Transition from RNP/swing

laurabwalker · February 2016

Has anyone transitioned successfully yet from a RNP or swing to a basinette or crib/pack n play? Tell me your magical ways.

Court11152325 · February 2016

We transitioned from rnp to pnp about 2 weeks ago. For the first couple nights I laid a heating pad on low in the pnp while she nursed to warm it up some. We also have 2 receiving blankets rolled up under the sheet that she lays between so it's not so big feeling compared to the rnp. The next thing I'm going to do is take 1 blanket out and eventually transition to a purely flat surface.

Hinestly the first night she slept awesome, but then she had 3-4 nights of getting up 2-3 times. After that she went back to her usual sleep routine.

She is a lot louder with grunts and noises in the pnp and moves a lot by throwing her feet in the air. I find myself checking to see if she's awake or asleep a little more, so I'm still trying to figure out and adjust.

And the last thing - my mom would put DD down in the pnp a couple times a day either awake or asleep just to let her see the space. I think that may have helped to make it less foreign. I would put her in it after a diaper change so I could pee or wash my hands or grab some water.

sbandrews86 · February 2016

I transitioned my LO from the Rock n play to the bassinet in the pack n play and then from the bassinet to just the flat mattress in the pack n play. The next transition will be into the crib. Before each transition I let her sleep in the new location for a few naps to get her used to the space and then I just started putting her there at night. Note - I have a pretty easy/good sleeper! But, the only noticeable difference was transitioning from the pack n play bassinet to the flat part of pack n play. She woke up sooner the first couple nights but then adjusted back to her normal sleeping pattern.

sbandrews86 · February 2016

I will add that she is a bit louder in the pack n play, moving around and grunting a bit more. But she stays asleep while doing it. I think she's just adjusting to her body having more room to move around.

breezypip · February 2016

Doing this now. DD has been consistently sleeping in 4-7 hour stretches in her auto RNP for weeks, and I was never fully comfortable with it, but it was the only way any of us got sleep. She also needs to be swaddled so I can't strap her in, and the bigger she gets the more she's sliding down to a weird position that I think is unsafe.

I started putting her down in her Halo Bassinest three days ago and it's going fairly well. It takes a little extra rocking and a few more tries before I get her down for good in it, and so far she hasn't slept longer than 3 hours at a time which is a regression from our long stretches in the RNP. I'm hoping as she gets used to sleeping flat with no rocking or padding she'll start to sleep in her usual long stretches because I'm sure missing them this week! For the past few weeks I have been putting her In her crib to lay there and look at her mobile to familiarize her with the space for when she makes that move, as well as get her used to laying flat. But I can't blame her for not sleeping as well -- the RNP looks way more comfy to me.

ramfam2507 · February 2016

No help here, Nico transitioned from the RNP to my bed. Oops

laurabwalker · February 2016

calbin00 said:

No help here, Nico transitioned from the RNP to my bed. Oops

This has happened to me as well

laurabwalker · February 2016

Thanks everyone there are some tips I will try, I appreciate it

RSB1982 · February 2016

Following this post, I'll be doing this soon hopefully. My DD hasn't started sleeping in long stretches consistently which is what I am waiting on. She's 7 weeks right now and last night she slept from 10 to 2 which is pretty good for her. I really want to get her out of the R&P. She does have a slight flat spot and I'm definitely blaming it on the R&P. But those first weeks were brutal and the R&P was a godsend. I found the below on the internet the other day when I was googling this very issue. This mom has a few good ideas, not sure about propping the crib up on books? Seems dangerous.

We have a small crib downstairs in our living room that I was hoping to use for diaper changes and naps. So far she will not nap in the crib. I've tried swaddling and so far no luck. I think I'm in trouble when we do transition.

https://eatloveprocreate.blogspot.com/2014/11/mission-to-sleep-to-crib-from-rock-n.html?spref=pi

taysun · February 2016

We're in the process of this right now. Since right now my goal is really only to have her sleep in the pnp for at least the first part of night so I get a few quality sleep hours, I put her down once she's already sleeping. I have cosleeper with rolled up blankets under the sheet in the pnp that I put her in. One night I was able to put her back after her first feed, some nights she only stays for the first stretch and others she wakes up within an hour of being put down.
I'm going to start trying to put her down in it for daytime naps to get used to sleeping without movement.
I'm pretty sure our problem is a warmth/space thing as well as a movement thing because she primarily sleeps in the swing during the day or in bed with us at night.

Court11152325 · February 2016

Some mornings, after her MOTN nursing session, I have to let DD sleep on me for the last 2.5-3 hours. But that's bc she's extra gassy at this point and laying on her stomach helps her sleep a little more soundly.

pupsicle23 · February 2016

DD went on a brief crib strike. She slept in the rnp when her reflux was really bad, then threw a fit when we tried to transition her back to the crib. I didn't really follow any recommendations, so this might but be helpful at all, but we did a few things. First, she started spending time in her crib with the mobile running. She loves that thing and would stare quietly or chat with it for up to 30 min. I gave up trying to elevate the mattress. I couldn't do it in a way that I felt was safe. She also moves all over, so I didn't do swaddle blankets under the sheet or anything. It was just her and the crib. (And a swaddle and sound machine)

Because she's a reflux baby, I feed her no less than one hour before putting her down. Then, for the remainder of the hour (it was more like two when we first started), I hold her upright and rock her. At first, I'd put her down asleep. She would wake right up and scream, so I'd try the routine up to twice more. If she still wasn't having it, I just wanted sleep and would put her in the rnp but transition her to the crib after her night feeding. Funnily enough, she never had a problem with that.

She now can sometimes go down drowsy but awake, but it might take a couple of tries. I'm trying to start at least one nap a day in her crib, but she takes her long morning nap in the rnp, so that's my next project.

ETA @RSB1982 DD also has a flat spot from the rnp, so I'm determined to get her out of it competely, except maybe when I'm showering. Pediatrician wasn't concerned, though, and said it will go away.

angelicac06 · February 2016

@laurabwalker I wish I had advice for you. I cheated on the PNP bassinet, lol.

My DS has slept on the bassinet part of the PNP since week 2 however with a lounger on top. Every time he'd startle himself the minute he touced the sides of the lounger he'd go right back to sleep instead of waking up. It was a LIFE SAVER. Anyways he's now outgrown it therefore I have to transition him to sleeping on JUST the PNP bassinet, no lounger. He's used to sleeping flat on his back but I'm afraid he'll wake right up the moment his arms and feet don't touch anything. And I'm loving all the sleep I get now damn it lol. Should I just go straight to the crib in his room? I hate the thought of not having him right next to me but every tiny noise startles him. Perhaps he'll sleep better?

Goodluck laurabwalker! Let us know how it goes.

oregonmommy-2 · February 2016

We transitioned from the RNP to bassinet about a month ago. My little guy didn't seem to mind he slept well from night one. Then a week and a half ago we transitioned to his pack n play and again no problem. As long as he is swaddled he will sleep pretty good!

I'm dreading the day we can't swaddle anymore!!

laurabwalker · February 2016

I will try everything here! Right now it's swing, she can sleep three hours which are the longest stretches, and some cosleeping but the longest then is maybe 1.5 hours and she wants to comfort nurse a ton. I want her to sleep in the halo basinette but for the three hours ugh. She naps on me or in the swing at this point as well
i wish she would let me swaddle her but she never has

teachmegs817 · February 2016

@breezypip My LO is doing the same thing. I can't strap him in, because he needs to be swaddled and he always finds a way to inch his way down towards the end. The brand RnP that we have I think sits deeper than the Fisher Price brand. I don't worry about him falling out of it, but now that he's getting bigger, I don't think I'll ever be able to strap him into it, as the swaddle doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon.

We are trying DS out in the crib for 1 nap a day. I wrap up 2 flannel receiving blankets and put them on each side of DS an inch apart from where I lay him down, to create a "barrier" for him. Similar to what a PP mentioned with putting them under the sheets. We do majority of his tummy time in the crib so he can get used to the mattress. I also try and feed him/change him and play with him, in his nursery 3-4 times a day. He does enjoy being in his room so I do believe he's used to the surroundings in there now, it's just getting him to stay asleep in the crib. I've had good luck so far with the napping. He usually sleeps for 1 1/2-2 hours in it a day.

breezypip · February 2016

@teachmegs817 yeah, in the Fisher Price RNP her feet almost hang over the end by the morning because I guess she wiggles down. It makes me very uncomfortable so I decided I need to take the hit to my sleep and get her into the bassinet. That will be a good transition before the crib anyway.

I find that I used to be able to rock her and just place her in the RNP, but with the bassinet I need to be very careful placing her down, then I need to sllllooooowly remove my hand from under her head and at the same time keep my other hand on her chest and gently pat. If I just drop her in there her eyes flip right open. She is not able to put her herself to sleep yet. It's work... For instance last night I spent 2 hours getting her to finally stay asleep in the bassinet.

oregonmommy-2 · February 2016

@breezypip my son puts himself to sleep now he definitely makes some noises and sometimes is even giggling but I just let him do his thing and he eventually falls asleep. He never cries or I would grab him. But I say just let her try and put herself to sleep and don't worry about every little noise. I was the same way I would try to stay with him until he fell asleep and then get frustrated because it was taking hours and just revert back to the RNP. I find he falls asleep faster on his own then when I am standing there trying to help.

momotheflyinglemur · February 2016

Odie loves vibration more than anything else in the whole world. I couldn't put him in his crib even if he was dead asleep. But then I got the Munchkin Lullavibe. It makes the mattress buzz, then fades off after thirty minutes. Right now he sleeps in his crib at night exclusively. During the day, he naps where ever he falls asleep.

LaceyH13 · February 2016

We have had my LO in his crib since he was 5 days old, but even to this day (he's almost 11 weeks) he needs a good 15-20 min in the RnP to get good and asleep before we move him to the crib. At first it took a couple tries to move him, but now it only takes once. Have you tried that?

laurabwalker · February 2016

I will def try this @LaceyH13

pupsicle23 · February 2016

I've noticed a couple of people mention concerns about swaddling and the rnp. DD is used to being swaddled. If she has to spend the night in the rnp, I'll buckle her in and tuck a swaddle blanket around her tightly, like you would in a car seat. She's pretty wiggly, and she's never kicked out of this. Between that and how snuggly the rnp is, she's good to go. We will likely do this tonight because her reflux is worsening...she's starting Prilosec and just spit up a ton in her crib

dmendo01 · February 2016

How old were your LOs when you started to transition? DD sleeps in her RNP and honestly it's the only place I feel comfortable with her sleeping right now. She's almost 8 weeks. She's in an auto RNP and we swaddle her up and don't buckle. She slides down a little but I don't feel like she's gonna fall out or anything. She has laryngomalacia and bad reflux so I'm nervous to change her sleeping arrangement at all, especially with the incline provided by the RNP and even if she spits up there's no big concern with the elevation so it helps me sleep. She does cough a lot in her sleep (prob from the reflux) also so I like to be able to sit up and check on her easily.

DH and I discussed trying the pnp but I'm still on the "it's not broke let's not try to fix it" train. She sleeps 12 hours with only one waking time to nurse right now in this.

breezypip · February 2016

@katielwells so I took your suggestion and tried putting DD in her bassinet awake but sleepy. She grunted and started to make some fussing noises and when it sounded like she might start crying I leaned in to shush and pat her and she fell right asleep! It's the first time I didn't have to rock her into s full sleep. I will continue this tonight, hoping it wasn't a fluke!

It seems persistence is key for this transition. Last night she slept in two 4 hour chunks in her bassinet which is the best so far. My only problem is most nights in the bassinet she spits up or drools at some point and when I get her out she's laying in a big wet spot and her hair is all soaked. I feel bad and I know that can't feel good. I never had that issue in the RNP.

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