crib transition fail

RavenandJosh · January 2014

Ok ladies, I need some tips. My LO is 10 weeks old and from day 1 has slept for the first half of the night in his swing right beside my bed, then comes into my bed for the second half. We never actually have the swing swinging. it has now reached the point that he needs to start sleeping in his crib in his room instead of the swing. He is way to light of a sleeper and now everything wakes him up. Actually getting good sleep is getting tough. I really dont want him in our bed the whole night (which is where he sleeps the best) so getting him in his crib is our goal. We have tried music, swaddling, complete quiet, and nothing works. The minute we put him down, he is wide awake and screaming. After several attempts I just give up and put him in his swing and he passes right out. My first DS also used the swing at night then came to my bed, but when it came time to put him in his crib, it did it perfect the first night, so i'm alittle lost right now.

Ninjamama86 · January 2014

For us, we swaddle her and make sure she's good and full. She falls asleep nursing in our bed, leave her to sleep for 10-15 minutes then we carefully move her over to the crib. Once we lay her down, we pat her butt to kind of rock her to sleep. Sometimes it takes more than 1 try, but it seems to be getting easier.

justjess421 · January 2014

Also try getting a crib wedge to make an incline and put a recieving blanket rolled up in a "U" shape under the sheet under their butt to keep them from sliding down. He might be used to the incline of the swing so making a incline in the crib might make ur LO and little more comfortable. I'm still trying to get mine to sleep in his crib at night because he sleeps in a rock and play and those things seem to help. He will nap in there during the day but I'm still having trouble at night. Good luck!

jocie2581 · January 2014

I've found our mobile has helped with the transition. It gives my boys something to look at while they lie in the crib. After about ten minutes of watching the mobile, they either pass out or complain. If they complain I go in and offer a pacifier, and head massage. Good luck!

lnreynol · January 2014

We have not tried yet so you are braver than me, but the pointers we have been given are to make the crib as familiar as possible so the only thing missing is you. Like hang a blanket somewhere in your room so LO can see it and associates it with sleep and then take that same blanket with LO to the crib. Or when LO sleeps in your bed, lay down his crib sheet so that too becomes familiar and a sleep trigger. Like I said I don't know if they'll work because I am putting the transition off as long as possible so GL to you!

SamanthaPo · January 2014

Also, try using a heating pad to warm the crib up a little.

AlisonM12 · January 2014

SamanthaPo said:
Also, try using a heating pad to warm the crib up a little.

The heating pad works for us. Also, we didn't have to try it but my friend was having trouble with the crib transition and put the bouncer seat in the crib and phased it out.

katiegal · January 2014

grace806 said:

Try very loud white noise.

This! If you don't want to buy a machine, go to www.simplynoise.com. You can also buy the app for $0.99.

CarrieB. · January 2014

We recently transitioned LO from the PNP newborn napper to the PNP bassinet and the first few nights were really rough. We just kept picking her up, rocking, patting and putting her down until she finally stayed asleep. You have to be patient. I found that if I put her in a corner of the PNP, she felt more cozy.

sarenu1 · January 2014

We found consistency worked best for us. Our son sleeps pretty well in the pack and play until about 3 or 4 in the morning (with usually a feedin in between).

But our daughter hated sleeping on anything but our chest. We just kept up a night time routine and always started her out in the crib. We'd swaddle, bounce, rock and then put her in bed. Usually a 20 minute process. If she woke up we would repeat it. Once this was repeated for a couple hours, we'd let her sleep on our chest. Then one day it clicked and she slept on her own.

elroda · January 2014

Our "routine" is not 100% the best but I try to stick to it. Bath or no bath, change diaper, rub down with Lavender lotion, jam jams on, cuddle with no blanket if he is upset, swaddle and paci, rock in glider until he passes out and the paci falls out (with no screaming or fussing), put in the crib. This "routine" though doesn't start until I think he is ready for it. Sometimes it's 8:30 with a bath and other screamy nights it's around 10pm. Never before 8pm though because I end up exhausting myself!!! It gets better, right? Lol

hologram87 · January 2014

DS sleeps in a Rock n play at night,so now I'm having a heck of a time getting him to sleep in his crib. I've been trying it for naps this past week and no go! He cries and cries, but sometimes will fall asleep for about 10 or 15 minutes, then startle himself awake. Today I put one of my shirts in with him and he fell asleep. I was sure this was the key, but alas, alack, he woke up 20 minutes later. I'm losing my mind! he's not getting any afternoon sleep at all. He will sleep in his car seat when we go out for errands in the morning.

I've tried a crib wedge, towels under the sheet, a soother toy attached to the crib with lights and music, white noise, a sleep sack, the ceiling fan on...... the kid just won't fall asleep in there! I'm hoping he's going through his 3 month growth spurt a little early and is just resisting naps in general, not just in the crib.

I'm looking for a brilliant idea, something I haven't tried, but I don't think there's much left!

txchristina43@gmail.com · January 2014

We put down a heating pad to get the bed warm, remove it and put the baby on it so it's not a shock to go from a warm arm/chest to a cold bed. Good luck!!

AlisonM12 · January 2014

I'm wondering if Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit would be helpful....I keep hearing great things about it.

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