First night in crib anxiety

susieandmarty · May 2014

She had been trying to go back to belly for about 2 weeks and she finally did yesterday and now won't stop. I woke up to her trying to roll in the bassinet and pushing he face right into the side (cloth material). My heart is not ready for her to leave our room (city living so we are the top floor and she and dd are one down)

Trying to get over my sids fears - argh. Though the crib is far safer then the bassinet I suppose. And I can't stop staring at the monitor (still on her back- woohoo).

How did you get past this?

As a side note with dd1 I let her roll in the bassinet for a week or two and i used to find her jammed in a corner, not sure why i let that happen.

precious72381 · May 2014

Abby immediately flips back to belly (or her side then falls over to her tummy) every night. I think it may be part of the reason she slept on me every night until she could start rolling, she just isn't a back sleeper (either am I, pregnancy was the only time I missed not being able to sleep on my back). I watch her monitor. I still wake up every 2-3 hours to check on her even though she is sleeping closer to 5 hours before needing to eat. I'm not sure I'll ever STTN again! But I love my monitor and if I'm really worried, I just go in and check on her. I don't see anything wrong with that. Maybe not helpful and other ladies hopefully have better advice. I'm naturally very worried and anxious about things. I'll wake up in the MOTN to search the house for one of the cats if I haven't seen her in awhile. Do what you need to do to sleep better. For me, I just need to check on her. Sitting awake thinking about it doesn't help me sleep.

bensmommy518 · May 2014

I know it is scary, it just takes time to get used to it. Do you have a video monitor - I used to watch that all throughout the night whenever I was worried. My doctor always told me that when they can roll over, let them. If they have the muscle strength to roll over, they have the muscle strength to lift their head and reposition it to breathe. I use the breathable bumpers in the crib so even if she has her face flat against it she can get air.

karah4816 · May 2014

I ended up having to move them at 2 months because my son was rolling into the side. I definitely wasn't ready. I Went ahead and moved them both because I like them to be together. I was sad and anxious at first but honestly they sleep better in there (no daddy snoring and loudly rolling over all night. Getting an angel care monitor really helped me with the anxiety especially since my daughter has decided she's a tummy sleeper. I put her on her back and she immediately rolls to her stomach.she does it all day long, getting her to do tummy time is a pain.

SunflowersBride · May 2014

I bought a travel crib in order to keep DS in our room. I don't know why people are so obsessed with getting their kids into their own rooms at such a young age. If it's making you anxious, find an alternative sleeping device to keep her in your room until you feel more ready to move her.

karah4816 · May 2014

SunflowersBride said:

I bought a travel crib in order to keep DS in our room. I don't know why people are so obsessed with getting their kids into their own rooms at such a young age. If it's making you anxious, find an alternative sleeping device to keep her in your room until you feel more ready to move her.

agree, the only reason I moved them to their room is because two bassinets barely fit in our room. It was almost impossible to walk around them, and I thought they might sleep better away from their loud dad. With the angel care monitor I feel fine with them in the other room. It helps that their door is right next to ours so I know if something were to happen (fire, break-in) it would be easy to get to them.

SunflowersBride · May 2014

allyerrn said:

I bought a travel crib in order to keep DS in our room. I don't know why people are so obsessed with getting their kids into their own rooms at such a young age. If it's making you anxious, find an alternative sleeping device to keep her in your room until you feel more ready to move her.
I moved Em into her own room at 3ish weeks old. She is a loud sleeper, lots of grunts and noises. We all sleep much better now that she's in her crib!

I'm not saying that babies shouldn't be moved if it makes everyone sleep better. But the OP seems to be more anxious with the baby in another room (and on another floor). I think a lot of people end up moving babies to their own rooms even if they don't want to, because everyone seems to think babies will be sleeping with their parents until they go to college if they aren't in their own room by a few months old. I don't believe that's true and I think if having the baby in another room is making mom more anxious, then she should just keep the baby in her room until she feels ready to move him/her.

susieandmarty · May 2014

Thanks ladies. I was anxious and still am. I went through something similar with dd1 but this feels worse because with dd1, I decided it was time to move and with this one - I felt she made the choice. She slept great last night - better then me for sure as I checked her and the monitor a million times.

I sadly dont have room for a travel crib or pack n okay in our room. I think she needs a bigger space to sleep and I have the crib is it makes sense. In the bassinet she kept bumping the sides and waking herself up. It's just tough.

It may also be tough because she is my last and I know it's going so fast

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