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11-20-2012 at 8:25 PM
Cubbylove6
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Won't sleep in crib

I'm a FTM and my daughter is 7 weeks old.  She's been sleeping 4 1/2-5 hour stretches at night, but sleeps in the Nap Nanny because she hates the bassinet.  I'm trying to transition her to her crib  and am starting with naps.  However, every time she falls asleep and I move her to the crib, she wakes up and cries.  It's gotten to the point where she won't get any naps in if I keep trying to put her in the crib.  Any advice?  Should I let her cry for awhile or is she still too young?  Thanks!!  
 
11-20-2012 at 8:51 PM
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i have the same problem, mines in the rocknplay. i'm ok with it for now. wherever he can get sleep works for me. i heard that nightime sleep is easiest transition, not naps. also swaddle and white noise. if the crib is in a different room you can sleep with swaddle or pjs the night before so it smells liks you.
 
11-20-2012 at 8:59 PM
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Swaddling was key with this for us. Our issue like the PP was a love of the Rock N Play, but our pediatrician discouraged its use for nighttime sleep wanted him on a flat surface. She believes it allows for easier breathing, its easier on their spine, and is safer, so we began putting him in a Pack N Play in our room. He HATED it with a passion until we began swaddling him. We use and love The Miracle Blanket BTW. He fights the swaddle and cries for about 15 minutes then gives into it and falls asleep. I must admit he sleeps much better now than he did in the Rock N Play.
 
11-20-2012 at 9:00 PM
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Just let him sleep wherever works best. Swing, bouncy seat, swaddle, white noise, etc. a 7 week old doesn't HAVE to sleep in their crib. Rooming in with the parents is still best for nighttime anyway.


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11-20-2012 at 9:00 PM
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PS I started with naps too. I think I had more patience during the daytime to sooth him longer than at night.
 
11-20-2012 at 9:07 PM
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The same thing happens with my LO. DH was able to get him to sleep in his crib the other night for 4 hours! He said he just swaddled him and he was out. Indifferent

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11-20-2012 at 9:09 PM
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Thanks!  I swaddle her at night, but leave her arms out since she fights it so much and sometimes even breaks out.  I usually don't swaddle during her naps because she falls asleep before I can swaddle her and if I try to swaddle, then she wakes up.  Maybe I need to start anticipating the naps better! 
 
11-20-2012 at 11:46 PM
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we had the same problem! My daughter was born 8 days ago and as soon as we got home she did not want to sleep in the crib! or the bassinet! She either wanted to be in our bed or else her little monkey bouncer thing.  It was terrible, and we ended up waking up every half hour during the first 4 days.  It was miserable.  We ended up trying the swaddling blankets and they WORKED!!!!!!  Simply amazing!!! We bought the ones from Target called swaddle me and she lays comfortable in them and we just wrap it around her and she is knocked out :) she only wakes up 3-4 times a night for feeding then i swaddle her back up and shes knocked out!

Hopefully it works for you!! Good luck! 


 
11-21-2012 at 4:05 AM
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We are having the exact same problem with our 7 week old! He wakes up and screams and cries when you put him in the crib but he's out like a light when I give in to desperation and put him in the swing. Sometimes he'll sleep in the bassinet in the pack n play but that's hit or miss. I really want to transition him into the crib at night but I can't figure out how to calm him down and get him to stay asleep when I put him down in it. I swaddle him already so that's not it.

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11-21-2012 at 7:56 AM
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Too young to cry it out, IMO.

Sounds like she is falling asleep and then you are putting her in the crib. Could you try swaddling and white noise and putting her in there drowsy and soothing her by giving a paci or putting your hand on her belly, rather than taking her out of the crib?  


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11-21-2012 at 7:58 AM
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LalaMama81:
Just let him sleep wherever works best. Swing, bouncy seat, swaddle, white noise, etc. a 7 week old doesn't HAVE to sleep in their crib. Rooming in with the parents is still best for nighttime anyway.

 This. We just moved DS to his crib and he is 15 weeks.  


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11-21-2012 at 8:58 AM
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We've been having this issue as well. With DS1, it was so easy. He slept in his bassinet from day 1 and when the transition to another room came along, he did perfectly! DS2 is a different story. He as well will wake up if we try to lay him in the PNP after he falls asleep, but since he's still too young to CIO we end up putting him back in the RNP. He sleeps great in the RNP but I want him to start sleeping flat on his back at night. During the day he either naps in his swing since he falls asleep in it or he naps on the couch if I'm watching TV or something. I can't swaddle him because DS2 HATES having his hands confined and since it's been so long since he's actually been swaddled, I think it will just make him even more unhappy. At 8 weeks, we're going to try again and see if he will transition to the PNP. When he's old enough to CIO, then that will be my resort if it gets that far. GL!

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11-21-2012 at 9:18 AM
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In my experience w/DS1 it was b/c he didn't feel as snug and secure in the crib as he did in the swing or the pnp we had the newborn napper. I tried everything. Swaddling, laying one of my shirts in there... Same thing he would wake up crying. What worked was laying him on his side facing the bumper a few inches aways from it in the corner so he felt like he was in a smaller space. We gradually worked him out of the corner and never had another issue.

ETA: he was 2mo when we started the transition.

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11-21-2012 at 9:44 AM
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I haven't yet but, plan to start putting DS in his crib for naptime so that when it's time for him to sleep through the night in there, we're both used to it.  He has been sleeping in his PNP in my room and sometimes, when he wakes to nurse around 4, I nurse him on my side and fall back asleep, so he stays in my bed.  I said I would never let him sleep with me but, I'm a single mom and sometimes, it's so much easier! 

Maybe you could try swaddling and putting him in his crib when he's drowsy but not asleep?  That way, he won't startle awake when you lay him down.


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11-21-2012 at 2:01 PM
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Try putting a heating pad or hot water bottle in the crib to warm it up before you put baby in the crib!  It works for my baby,  but don't leave the water bottle or heating pad in with baby.

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11-22-2012 at 7:03 PM
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We also used a heating pad when we first moved DD to her crib.  We would turn it on under a sheet protector, turn it off then put her to bed.  We've also used swaddling, a pacifier and a white noise machine.  She's been sleeping like a champ in her crib since 7 weeks.  She actually slept for 10 hours the other night.  She averages at least a 6 hour stretch every night.

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