Whose Babies Are Sleeping Successfully in Nursery/Crib?

[junch817]

DS is in his room in his crib for maybe a month now? I wasn't sleeping well with him because I was afraid of waking him up tossing and turning. And all his movements would wake me too.

There is no harm whatsoever in trying tonight if you are ready. You could get super lucky. With that said, I think you would have better success if you start putting him in there for naps. If he is literally never in there, he probably won't like it at first because it is completely new to him. So I would start playing in there more too. But keep trying if you really want him in there.

My daughter was in her own room in her crib at 6 weeks. DS was at 7 weeks. We tried once and it didn't go as well (more wake ups than usual). I waited another week, was frustrated and exhausted again with crummy sleep, and had much better success. Never looked back!

[littlemissgrump]

We had the same issue with no one getting sleep so we started putting LO in his room to sleep at 5 weeks. We have a video monitor that only turns on when he cries which is nice.

He had been sleeping in a moses basket in our room so for the first week I just put the basket in his crib (it seemed just as safe as it would be in our room). We went on vacation for 2 weeks and he slept in the riser part and did just fine, when we got back he was too big for his basket so he went into his crib swaddled.

So at night he is swaddled, has white noise, twilight turtle (projects color changing stars on the ceiling), and a fan to keep his room cool. We lay him down drowsy to asleep.

He wakes up around 2:30 eats and goes right back to sleep, usually, and again at 6.

LO doesn't nap in his crib often because he comes to work me.

I don't think babies need as much transition time as we generally think they do.

[pghtruelove]

Jules isn't transitioned yet, but I have started a process. She was in a rock n play until a few days ago. Now she is in a bassinet so she can get used sleeping flat. Next week in going to have her start napping in her crib in the nursery. This long transition is mostly for me. She sleeps just fine in a crib. I'm not ready for her to be not by my side yet!

[clbehenna]

I've started with naps in his crib today, and we've been playing in his room more to get him used to it. We've been sleeping like crap at night, so I may try the crib tonight, too, since he's done ok with it today. I figure it can't get too much worse from here, so it can't hurt to try having him in his own space! I'll be interested to see what everyone has to say though!

[carolyngrace]

I think since your DB already sleeps flat you may be just fine! I see no problem with trying it right away and seeing what happens.

We've had DB in his nursery since week 3, due to me not being able to sleep with him in the room. He's switched between the swing, crib, and RnP. Currently I mostly put him in the RnP because he sleeps the longest, but I try to do the crib every once in a while to keep him used to it!

Good luck!

[kemdupuis]

Right now, DS is his PnP in our room. I've decided to try to wait to move him to his crib until his sleeping is a bit more regulated since his room is on the other side of the house. He is 8 weeks now, and I'm going back to work in a few more weeks, so I am feeling like we'll be needing to make the transition soon. I am hoping that we will have a fairly smooth transition since he is already sleeping flat in a crib like space. We use a white noise machine, night light, and humidifier, and all of that will transition with him back to the nursery to hopefully aid in the transition as well. Hopefully that helps! Good luck to you!

[jessila]

Our night time transition was similar to littlemissgrump with a Moses basket. We kept him in that a couple nights and then put him in the crib. I had him back in the basket bc he was having a rough night two nights ago.

Naps happen occasionally in the crib. Mostly he naps on me. I try to get him down for naps but he doesn't always stay down.

Give the crib a try if it comes down to it you can always bring him back to your room in the bassinet. Or even put the bassinet in his room.

[billyhorrible]

We put him in his own room/bed the first night home, so he's never known any difference. For naps though, I rock/sing him to sleep and then put him in the crib.

[bendherova]

he's slept in the crib in our room since we came home from the hospital.

[Deleted]

Ali was in her crib in our room for the first 2 months then we moved her crib into her own room a few weeks ago.

She has slept ok in a crib swaddled since day one. By ok I mean sometimes 5 hour stretch but sometimes hell nights where we get a 3 hour stretch then up every hour after. But I don't expect a 2 month old to be sleeping amazing yet so I guess I'm coming into this setting the bar low:)

During the day she naps upstairs in a RNP swaddled on vibrate mode or in an ergo carrier or in her car seat or bouncer seat for most of her naps. I don't put her in her crib downstairs for any naps yet. Once she has a more defined naps schedule w 3 naps a day around 5 months she will start napping more in her crib but for now she naps on and off all day so I don't bother w the crib.

[tatersalad]

Ours has also been in the crib for nighttime sleep from the get go, but I rotate naps in crib, bassinet downstairs, swing, and bouncy chair. If he sleeps in crib or bassinet I get him to sleep then lay him down.

[mrsmonogrammed]

DD has been STTN in her crib for the past 2ish weeks....she was in the Halo bassinet before that and never have a problem sleeping flat so I feel as if we almost had a little head start over babies who were used to sleeping/needed to sleep at an incline.
To warm her up to the crib I would lay her down in it when she was happy (full belly, not sleepy) while I put away laundry or organized her closet. She was always happy as a clam in there so I started doing occassional naps in the crib...she only does "ok" with those-about 30min. Finally I just bit the bullet and decided to do bedtime in there one night, fully prepared for it to be an awful night. It wasn't and she slept until 4:15am!
We do still have the bassinet set up in our room in case we ever need it (vaccinations, sleep regressions, etc). Wishing you luck!!

[missjenniebean]

She's been sleeping in her own room and crib since week two, mainly BC we spent the first week in the hospital. Her every noise kept me up. Naps are taken anywhere but if she falls asleep in my arms, to the crib she goes.

[tiffbot]

I'm still bedsharing with DD, but with my experience with DS, we moved him into his room around 7.5 months, no transition period, just put him in his crib one night and there he slept! I don't believe there's necessarily a 'trick' to making it work (at least in my experience!), just when it works for them and you it works! Good job on the big day today!

[ombradellarosa]

We're bedsharing and my original plan was to roomshare, not bedshare, and transition around 4 months but now the thought of having her so far away makes me incredibly sad we'll see what happens. If she's in the mood to sleep, she'll sleep just about anywhere but otherwise she'll wake up and scream if I put her down.

[hannahl201477]

Today is the 2nd time I have swaddled him, gave paci, turned on sound machine and walked out for nap time while still awake in crib. He still isn't in his crib for night time though. But we are working our way there!

[Deleted]

P doesn't nap during the day yet for more than 10-15 minutes at a time. And he sleeps so lightly that if we move him he immediately wakes up. I don't know how we are going to transition him from the RnP to the crib until he starts taking real naps. He will sleep flat with us if we co-sleep with him in our bed but all attempts to use the crib have so far failed miserably.

I'm following this one for any additional suggestions if anyone has them.

[billyhorrible]

YOU GUISE! Major success today! As I said above, BH will take crib naps if I lay him down when he's asleep. Today he woke up while I was cooking an egg, which is hard to do while holding a baby, so I put his pacifier in his mouth and turned on this musical sun toy that plays music and lights up to entertain him while I finished up. When the music stopped, he started crying, but I wasn't done at the stove so I did it again, and when I went to grab him after the egg was cooked HE WAS ASLEEP! I don't know if this will ever happen again, but at least for today the kid put himself to sleep for a crib nap.

[Deleted]

Wow congrats billyhorrible

Ali has been sleeping pretty bad this week and just in general moving and struggling a lot while sleeping so tonight I'm switching it up and swaddling w both arms out. her startle reflex has eased up lately so hope it works out!

[nettje]

DS is still in a bassinet next to the bed. He's in out bed usually after 3 so that the two of us sleep better.

I plan on moving him after about 6 months. With his deviated septum and the specialist making me feel fearful about his breathing, I'm going to keep him close for a bit longer.

[dmoney]

Aug 18, 2015 12:25:57 GMT -5 @freckleface said:

Please share your transition method.

LO is 9 weeks old and although I planned on having him in the Halo Bassinest for 4 months (no particular reason why, ha), he is an incredibly noisy sleeper and our bed is creaky so I think we're all waking eachother up with our noises. He hasn't napped in his crib at all...so, if I put him in his crib to sleep tonight, am I totally screwed? Do I need to have a better method than just putting him in his crib tonight to sleep (i.e. transition him over a couple of weeks, sleep on the floor, etc). 

We moved LO to her crib at 4 weeks for this same reason.  She had never napped in her crib either. We placed a heating pad on the crib matterss to heat it up before putting her in.  The first night, I went into check on her multiple times but she did not wake up (she has been sleeping through the night since 2 weeks.  She did great, we do turn on her glow worm that place lulibies for about 20 minutes so that it is not so quite in there. She was used to falling asleep with me watching tv in the bedroom.