We transitioned LO to the crib this weekend, he is 11 weeks today. He was sleeping in a rock and play. We didn't ease him in by putting him down for naps, but just did his regular routine of bath, jammies, bottle, (new to this routine is swaddling, which seems to make a world of difference), and then he usually passes out, then straight to then crib. First night he slept 7 hours straight, second night 9 hours with one quick midnight feed, and 3rd night 7 hours straight again! Usually max in the rock and play he slept 4 hours..
Had I known it'd be like this I would have done it sooner! Plus we have our room back and we can hang out after LO goes to sleep without worrying about waking him up as he is in his own room.
It does get better ladies! (:
Thanks for this. Makes me feel better. I keep putting off the crib. What kind of swaddle do you use? The swaddleme's seem small for my 11 weaker. We use the RnP too so we're not used to this swaddling business!
For swaddle escape artists: get a Miracle Blanket! 2/3 babies have used them and we've never had an escaped arm. Baby girl gets a knee or leg out occasionally but it doesn't wake her.
My LO will be 11 weeks old tomorrow. We finally transitioned her to her crib and she sleeps much longer in that than in her rock n play. I put her in a sleep sac and I think she rests so much better because she can stretch out whereas she was all scrunched up in the rock n play. We usually put her down around 9:30 and she wakes up anywhere between 3-4 during the night to eat and then sleeps until about 7 and wants to eat and then if she seems sleepy then I will lay her down (she slept until 10 this morning, WOW!). I wish I had moved her to the crib much sooner!!
Anyone else keeping baby in room vs nursery just so you don't have to fully wake up and walk down the hall for MOTN feelings? Our LO is still in bassinet. She does fine in crib & pnp, but bassinet is by the bed. I pick her up when she fusses, feed her in bed, & back to bed.
I'm not a good barometer - we moved LO to her own room after like 2.5 weeks. She was just too loud! She's right across the hall though and we hear her fine when it's a "real" noise.
I do think the fact I'm formula feeding is relevant though - I think if I were BFing I might have wanted her closer by, for longer.
Do you think it's terrible if I let LO sleep swaddled in her A&A blanket in the crib? It's never a tight swaddle, but I feel like that's a sleep cue for her. She's been in those blankets every night since she was born. I'm really not too concerned about SIDS. I feel like she'd know to move her head or cry if she needed to. Does anyone else do this?
Do you think it's terrible if I let LO sleep swaddled in her A&A blanket in the crib? It's never a tight swaddle, but I feel like that's a sleep cue for her. She's been in those blankets every night since she was born. I'm really not too concerned about SIDS. I feel like she'd know to move her head or cry if she needed to. Does anyone else do this?
I don't think it's terrible at all. Mine naps with an A&A blanket often! She is in a sleep sack at night, but that's because she'll sleep all night in a super tight swaddle
Call me reckless, but I try not to stress too much about all these "rules." When she's napping, I check on her often anyway. Plus, an A&A blanket is much more breathable than some.
I posted a bit of this in the swaddle thread but curious where people have their LO now. I think I've waited too long but did so out of necessity for sleep. I'm really struggling here. My LO really won't sleep anywhere for any length of time other than the rock and play (getting too long for it-she's 4 months now!) or next to me in bed but I don't sleep too well with her next to me & only will if DH sleeps on the couch so she & I are in are right in the middle. Don't know if this will work in the winter bc I'm typically freezing & need lots of covers. I already have trouble sleeping so I don't think I'd sleep at all worried about the covers getting too high up & smothering her. I'm not sure how to transition her to the pack in play. We tried starting with naps but my father takes care of her 2-3 times a week & he's having a hard time getting her to sleep at all. Daycare does their own thing too as far as where she's sleeping & they always swaddle her. She's a very jerky baby & startles so easily. I have back problems too & the pack in play is so low to the ground. Working on getting a crib. I feel so unprepared but I'm seriously struggling & just barely getting by in life with all the other stressors I'm dealing with
I'm still using the PNP, but my LO is 3m. Ive also been using the pnp since like, week 3. For you @ciennah99 , I was going to suggest just trying to move straight to the crib, but then I read the part where you don't have one yet. I've read some of the moms here have had good luck going to the crib, baby and mom sleep better. Some have also had some transition issues, true, but nobody knows until they try it, for sure. Does your pnp have the hanging attachmemt that you can install? LO wouldn't be quite so far down for you to grab, then. (And we're still swaddling, too)
And @ciennah99 - if its a cost issue for getting a crib, I posted about this in 'savings', but Amazon has an 'Open and Used' section in their deals area. They do have a baby furniture section there. I didn't look in there because I don't think I need any more furniture, but I bet you find a crib in there for a decent price, provides you don't mind that the item may have been opened and then returned for some reason. The products are backed by Amazon's 30 day return policy (it says at the top of the page, I think). If its a space issue or a good 'ol fashioned 'I just haven't done it yet' issue (this is me on many things, no judgement here)... I got nothing. :-?? Good luck, mama
I posted a bit of this in the swaddle thread but curious where people have their LO now. I think I've waited too long but did so out of necessity for sleep. I'm really struggling here. My LO really won't sleep anywhere for any length of time other than the rock and play (getting too long for it-she's 4 months now!) or next to me in bed but I don't sleep too well with her next to me & only will if DH sleeps on the couch so she & I are in are right in the middle. Don't know if this will work in the winter bc I'm typically freezing & need lots of covers. I already have trouble sleeping so I don't think I'd sleep at all worried about the covers getting too high up & smothering her. I'm not sure how to transition her to the pack in play. We tried starting with naps but my father takes care of her 2-3 times a week & he's having a hard time getting her to sleep at all. Daycare does their own thing too as far as where she's sleeping & they always swaddle her. She's a very jerky baby & startles so easily. I have back problems too & the pack in play is so low to the ground. Working on getting a crib. I feel so unprepared but I'm seriously struggling & just barely getting by in life with all the other stressors I'm dealing with
Sounds like you should skip the PnP and just go for the crib, so you avoid back problems and having to transition twice. My LO is over the weight limit for the PnP bassinet, but due to back problems, I'm leaving him there til we can get a crib (in 2 weeks). My LO was demanding to be in bed with us. Over the past two nights, I've accepted less sleep in order to insist he goes back into his own bed each time. Last night he slept better on his own, finally. Do you not want to swaddle at night? It seems crib plus swaddle is what I am hearing from your post. But you know best. And sleeping arrangements are killer, so I'm not saying it's an easy solution!! Good luck, mama!
Thank you ladies. I don't mind swaddling but I'm afraid she will flip over in it & get stuck with her face down. She can flip from back to stomach 3/4 of the way & has done it all the way before but I don't know if she can do that swaddled. She is a very active & squirmy baby so who knows. I'm working on getting the crib, just hard because I bought one from a friend that was really old & I didn't realize the safety standards had changed. I just assumed it was fine bc she used it with her kids. We spent way too much money. I was so pregnant & miserable & just didn't know any better. It's hard to spend more now especially bc I'm having health problems & not able to work as much as I did pre-baby. I really wish she had offered some of the money back (I didn't ask & I not going to) but I did tell her it didn't meet the safety regs & all she said was "my babies were safe in it." I know she has more $ than us but I'm choosing to let it go. Like my other friend said "maybe they need the $." Living & learning.
^^^ I hate this, when people say that "well, my kids did / had / used this". On the one hand, I get it. Just like, well, I rode my bike without a helmet when I was a kid and I'm not brain dead. But, on the other hand - I don't give two effs about what your kids did. Still arguing with my husband about the damned decorative crib bumpers. Him - "well, my mom had some when I was a baby". Me - "well, I'd ratber not take the chance our kid could suffocate on an absolutely useless item, thankssomuch". Your product doesn't meet safety standards for now, and I am choosing to follow the current safety standards. Or, your advice (give water, put rice in bottle, etc) is not recommended anymore, and I am choosing to follow current recommendations.
I just feel its really dismissive of your 'method' of parenting. Like they are saying 'well I used this / did it this way so I don't understand why you don't do it, too.'
(Disclaimer that I do not mean this among you ladies, because I know that you all know that we discuss the things we do or don't do just to say 'this works for me' and I know you're not expecting me to follow your method. Among us, its a comparing of notes so that we can all go 'hmmm. Interesting. I might consider that')
@ciennah99 I went to a used baby/kids/maternity store the other day and they were selling old cribs that were definitely not up to safety standards. I would be so frustrated if I bought one without knowing! That's too bad your friend wasn't more understanding. I don't know what the weather is like in your town but you should check out garage sales and Craigslist. You can get really great deals! My neighborhood has garage sales every weekend (it's weird) and I always see nice cribs. You will feel so much better once you get LO in one. We were in the same situation with co sleeping and when we made the transition everything was better. I'm not necessarily getting more sleep but restful sleep! Makes a huge difference. You could put the pack n play where you plan on putting the crib and start with that. Then the crib transition should be pretty much seamless. Good luck!
Have you started swaddling with one arm out to get your l/o to start adjusting to not being swaddled? We never swaddled with her arms in b/c she hated it and the one time I was successful with it she wiggled it up and over her head (halo sleep sack), so I guess it was unsuccessful. Our pnp has the basket mesh thingy that goes under the bassinet and changing table. After taking the attachments off I kept the mesh up and out the mat over top so she jags out in there sometimes. It's not low to the ground at all. Just a thought. When we transitioned to the crib (2 months?) I had to buy the Munchkin vibrating paddle on Amazon to help her adjust as well as use the sound soother. It made transitioning so much easier! Good luck!
We have LO in a bassinet next to our bed. It Is safe for up to 30lbs so I plan to have him sleep in it until about 4 months. Then we will be doing crib transition/ sleep training at the same time.
Last Tuesday I started putting LO in her crib at night and for all naps. After two days, she started screaming at bed time, waking up a million times at night, and genuinely seemed scared of the crib. She had been sleeping in the RNP next to our bed since birth. It's really hard and it's been wearing me and her out. I've just started putting her back in the RNP, but in the nursery and not in our room. So that's one step in the right direction. I'm honestly not sure how else to do it. Maybe I will just wait another month. I have no idea. It's stressing me out.
I put lo in the crib maybe a week ago and was freaking out until I fell asleep. The crib is in the SAME ROOM with us! She did wake up at 2am and we dragged the pack and play back in our room because I didn't know if she was scared of crib. Well I had the great idea tonight to take down the pack and play to get it out of the middle of the area to walk in our room and then when she was eating I'm thinking why did I do that.. So she's asleep in the crib and I'm going to open up the pack and play because we don't need to do that in the middle of the night if we need to. I guess I'm hoping that it would be a hard transition since the pack n play is flat like the crib.. So we'll see I guess
We actually just transitioned from the bassinet to the pack n play. We only have a one bedroom duplex so we just don't have any room for a crib anywhere. The pack n play is almost to big for our room and we only have a full size bed too.! That's how small our house is ugh. We plan on buying a house after Christmas thank god. But it's not soon enough!
A few weeks ago, we started frequently (a few times a day) sticking LO in her crib and turning on her mobile (which she loves) to get her used to being in there. She's always been a good nighttime sleeper, but she has reflux and her bassinet is slightly inclined. However, she is now several inches too long for the bassinet so we decided to get the crib thing going.
I know this is a super no-no for SIDS, but LO is nowhere near rolling over onto her belly, so first I rolled up some blankets/towels and stuck them under the crib sheet to mimic the shape of her bassinet, but larger. And then I just stuck her in there! It took some practice because the transition from my lap to the crib is harder than from my lap to the bassinet (which is lower to the ground), and I blew a few transitions this weekend...but we had her in the crib all night Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with no real change in her sleep habits. She kicks herself around to being 90 degrees from where we left her usually by the time she wakes up, but otherwise she's super happy in there! She has woken up and put herself back to sleep a few times even. Each week we're going to remove one of the blanket bolsters (starting with the one at her feet, and then the sides, and finally the head) so that she eases into being totally flat in there. If she starts rolling over before then, we'll remove them immediately, but I don't see that happening, as I said she's nowhere close to that right now.
I'm sure that now that I've bragged about this being relatively easy she's going to sleep regress starting tonight. But she's not going back in that bassinet. We are done with that now. :-)
LO has been sleeping on the raised level of the mini pnp since we brought him home in the sleeveless halo sleep sack since about 4 days old. He's been sleeping through the night or only waking up once since about 9 to 10 weeks old. He's a big guy and almost too long for the pnp so we need to transition him to the crib soon. His room is right across the hall from ours and we have a video/sids monitor, but I'm still anxious about moving him. Every time I think I'm ready he gets a stuffy nose and I freak out. He has napped in there some and naps in a crib at my inlaws house so we really just need to bite the bullet and try transitioning. He's 14 weeks today
@mellymar I think our dudes are only a couple days apart if I remember right. Why do I feel like the older he gets the more I want to keep him nearby? Could be that I've gone back to work and I'm having severe separation anxiety.
@KarasTwin YES! The older my LO gets, I thought I would be okay with the crib, but no! I want her right next to my bed. My attachment is getting worse. I also enjoy side lying nursing at night & putting her in the crib is more moving around for me in the middle of the night... So still in our room for now. About to outgrow the bassinet though.
@KarasTwin yup, I wanted to move to the crib more a few weeks ago then k do now. Then, I didn't do it because he was still waking up often. I had said that once he was only waking once during the night, I'd put him in the crib. Well, now.its been like 4 weeks since we passed the requirement for crib sleeping, but I've totally been slacking on making the move. Then, end of September was the new deadline, and here we are at the end of September and still delaying. Luckily, we have another 3 and half pounds before he weighs out of the pnp bassinet attachment, and its the regular size so he's still got plenty of room in there. Halloween is the FIRM deadline for crib transition, tho. Maybe we'll try this weekend
ETA I want to do it when DH is home, so he can share in the misery (if there is misery). I'm not going to try this first or second night on my own. So its either this weekend or two weekends from then
I'm with you @mellymar and @karastwin I thought that I wanted to move LO to the crib a few weeks ago. We were storing the crib at my parents house so I texted my dad about it but he's been busy with other things and didn't get around to it, which wasn't a big deal because I like having him next to me. Then my dad came over to our house yesterday while we were both at work and set the crib up. When I got home and saw it I was surprised and sad at the same time. My in-laws still have the mattress at their house so he can't sleep in it yet but I'm not rushing them to bring that over. A good FFFC would be that I kept DD beside me in the bassinet until she was 9 months old X_X and she was waaaay too big for the bassinet by the time I finally moved her. I know better this time and I won't keep LO beside me until he's 9 months, but I'm definitely procrastinating moving him to his own room.
Re: Update - Where is your baby sleeping?
ETA: nvm! Didn't read far enough ahead!
I do think the fact I'm formula feeding is relevant though - I think if I were BFing I might have wanted her closer by, for longer.
Call me reckless, but I try not to stress too much about all these "rules." When she's napping, I check on her often anyway. Plus, an A&A blanket is much more breathable than some.
(And we're still swaddling, too)
If its a space issue or a good 'ol fashioned 'I just haven't done it yet' issue (this is me on many things, no judgement here)... I got nothing. :-??
Good luck, mama
My LO was demanding to be in bed with us. Over the past two nights, I've accepted less sleep in order to insist he goes back into his own bed each time. Last night he slept better on his own, finally.
Do you not want to swaddle at night? It seems crib plus swaddle is what I am hearing from your post. But you know best. And sleeping arrangements are killer, so I'm not saying it's an easy solution!!
Good luck, mama!
I just feel its really dismissive of your 'method' of parenting. Like they are saying 'well I used this / did it this way so I don't understand why you don't do it, too.'
(Disclaimer that I do not mean this among you ladies, because I know that you all know that we discuss the things we do or don't do just to say 'this works for me' and I know you're not expecting me to follow your method. Among us, its a comparing of notes so that we can all go 'hmmm. Interesting. I might consider that')
I bought this crib, which I really like, and I thought the price was reasonable.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GULAQ02/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1443374120&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=dream+on+me+crib&dpPl=1&dpID=51n95YkuwLL&ref=plSrch
Our pnp has the basket mesh thingy that goes under the bassinet and changing table. After taking the attachments off I kept the mesh up and out the mat over top so she jags out in there sometimes. It's not low to the ground at all. Just a thought.
When we transitioned to the crib (2 months?) I had to buy the Munchkin vibrating paddle on Amazon to help her adjust as well as use the sound soother. It made transitioning so much easier! Good luck!
A few weeks ago, we started frequently (a few times a day) sticking LO in her crib and turning on her mobile (which she loves) to get her used to being in there. She's always been a good nighttime sleeper, but she has reflux and her bassinet is slightly inclined. However, she is now several inches too long for the bassinet so we decided to get the crib thing going.
I know this is a super no-no for SIDS, but LO is nowhere near rolling over onto her belly, so first I rolled up some blankets/towels and stuck them under the crib sheet to mimic the shape of her bassinet, but larger. And then I just stuck her in there! It took some practice because the transition from my lap to the crib is harder than from my lap to the bassinet (which is lower to the ground), and I blew a few transitions this weekend...but we had her in the crib all night Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with no real change in her sleep habits. She kicks herself around to being 90 degrees from where we left her usually by the time she wakes up, but otherwise she's super happy in there! She has woken up and put herself back to sleep a few times even. Each week we're going to remove one of the blanket bolsters (starting with the one at her feet, and then the sides, and finally the head) so that she eases into being totally flat in there. If she starts rolling over before then, we'll remove them immediately, but I don't see that happening, as I said she's nowhere close to that right now.
I'm sure that now that I've bragged about this being relatively easy she's going to sleep regress starting tonight. But she's not going back in that bassinet. We are done with that now. :-)
Luckily, we have another 3 and half pounds before he weighs out of the pnp bassinet attachment, and its the regular size so he's still got plenty of room in there. Halloween is the FIRM deadline for crib transition, tho. Maybe we'll try this weekend
ETA I want to do it when DH is home, so he can share in the misery (if there is misery). I'm not going to try this first or second night on my own. So its either this weekend or two weekends from then