Rock and play sleepers

runningwild · July 2016

Who else's baby is still in the rock n play? Mine is 12 weeks today and still in it. She's getting so big. I feel like I should move her to the cosleeper or crib, but I know it's going to be a nightmare. She hates being on her back.

Anyone else feeling the pressure to transition baby? And what is your plan for making it work?

momofmanyinthemitten · July 2016

I think I'm ready to move my little guy (9 wks). His reflux has gotten much better. We've weaned him down to the lowest incline possible, so now we just have to decide if we want to transfer him to the pnp in our room or crib in another room. I'm leaning toward pnp because I still have to sit him up sometimes when he's choking at night and he's a quiet and sound sleeper, so it's not bothersome to keep him with us. Plus, we're not sure of the room sharing configurations yet. I plan on doing one nap (his shortest of the three) to start, and move on from there. I like to "sleep train" at this age anyway, so we'll just add back sleeping in to the training.

korpatch · July 2016

We've regressed to the Rock and play for naps.

K&Elizabeth · July 2016

We're down to only using the rock n play for naps and have him in a portable crib in our room. For some reason he doesn't like napping in his portable crib.

runningwild · July 2016

Isn't it strange how a lot of babies won't nap in the same place they sleep at night? My first 2 were like that. But this baby only wants to be in the rnp all the time. I think I'm doomed. We've tried naps in the cosleeper, crib and swing with no luck .

runningwild · July 2016

@kielpinskim I think I may have asked you before, but can't remember your answer... what do you mean by sleep train? What plan do you follow? At this early age?

jonesl12 · July 2016

My 12 week old is still going strong in the RNP.
shes on nexium and I'm on an extreme diet due to her not tolerating proteins in the food I was eating so if I misread a label she's miserable and still can't lay flat

i don't see her outgrowing it for a few more months so I guess we will cross that bridge when we get there

momofmanyinthemitten · July 2016

runningwild said:

@kielpinskim I think I may have asked you before, but can't remember your answer... what do you mean by sleep train? What plan do you follow? At this early age?

I use the book The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. The issue we have dealt with with all 4 of our babies is that they won't fall asleep on their own. Her solution is to rock/walk baby until he is near sleep, then lay them in bed on their side and pat until they've fallen asleep. If baby starts to cry, pick him up and start again. It usually takes two days of naps/bedtime for us to be able to lay baby down awake and he will fall asleep on his own. I'm a huge fan of the book-we've had several issues that she has "solved" for us throughout the years. Two months seems to be the magic age when it works for us.

brie_and_almonds · July 2016

kielpinskim said:

runningwild said:

@kielpinskim I think I may have asked you before, but can't remember your answer... what do you mean by sleep train? What plan do you follow? At this early age?

I use the book The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. The issue we have dealt with with all 4 of our babies is that they won't fall asleep on their own. Her solution is to rock/walk baby until he is near sleep, then lay them in bed on their side and pat until they've fallen asleep. If baby starts to cry, pick him up and start again. It usually takes two days of naps/bedtime for us to be able to lay baby down awake and he will fall asleep on his own. I'm a huge fan of the book-we've had several issues that she has "solved" for us throughout the years. Two months seems to be the magic age when it works for us.

This sounds like a much gentler way to "sleep train" than CIO.

Cwyatt2571 · July 2016

My baby sleeps with us and naps pretty much anywhere you put him lol. I never thought I would be a cosleeper but now the thought of him in another room alone breaks my heart. My daughter slept in a bassinet until she could sit up and then moved to her crib.

momofmanyinthemitten · July 2016

brenlo42 said:

kielpinskim said:

runningwild said:

@kielpinskim I think I may have asked you before, but can't remember your answer... what do you mean by sleep train? What plan do you follow? At this early age?

I use the book The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. The issue we have dealt with with all 4 of our babies is that they won't fall asleep on their own. Her solution is to rock/walk baby until he is near sleep, then lay them in bed on their side and pat until they've fallen asleep. If baby starts to cry, pick him up and start again. It usually takes two days of naps/bedtime for us to be able to lay baby down awake and he will fall asleep on his own. I'm a huge fan of the book-we've had several issues that she has "solved" for us throughout the years. Two months seems to be the magic age when it works for us.

This sounds like a much gentler way to "sleep train" than CIO.

It's a lot easier to do it earlier than later (and no crying at all!). So many people are so amazed that I can just put baby in bed and leave, knowing that he'll go right to sleep. We've also had success with pick up/put down with our first when she was 6mos. I'm not a fan of CIO.

korpatch · July 2016

kielpinskim said:

brenlo42 said:

kielpinskim said:

runningwild said:

@kielpinskim I think I may have asked you before, but can't remember your answer... what do you mean by sleep train? What plan do you follow? At this early age?

I use the book The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. The issue we have dealt with with all 4 of our babies is that they won't fall asleep on their own. Her solution is to rock/walk baby until he is near sleep, then lay them in bed on their side and pat until they've fallen asleep. If baby starts to cry, pick him up and start again. It usually takes two days of naps/bedtime for us to be able to lay baby down awake and he will fall asleep on his own. I'm a huge fan of the book-we've had several issues that she has "solved" for us throughout the years. Two months seems to be the magic age when it works for us.

This sounds like a much gentler way to "sleep train" than CIO.

It's a lot easier to do it earlier than later (and no crying at all!). So many people are so amazed that I can just put baby in bed and leave, knowing that he'll go right to sleep. We've also had success with pick up/put down with our first when she was 6mos. I'm not a fan of CIO.

I love that book, how ever I followed it to a T for over a week and his crying and naps got worse. We no do CIO and his cry times are shorter and shorter... So I think it depends on the baby really. But I still love the book and will try it again with the next baby!!

brie_and_almonds · July 2016

kielpinskim said:

brenlo42 said:

kielpinskim said:

runningwild said:

@kielpinskim I think I may have asked you before, but can't remember your answer... what do you mean by sleep train? What plan do you follow? At this early age?

I use the book The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. The issue we have dealt with with all 4 of our babies is that they won't fall asleep on their own. Her solution is to rock/walk baby until he is near sleep, then lay them in bed on their side and pat until they've fallen asleep. If baby starts to cry, pick him up and start again. It usually takes two days of naps/bedtime for us to be able to lay baby down awake and he will fall asleep on his own. I'm a huge fan of the book-we've had several issues that she has "solved" for us throughout the years. Two months seems to be the magic age when it works for us.

This sounds like a much gentler way to "sleep train" than CIO.

It's a lot easier to do it earlier than later (and no crying at all!). So many people are so amazed that I can just put baby in bed and leave, knowing that he'll go right to sleep. We've also had success with pick up/put down with our first when she was 6mos. I'm not a fan of CIO.

I might have to check if my library has the book. My first had to be nursed/rocked to sleep all the time until she was 2.5, which was no bueno. Trying to avoid that this time around, but CIO breaks my heart.

WBORDERS · July 2016

For those that use he rnp a lot, does your LO have a flat spot on thier head? Our son naps in his and I think that's where he's getting the flat spot from and I'm not sure how to help/prevent it when he likes to sleep in there.

K&Elizabeth · July 2016

@WBORDERS no flat spot, but T rolls his head from side to side as he sleeps.

WBORDERS · July 2016

K&Elizabeth said:

@WBORDERS no flat spot, but T rolls his head from side to side as he sleeps.

That would be helpful for me!

K&Elizabeth · July 2016

WBORDERS said:

K&Elizabeth said:

@WBORDERS no flat spot, but T rolls his head from side to side as he sleeps.

That would be helpful for me!

I wouldn't worry. I don't think the rock n play really has much to do with sleep head position. He dies the same thing in his portable crib.

momofmanyinthemitten · July 2016

Flat head here, but I think it's because he sleeps so much (on his back).

runningwild · July 2016

K&Elizabeth said:

@WBORDERS no flat spot, but T rolls his head from side to side as he sleeps.

Same here.

RoseShadow873 · July 2016

Mine is 11 weeks and still in the rnp. He slept in the crib fine for like a week and went back to screaming every time he is in it. I want to get him to sleep in the crib since it's safer I guess but he won't sleep in it. I haven't noticed a flat spot though.

littleredx2 · July 2016

I'm team RNP forever!! But in all seriousness, she will stay in the RNP until she learns to roll over in it, hopefully we have another month or so. We did the same when her 3 older brothers.

claudiae77 · July 2016

I have a love, hate relationship with my rnp. My girl slept in it for naps and at night for 7 weeks and then I decided that I HAD to switch her to a crib before it got any worse of an addiction! She slept great in it! She had been doing okay in the pack and play in our room. Some nights I'm tempted to bring the rnp back out but I don't. She will sometimes sleep with us in the bed if she won't go back to sleep in the crib in the middle of the night (It's done safely of course). I hope to bring the rnp back out in a few weeks and use it for her to lounge in when I'm doing things around the house, get some more use out of it before she grows out of it!

g&tlewis · July 2016

Callen slept in the RNP at first, but after a couple of weeks, he would cry every time we'd put him in it. He's been sleeping in his swing in our living room ever since. He naps in his crib occasionally, but we haven't put him in it at night yet. I can still hear him wake up in the living room without a monitor, and I'm not quite ready to move him across the house yet. I have been using the RNP when he wakes up early in the mornings - I'll bring him into the bathroom with me while I'm getting ready for work. He's 12 weeks today.

ivyvines6 · July 2016

We only use the rocking play for when I'm cooking or if we are staying away from our house.

I was nervous about transitioning him from his bassinet to the crib, but he was fine after the first two or three nights. We did that at six weeks, and he stopped doing middle of the night feedings by eight weeks. (His choice, nothing I did) He's now 15 weeks as of today, and sleeping from about 9 to about seven, with the random sprinkling of early wake up.

sarahufl · July 2016

We put DD in her crib, in her own room, the night we got home from the hospital and she has slept there every night since. I think I gave birth to a unicorn or something, because girl loves to sleep and has only required assistance 3 or 4 nights (she is 15 weeks old). I feel so fortunate and I can't imagine how people deal with bad sleepers.

However, she kind of hates napping in her crib during the day. In fact, she boycotted a crib nap about an hour ago but is now happily snoozing next to me in her RnP. I want to get her napping in the crib before she outgrows the RnP, but I'm not sure how.

runningwild · July 2016

sarahufl said:

We put DD in her crib, in her own room, the night we got home from the hospital and she has slept there every night since. I think I gave birth to a unicorn or something, because girl loves to sleep and has only required assistance 3 or 4 nights (she is 15 weeks old). I feel so fortunate and I can't imagine how people deal with bad sleepers.

However, she kind of hates napping in her crib during the day. In fact, she boycotted a crib nap about an hour ago but is now happily snoozing next to me in her RnP. I want to get her napping in the crib before she outgrows the RnP, but I'm not sure how.

I recall already saying it in a previous post, but I am so darn envious of your good sleeper. Lol

With both my other DDs, it took a while for crib naps to fall into place... not sure why that is. They were in the swing for naps a lot up until 4-5 months.

ivyvines6 · July 2016

runningwild said:

sarahufl said:

We put DD in her crib, in her own room, the night we got home from the hospital and she has slept there every night since. I think I gave birth to a unicorn or something, because girl loves to sleep and has only required assistance 3 or 4 nights (she is 15 weeks old). I feel so fortunate and I can't imagine how people deal with bad sleepers.

However, she kind of hates napping in her crib during the day. In fact, she boycotted a crib nap about an hour ago but is now happily snoozing next to me in her RnP. I want to get her napping in the crib before she outgrows the RnP, but I'm not sure how.

I recall already saying it in a previous post, but I am so darn envious of your good sleeper. Lol

With both my other DDs, it took a while for crib naps to fall into place... not sure why that is. They were in the swing for naps a lot up until 4-5 months.

We transitioned from bassinet in our room to crib in the nursery around six weeks. And slowly started unswaddling around ten weeks (one arm out, then both arms, then no swaddle one week per step) We've only had a couple times were he woke up in the middle of the night and I feed him and put him right back to bed without turning on the lights or anything. I'm serious about sleep time and since he's been sleeping through the night I don't have an issue with letting him fuss himself back to sleep if he wakes up like that. LO also HATES crib naps, and likes to take four 45 minute naps instead of two longer ones, so there is a balance there I guess... Can't have everything in life!

UnbreakableKimmySchmidt · July 2016

For those that have had success transitioning LO from the RnP to the crib, what has worked? We have tried putting LO down in the crib but she just keeps waking up....she loves her RnP and will sleep great in it...and so far hates her crib!

runningwild · July 2016

UnbreakableKimmySchmidt said:

For those that have had success transitioning LO from the RnP to the crib, what has worked? We have tried putting LO down in the crib but she just keeps waking up....she loves her RnP and will sleep great in it...and so far hates her crib

--QBF--

We're still having the exact same problem. I really don't know what I'm going to do when she outgrows the rnp.

UnbreakableKimmySchmidt · July 2016

@runningwild I know! DD is 15 weeks and probably close to 15 lbs and still going strong in the RnP. I'm thinking that once she learns to roll over she might naturally want to be in a bigger space....at least that's what I am hoping for!

runningwild · July 2016

@UnbreakableKimmySchmidt My DD is also 15 weeks. She can roll from back to belly, but is still resisting the crib. Hoping for a magical change sometime soon too!

ladylolly89 · July 2016

UnbreakableKimmySchmidt said:

For those that have had success transitioning LO from the RnP to the crib, what has worked? We have tried putting LO down in the crib but she just keeps waking up....she loves her RnP and will sleep great in it...and so far hates her crib!

Quote box fail here! (I apologize.) We never used a Rock 'n Play, but I love this website and these suggestions may be helpful. https://www.candokiddo.com/news/baby-sleeping-flat-on-back

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