP next to my side of the bed but he's doing amazing on his transition to his crib. Just last night he slept for 11 straight hours. Once they're ready for the crib, they'll do great. You may want to give it a try. If she's not ready, she's not - we had to try a few times with LO.