Sleep at night?!?

efriz · January 2015

hi all! My baby is 8 weeks old and sleeping in a rock n play in our room. I want to transition her other crib eventually and would love any advice on how and when to do this! She will give one good stretch at night but then it's so hard to get her to stay asleep once she leaves my arms. I assume it's too soon to sleep train? Any advice or experiences would be appreciated!!!

Ineedmorecoffee · January 2015

Yeah it is way too early to sleep train or expect your baby to sleep through the night at this age.

As far as transitioning to the crib, I have heard making sure you hold/rock them for at least 20 min after they fall asleep to ensure they're in a deep sleep. Also placing a heating pad on the crib or a warm blanket before you transfer (just make sure to take It out beforehand).

ssstephanie214 · January 2015

Our ped recommended a daytime nap in the crib. We just started to try this.. She naps for about 20 mins before waking up and being like how the hell did I get in my crib, who put me here

howin23 · January 2015

When I lay her in the crib, I leave my hands under her for about a minute (head and butt). Then I slowly take them out. This seems to help and likely has a similar effect to a warming pad. We transitioned from a bassinet (flat and open) to the crib around 6.5 weeks when LO fell asleep there while hubby was washing his hands after changing her. It was probably easier because she was already sleeping flat in an open space, but she's been okay with it since.

MmmPopcorn · January 2015

Swaddling! We're sort of doing the in-between transition, though. We started in a RnP, and we transitioned to a large bassinet next to the bed. We'll move to the crib at 6 months or so, but you can transition to the crib whenever you want, really.

We also place DS in his crib for a few minutes after we change his diaper in the nursery. It gives us time to take apart his cloth diapers for the diaper pail and wash our hands, but he's getting used to the environment.

Sleep training really isn't recommended for babies this young.

gldnbearz · January 2015

Glad to read the tips and tricks as we are also trying to transition from rnp to the flat pnp.

We've been using the pnp to hold her activity mat and she has no problems lying in the pnp for that.

When we transfer her for a nap, she's up in 10-15 minutes when she'd go for an hour or more in the RNP.

efriz · January 2015

Thanks everyone! Keep me posted on what works! I won't try to sleep train soon but I want to try to get her used to her crib soon and maybe even transition to her crib (or keep in rock n play but move to her room).. It's so hard to figure out what's best!

staugustinewedding · January 2015

Yup my ped also recommended daytime naps first, which we will start this week. She's currently in a bassinet by the bed.

kaimee27 · January 2015

I'm glad to read the suggestions in this thread...we started out with DD in the PnP, but she just WOULDN'T stay asleep in it. The RnP is a little bit better, but it's still a struggle. Unless she's being held, she likes to wake up 10-20 minutes after being laid down...day or night. Any fixes for this?

babye12514 · January 2015

We transitioned at one month. Started with naps but they don't last as long about 25 minutes. Still trying to figure out the best place to nap so he's actually getting decent sleep. I just bought a rock and play after reading and hearing they like to sleep in them. At night if we hold him about 20 minutes (past his Moro reflex) and out of his REM sleep he will transition to crib. He's also swaddled and we hold our hands under him for about a minute. We all sleep better now that the little noises don't wake us. We get about a 4-5 hour stretch, repeat eat, hold, lay and get a 3-4 hour stretch.

anlicsceadu · January 2015

I just transitioned DD exclusively to her crib this past weekend, and so far it's going pretty well. We knew she'd have to be moving out of our room pretty fast because of SO's work schedule so we started off in a small co sleeper, but I never let her stay right beside me, it was actually across the room. Then we moved on to the PnP so she could get used to the space. From there it was on to naps in her crib during the day, and then just moving her on out. I also practiced some tips I saw online for having a "good sleeper" (whatever that actually is). One of them was teaching early on how to put themselves to sleep. I didn't even know I was doing it at the time though. I just got fed up with her waking up every time I tried to set her down. So I started just leaving her till she cried out. It got were she would wiggle around and then settle herself down. Whenever she has any issues I just rub her back for a bit till she gets comfortable and then leave her to it. Now it's awesome because you can pretty much dump her in her crib and she'll be fine putting herself down as long as she's tired. We get one good 7 hour stretch at night when she goes down around 9pm and then it's 1-3 hour stretches after that. She's been a miracle baby by letting me sleep in till 9am here lately. Honestly though, every kid is different, so what worked for me probably won't work for most kids. Being a mother is such a crap shoot.

weezy29 · January 2015

I'd love to know but my baby won't even sleep in his RNP. I plan on placing him in his crib for at least one nap per day this week to see how he does. I'm ready for him to sleep somewhere other than my arms so I figure I might as well start working on the crib transition. I expect he won't sleep in there long but I want to at least create a habit and routine.

bustarmu21 · January 2015

Just curious @anlicsceadu‌, you said you rub her back and she will eventually go to sleep, so do you put baby on her stomach to sleep?

Jatpa003 · January 2015

anlicsceadu said:
I just transitioned DD exclusively to her crib this past weekend, and so far it's going pretty well. We knew she'd have to be moving out of our room pretty fast because of SO's work schedule so we started off in a small co sleeper, but I never let her stay right beside me, it was actually across the room. Then we moved on to the PnP so she could get used to the space. From there it was on to naps in her crib during the day, and then just moving her on out. I also practiced some tips I saw online for having a "good sleeper" (whatever that actually is). One of them was teaching early on how to put themselves to sleep. I didn't even know I was doing it at the time though. I just got fed up with her waking up every time I tried to set her down. So I started just leaving her till she cried out. It got were she would wiggle around and then settle herself down. Whenever she has any issues I just rub her back for a bit till she gets comfortable and then leave her to it. Now it's awesome because you can pretty much dump her in her crib and she'll be fine putting herself down as long as she's tired. We get one good 7 hour stretch at night when she goes down around 9pm and then it's 1-3 hour stretches after that. She's been a miracle baby by letting me sleep in till 9am here lately. Honestly though, every kid is different, so what worked for me probably won't work for most kids. Being a mother is such a crap shoot.

For fuck sakes, you cannot let your baby cry it out! She is way to young for that. Being a mother means having patience, it's not a crap shoot it's about being educated on what's best for your baby. You are teaching your child she cannot rely on you because you get "fed up" and leave.

alanier18 · January 2015

I didn't swaddle LO a lot when she was first born and just tried to keep her as comfortable as possible. We started swaddling her about 2 weeks ago. What a difference! I only swaddle her at night so she associates being swaddled with bedtime and she has been sleeping so good at night. Seriously. The last three nights it's really been great. Night 1: last bottle at 11- fell asleep at 12 and woke up at 5 another bottle and then out til 10am. Night 2: last bottle at 8 ( she slept thru her 11 o'clock bottle) and didn't wake up til 5am then after that bottle she slept til 9. And last night she had her last bottle at 11 fell asleep at midnight and woke up at 8:15. She's still in the pack and play next to the bed because I don't like her to get in full on screaming mode when she's hungry so I listen for her whimpers and go make the bottle so that when she wakes up hungry I can feed her right away. I change her halfway through the bottle if I want her to go back to sleep and then let her finish the rest of the bottle and put her back down. I think I'll transition her to her room when I know she won't wake in the night as much. Three days of her sleeping well doesn't necessarily mean she will forever so I'm not trying to get my hopes up. Lol

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