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| My name is Stephanie, I am the mother of a 4 month old boy, any tips on getting him to sleep in his crib? I started off him off in his bassinet but he would wake up soo much and I was always so tired, one day I put him down to sleep with my husband and I in bed, and wow.....I got a full nights rest. Now my husband and I want our bed back, only he will stay up cooing and laughing, and finally when playtime is over for him he starts to cry because he wants to go to sleep in our bed. Some have told me to let him cry it out, but it hurts so much to know he is crying for me, and i am just laying there ignoring him. |
| Posted by Stephanie on 02/05/2008 02:57 AM
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| As long as he is fed, with a clean diaper and you are sure there is nothing wrong with him, ie fever or he is sick, it is ok to let him cry it out, right now he is training you, and it should be the other way around. The crying will get less and less as he gets used to the fact that the crib is where he is going to be sleeping. I started doing that with my daughter when she was about six months, and she refused to sleep in her crib, biggest mistake, while it earned me extra sleep, she is now 15 months, and we just broke her of the habit. My aunt has an eight year old son that is still in their bed, because his room is lonely. |
| posted by on 02/05/2008 08:47 AM
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| Our son slept w/us til he was one, then I wanted our bed back. It is better to start early because they will think your bed is their bed. It took about 2 weeks, but he did eventually start sleeping in his bed thru the night and likes it much better and we all get a better nights sleep. I would console him if he is crying, but its better not to pick them up, then they think they are going back to bed w/you. |
| posted by Wendy on 02/05/2008 04:37 PM
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| Thanks so much for the feedback....I will start trying it tonight...hopefully all is well, I fear I will be crying more than he will be. |
| posted by Stephanie on 02/05/2008 11:50 PM
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| Hope it worked out for you last night. How did it go? I was also thinking that maybe if you put something w/your scent on it in the crib, he might not be so resistant to go in. I also us to sit next to the crib, but not pick him up and then just keep moving closer and closer to the door each night. |
| posted by Wendy on 02/06/2008 02:42 PM
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| I have an 8 month old boy and he sleeps in his own crib at night and for all naps. Now, he actually has a certain "fuss" that he does that lets me know he wants to go to his crib. I lay him down and he rolls over without a sound and falls asleep. In order for it to be this easy, we had to find things that soothed him. In our case, it was a fan (made a constant noise), classical music, his little minkie blankie up by his face, sometimes a pacifier, warm clothing to keep his arms and legs warm, and bigger blanket over the rest of his body and tucked down in the sides of the crib. When he was younger, we tried the Swaddlers that velcro and he slept really good in those. The key is to find what mades your baby relax and happy, and then lay your baby down awake in the crib when they are content and full. |
| posted by Amy B. on 02/07/2008 06:23 PM
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| I am so sorry; but that is the worst thing that a person can do is let their children sleep w them.I know from experience.My daughter slept w me and my x from 1 yr to 5 yrs of age.We'd even wait til she fell asleep and try and put her in her bedroom and shed wake up screaming back to our bed.Then we put her bed in our room and she still ended up sleeping w us.When I left my x-hubby and moved to Michigan ,she cried and pitched a fit for 1 week at the top of her lungs; crying like some 1 was killing her and crying her self to sleep ;so she could get back in bed w/ me.She was in a room w her new step-sister in 1 bed and brother in a bunk bed.It was the worst week of our lives!The old ppl above us complained for 1 week about the screaming!I suggest putting your baby in the babybed and putting it close to your bed side and then everynight moving it a lil away from you til you have it where its suppose to be.Only because your baby is so small. |
| posted by Lexi on 02/07/2008 07:46 PM
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