Hi!! I'm a first time mom with a 2 month old daughter. She is currently sleeping in her car seat and I am wanting to transition her to her crib. Does anyone have any advice on how to do this? Also, I have been told that at 8 weeks, I should be able to put her in her crib and she should be self-soothing herself to sleep instead of me rocking her to sleep. In your experience, is this true? Thanks for any advice!!!!
My 2 month old doesnt self soothe either... I try and let him cry it out but after 10-20 minutes he is hysterical... I hope you get some advice that helps
Hi im a first time mom of a beautiful baby boy he slept in his car seat until he was 4 months, he is now 5 months and sleeping in a crib and has been for a few weeks, i just put him on a boppy pillow. As far as rocking i still rock him to sleep and i enjoy doing it! I also heard that they cant self soothe until they are around 6 months. But your baby is still so little i would do what makes her/him happy.
Thats good to know about hearing they dont self soothe until about 6 months.. I guess i should have been more specific, my son will nap in a swing or in his boppy on the couch or crib. Another great thing is the boppy sleep positioner, he sleeps in bed with us and he loves the sleep positioner because its fitted to his body. He sleeps 3-5 hr stretches
That is good to know about the self-soothing. My daughter will self-soothe herself to sleep on occasions, but not consistently. I own a boppy, but have not tried it with her. Do you just prop her up on it so she would be sleeping on an incline?
i just prop him up on it so hes on an incline, my little guy has acid reflux so it makes him more comfortable and i did use the sleep positioners but he out grew it.
Hi, my daughter also has reflux and we have her sleep in a boppy chair. My mother told me that if you want your child to sleep in their crib, whether they are in a boppy, use a boppy pillow, or sleep in a carseat, put that item in the crib until they outgrow that or can lay flat. Then, put them in the crib without that item they used to use. That way they are used to being in the crib and won't be as apt to not want to be in the crib. She also told me that if you don't use any of these things to put your baby to sleep and they have reflux, elevate one end of the crib so they are sleeping on an incline. I'm not so sure of this suggestion. I would think the baby might slide down to the other end during the night. But, you should do what you feel is right for your baby and yourself.
My daughter is 4 months old and has been sleeping in her crib since about 6 weeks. The key to having her sleep thru the night (or waking for just one feeding) has been a consistent bedtime routine. Every night at the same time I bring her up to her nursery. I leave the lights out and use just a night light. I lay her on the changing table change her diaper, put on her jammies and her wearable blanket. The whole time I sing little lullabies or just talk to her softly and give her lots of kisses! Then I sit in the rocking chair and feed her while we rock. She usually starts to nod off after a fez ounces and then I lift her to my shoulder to burp (although she never burps while sleeping!!). After a few minutes of patting and rubbing her back I lay her in the crib and quietly leave the room. Even if she is still slightly awake she falls asleep easily.
Just a quick note to those who let baby sleep propped on the boppy. I did the same with my daughter and sometimes propped her in front of her Baby Einstein videos. She recently started becoming more mobile and she wiggles herself down so that she is no longer propped...keep an eye out on your little ones so they don't do this and end up rolling off the couch or suffocating themselves!!!
Avery's Mom: sounds like we have the same routine when putting our little ones to bed; although it took my husband and I a little longer to transition her to the crib. I finally started putting her in her crib at around 4 months. Why did it take so long? I got used to having her in the room with me and loved it. But I am glad that I moved her to her crib as she sleeps a TON better. On average, she sleeps about 11 hours. Now the only one that gets up is yours truly to pump.
Hello, my name is Sheena. I'm also a first time Mom and I have an 11 month old son. His father and I used to let him sleep in the bed next to us and in his play pen in our room. We would rock him to sleep and at around 4 1/2 to 5 months he would fuss so much we finally started putting him in his crib to sleep, without rocking. It was hard at first, he cryed about 45 minutes the first night, but we would check on him in about 5 then 10 then 20 minute increments. It was worth it in the end, it was hard to hear him cry but he soothes himself and we now have a routine. I'd probably try transitioning slowly, if it doesn't work out now, maybe try around 4 to 5 months, but just keep trying, your baby will adjust. Hope the advice helps.
6 1/2 months was the right time for us to move our son from the bed to the crib. He was old enough for me to not worry about SIDS as much, and he started belly crawling so I didn't want him wriggling over the pillow baracades and falling out. I also hadn't had a good nights sleep since a month before I had him.
It took 2 sleepless nights and then about a week of getting up every 3 hours. Then, I made resolutions to not pick him up for 4 hours, then 5. Now he usually sleeps from 10pm-5am then I feed him and he sleeps 2 more hours.
I keep at it, rubbing his back, offering him a passifyer or water bottle, telling him its ok, singing him lullabyes. When he stands up I gently lay him back down saying its time to sleep, and cover him again with his blanket. He still wakes up sometimes, but consistency is paying off.
I gave him a lot of extra attention durring the day, carrying him around, doing his favorite things. . . so he wouldn't feel as rejected.
