My son is three months old and I am having a hard time moving him into his crib to sleep at night. I have heard different stories about people putting their baby in the crib right away and some wait until they are a few months old. Am I waiting too long? Is this going to cause him to not want to sleep in his crib? Help!!!!
He really needs to be out of the bassinet by the time he can roll over. Then you run the risk of him falling out. Their just not deep enough for an active roller. If you want to start. Wait until he's asleep in the bassinet and then move him to the crib. If he wakes move him back. After a few nights he'll stay in the crib. This worked for both my kids.
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I agree with the other moms that it will take a few days for him to get use to the new bed, but he will. I want to ease your mind on your question of did you wait too long. I waited longer than you (my son was 5mos old) and within 2 nights he was sleeping through the night. We waited longer because I was nervous about putting him upstairs by himself because our room is downstairs (no option for us to go up too). I work full time so the only time I could put him upstairs to nap in his crib was on the weekends....which never happened until the day after his first night in the crib. We moved him on a Friday night; by Monday night he slept through the night. We did give him a very dim night light which seemed to help...it also helped me beable to peek on him when ever I felt the urge.
Hope this makes you feel better,
Good Luck,
J.
My mother and I were just talking about this very subject. Try putting a tshirt that you've worn in the crib with him so he can still smell your scent. It will seem that you're close by. Hope that helps.
I learned a trick from another site that really made the transition easier. I nested my daughter.
You will need: a crib wedge, a knit crib sheet and a couple of beach towels.
On top of the bare mattress, place the crib wedge at the top of the crib.
Take the 2 towels and lay one on top of the other (to make them thicker). Roll the towels, the long way to create a very long hot dog.
Place the hot dog in a horseshoe shape where the crib wedge ends.
Put the knit crib sheet over the whole thing.
Now your son will be a little cozier in the crib. Place him down so that his armpits on up are on the wedge and the lower half of him is in the nest. You can adjust the towels (through the sheet, usually) to make them wider or more narrow so that your son is cozy, but not claustrophobic. :)
This made the transition to the crib pretty seamless for my daughter when she was about 3 months old. I had first tried to have her take naps in the crib, but eventually found that didn't work. One night, when she had had a nice day and was pretty drowsy, but not asleep yet, I just decided "tonight's the night" and put her in the crib. She was a happy camper and we never went back to the bassinet. HTH Good Luck!
I was very nervous to move my son into his crib. What I started to do was when he fell asleep during the day, I had him nap in his crib to get used to it. I found out that he loved the crib and slept so well in it. I just decided that at 10 weeks to have him sleep in it and it has been smooth sailing since then. It was hard at first, but with the monitor it is like they are there with you. I am not sure if your son likes to be swaddled, but I still swaddle my son and he loves it. He still feels safe and secure in the big crib. Good luck!
I know the feeling. My daughter is thirteen months old and I had a hard time with it also. She was also congested often as a child. I kept putting it off. You have some time I think before he realizes yet maybe a month. What I did was I moved her to her room and then slept on the floor the first night. It might sound crazy but if it brings you peace of mind it's worth it. It was hard transititioning but it's good and now she loves her crib!!!!
