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My daughter is 4 months old and about 6 weeks ago she had a cold and was pretty congested. The doc told me to let her sleep in her swing so she would stay elevated (and she LOVED the movement). The problem is she will no longer sleep in her crib. We've tried to break her of the swing, but if we just put her in her crib she screams. If we rock her to sleep first and put her in her crib after that, she'll stay down for about 30 minutes then wake up screaming. We've also tried just letting her cry it out and gave up after an hour or so. Any suggestions. She's going to outgrow the swing soon and we need some suggestions. Please help!
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I had the same issue with my daughter. She slept in her swing from about 4 weeks until 5 months or so. I let her sleep in the swing until she could not fit, because she also had to be swaddled (picture that :o)). Once she could not do it anymore, I would still swaddle her, rock her, and then put her in her crib. And boy did she wake up and cry!!! It took quite a while, about three weeks, to get her sleeping in her crib alone. When I put her in her crib and she started to cry, I would go in a 2 mins, and rea__sure her and pat her for a moment. Then I'd let her cry for 5 mins and rea__sure again. Then 7 mins, and so on and so on. It was really hard because all I wanted to do was go and pick her up, but I didn't. It's pretty hard, but doable. Good Luck.
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Try getting a toy that lights up and plays music when the baby cries, the ones that hang on the side of the crib. I had a couple of them and I would change it out every couple of weeks so she wouldn't get bored. She would stare at whichever toy I had in there until she fell asleep. Also, when your baby is congested, you can put a pillow or rolled up towel UNDER the crib mattress, to elevate one end.
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uh this is one of my fears. My daughter is still in her ba__sinet (most of the time) she still screams untill we put her inbed with us sometimes but when its tiem for her to go int eh crib Imworried that she will hate it and so will I.
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I was scared about the whole crib thing too so right from day one I put my girl in her crib so now I have no problem I have a fish thing in her crib that lights up and plays music it also makes the bubble sould like water she loves it try that.Don't worry you'll get her back to normal maybe prop her up alittle in crib so she's not flat to maybe mimic the position of the swing.
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 | E - June 29 |
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I am still co-sleeping at 3.5 months. I don't know how I will ever get my baby out of my bed, and my husband back in it. I dug a hole for myself and now I have to get out somehow. My baby thinks of his crib as a holding pen with fun stuff, while I get things done around the house. I know I should remove all interesting things from his crib. I just need to do it. The problem is I get lonely for him at night, when DH is in the other room sleeping soundly, and I sometimes pull him from the crib to snuggle with me. AGHHH!
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E I know what your saying about the whole husband thing even though my girl is in her crib when she first came home my husband would sleep on the couch because I was in and out of bed so much and now he still falls asleep there and I'm alone lol
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My husband and I co-slept w/our baby until he was about 10 months. I then geared up for a "horrible week" of no sleep, but it didn't happen. 1 night of waking up about 5 times in his bed and after that he was fine. I was amazed! Before he was born I swore I'd never have him in the bed so it wouldn't be hard to change him back, but things happen. And he totally surprised us on how adaptable he was. He still sleeps fine. I figure try to have everybody get as much sleep as possible, that worked for us.
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 | C - June 30 |
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Make sure she is really in a deep sleep, has a full belly, and clean diaper b4 you put her down. I had this problem too and I rocked my son to sleep for about a week and I could just tell when he was out cold. After about a week of this, now I can put him down when he's still partially awake. If he kind of wakes up I put my hand on his belly so he knows I'm there. I also never try to put him in his crib during the daytime. If he wants to nap during the day, it's in his bouncy chair or his pack n play (sometimes on my chest if I'm tired too). The Fisher Price bouncy chair has been my life saver. He loves that thing. I will be sad when he grows out of that thing. Just don't let it stress you out.
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If you find a solution please let me know. My son is now 14mnths old he was unable to sleep in a crib when he was younger because he had an asofigus problem and would throw up if we layed him down after eating. I have tried the "cry it out routine" going back in every couple minutes to rea__sure him, I have tried the "sitting in " tecnique and that does not work either. He actually works himself up into such a frenzy that he vomits. I do not think he will ever sleep in his bed at this rate!! I am desperate for any suggestions
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