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Transition to the crib question...

hbird0723hbird0723 member
in May 2014 Moms
I know there have been some posts about this so I'm sorry if this is a repeat but I decided to take on the crib for naps this week and of course it's been one of her worst fussy weeks and bad nap weeks but I know it's not the crib. No matter where she sleeps it's only for a short time but anyway, I'm having trouble getting her to sleep in there. Right now we have her in the rock n play and she sleeps with it vibrating. So I know that's a big transition to a non vibrating flat crib but she already seems long for the rock n play so I'm trying to at least get her used to it. A couple times I have been able to get her down only trying one time. But usually as soon as I put her in she wakes up. Today I thought I wonder if it's because she falls asleep on me with her belly toward me so as soon as she started waking I rolled her to her stomach and she was out. I know you're not supposed to but she has good head control and I kept a close eye on her.
By the 3rd nap though she is really fighting it no matter what I try or what worked before. Should I just let her sleep in the rock n play and wait a couple weeks to try again (I'm about to lose my mind with it and she's having to be put back to sleep so many times she's exhausted and overtired) or should I keep at it and what are some things that helped you transition? I realize there are things I would do different if I could do it again but we are here now and I'm at a loss as far as knowing if this might be something she would transition to better when she's a little older like after the whole 4th trimester thing or if it will get worse the longer I wait.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    Sorry for the long post!
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  • LeeLee86LeeLee86 member
    Maybe try this device?
    I think besides the vibration they like something close to their sides like the RnP that kind of hugs them. A crib is a huge open space. We transitioned by using her co-sleeper (the kind that goes in your bed) and she's been doing great in that, in her crib, in her room for 3wks now. My Ped also said she has no problem with us rolling up a A&A blanket and placing that by her hip area since we swaddle at night and she doesn't roll over yet. It gives her comfort thinking something is next to her.
    Just some suggestions to help you out, everyone says the longer you wait the harder it is. But at the end you have to do whats right for your family.
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  • lavendergiraffeslavendergiraffes member
    When I put my LO down after she falls asleep on me I slowly lay her down on her back and then put my hand on her chest with a bit of pressure as I'm doing that. I keep it there for a bit. Usually she squirms a bit but if I keep my hand there she calms down a bit and continues sleeping. Before I would not do that and she'd wake up pretty quickly. It works for us!
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    edited July 2014
    Thanks for all the suggestions. That vibrating thing I actually saw at walmart the other day and almost picked it up but wasn't sure about it. Thanks! I will try the hand thing too. I don't swaddle her because no matter how tight she manages to put it up over her face. She's a strong little thing and very stubborn about it! I know her startle reflex is a huge part of our sleeping issue these days. It's awful! I think that's why her stomach helped since it didn't allow her to flail as much.
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  • ArmyMedic7588ArmyMedic7588 member
    @Hbird05‌ everything you've said is exactly what my LO is going through. Except we never put the batteries in any of the vibrating stuff. My LO is a strong one too it's crazy. She does the same thing with her swaddles.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    We have these but she HATES them. I think it's because she knows she can't bust out. I need to give it a try again! I feel so and she isn't getting a good sleep!
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  • jsaffer01jsaffer01 member
    I do the hand on DS's chest/stomach. Or sometimes I'll put my hands on his sides so it feels like I'm holding him. That usually calms him down for him to go back to sleep. But DS has been sleeping in his crib from the day we got home from the hospital so no transitions. But he only does night time sleeping in there for now, he naps in the swing, our arms or pnp
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  • jcf2133jcf2133 member
    jenna3878 said:
    Do you use blankets to swaddle? Ours broke out of blankets constantly! We have been using a swaddleme and it stays put since it is velcro. It also isn't much longer than he is so his feet hold it down at the bottom and it can't bunch up around his face. His arms go by his side in this one so it is almost impossible for him to bust them out by his face. He is currently in s/m size but I have to move him to the next size soon and I'm thinking about basting a seam in the foot part to make it a little shorter so it absolutely can't bunch up over his face.

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  • Junebug060609Junebug060609 member
    Transition in increments. First leave the vibrate off on the rnp and let her get used to that. Then move her to the crib in her swaddle (to keep the snug feeling of the rnp), do arms out if she isn't a swaddle fan. Get her used to that. Then ditch the swaddle. Keep as much of the rest the same as you can (ie if the rnp is in your room and the crib isn't, putting the rnp into her room needs to be step one (before switching off vibrate).

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    Hbird05 said:

    I don't swaddle her because no matter how tight she manages to put it up over her face. She's a strong little thing and very stubborn about it! I know her startle reflex is a huge part of our sleeping issue these days. It's awful! I think that's why her stomach helped since it didn't allow her to flail as much.

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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    Thanks! I like the increment thing and my sister suggested that too. I think I just was wanting to be a quick thing so I wasn't taking the time to do that and I need to. Right now she takes naps in her room in the rnp. She's been doing that for a while now and she will take her morning nap in the crib after a couple times of laying her down or putting her on her tummy like I did the other day but I really want her on her back at night so thanks to those who suggested keeping my hands on her with some pressure so she feels like I'm still holding her. That worked really well this morning :) also going to try swaddle me blanket again and keeping the vibrater off at night in her rnp.
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