DS sleeps in his crib at night but we still use the RNP (and swing if he's cranky) for naps. We've been working on getting him to nap in his crib or PNP, but, well, yeaaaahhhh. I'm curious how much longer we have before he sizes out. He'll be 6 months next week.
Probably around 5 months. DD was sleeping exclusively in her crib by about 3 months thanks to daycare using them, and she much preferred hanging in a PnP than RnP. She was never into the swing or bouncer.
Post by narockshard on Dec 22, 2014 10:15:07 GMT -5
J will be 6 months on Thursday. We haven't used the swing since she was about 3 months I think; she has been content with other things, so we haven't needed it. However, she still loves her bouncy seat and I plan to use that until she won't tolerate it anymore. She sleeps and naps in her crib just fine, but occasionally if she's extra fussy for naps, I put her in the bouncer. It's mostly used as a containment device while I shower at this point though, so she better like it for a looong time
RNP at 5.5 months. She was trying to use her legs to do this leap thing over the bottom edge. Though It did make one more appearance a few weeks ago at age 1 when she couldn't sleep without being inclined due to a nasty cold.
We never owned a swing, but I have seen them put her in one at daycare at age 1. They put her in there so she can drink her bottle. We have a vibrating chair at home I put her in so she can drink her own bottles and climb out of the chair herself. I could put her in the RNP as she is still under the weight limit, but she wouldn't be able to climb out of it safely since it is so much higher up.
Bouncer about four or so months, he got too strong and would try to get out of it.
Rnp probably around four months when he could roll over. He kept trying to roll in it.
We stopped using the swing around six months but it stayed in our room until he was nine months because I was having trouble letting go of the last piece of baby equipment lol.
C lost his love for the RNP at about 5 weeks. As for the bouncer, he still uses it for occasional naps, and actually has slept in it at night for the last 4-5 days because he's been super-congested. He's almost too long for it, and is maybe 2 pounds from the weight limit. I don't know what we're gonna do when he can't use it anymore.....it's our "last resort" sleep solution.
Post by scribellesam on Dec 22, 2014 10:58:56 GMT -5
I'll probably have to retire the RnP sooner than I want to because my kid is so freaking enormous :-( He's only 2mo but already the size of a 6mo so I don't think we have much time left.
We never had a RNP but 4ish months on the bouncer. It wasn't his favorite to begin with. He slept in his swing until 8.5 months. He loved it and would probably still be in it but I really wanted crib naps and he was getting squirmy in it.
DD was all crib all the time by her own choice so I didn't count her.
We stopped using the swing at 6 months but still use the rnp at 10 months for feeding since she will not drink while being held. My h also puts her into it sometimes for naps even though she hasn't slept in it since like 4 weeks old. hello, sleep regression!
Post by timorousbeastie on Dec 22, 2014 11:17:55 GMT -5
We ditched the RNP for the crib at 3.5 months when she figured out how to roll over in it.
The bouncer lasted until ~6 months, at which point she would try to flip out of it. She never napped in it, though. That was just used to contain/entertain her (and to get her to poo - worked like a charm).
My kids never napped in the swing regularly. For j it was where I put him while I pumped during ML and we ditched it completely around 7 mos when we moved. The girls napped in the swing maybe 4 times total and we got rid of it around 5 mos because it was just taking up space and was rarely ever used.
The bouncy we ditched around 6 mos both times but was rarely ever used with J (just when I showered on ML) and wasn't used much beyond the first couple of months with the girls. It just took up space.
The rnp we didn't have with J. The girls however napped and slept in them overnight until right around 5.5/6 mos. At that point we needed to ditch the swaddle because they were rolling all over the place so we did it all at once.
I used the RnP when she had a cold at 4 months but she was mostly in her crib at 2.5 or 3 months. She stopped liking the swing at our house a long time ago but grandma has a really cushy one that she doesn't mind sometimes. We stopped with the bouncer more than a month ago because she seems to want to sit more upright than it will allow.
Our swing died at 6 months and so we stopped using it cold turkey. I think I would have weaned him off it at 9 months if had been given the option to keep using it.
I retired it for sleeping around then, but still used it for showering/hanging out with us at the breakfast table for a bit. When she started to roll (or trying to roll) and we were nervous about it, even with the straps, we put it away. Now I only bring it out for guests when they have tiny babies over. DD still wants to get it because she thinks it's hilarious though.
We haven't used the bouncer much at all. Dd slept nightly in her rnp until 8 months. We still use the swing 4-5x/week when she gets cranky in the early evening - it instantly calms her. She's 9.5 months, but she's on the small side.
I fear the day we retire the RNP. This thing is amazing! We didn't have one with DS1. It rocks itself, that right there is deserving of sainthood. I am so afraid DS2 is going to outgrow it early, he is in the 98% for height!
He never liked the swing but my H kept trying to force him to like it until like 9 months old when I'd convinced him that ship had sailed long ago. He STILL doesn't like swings.
Bouncer, maybe 5 months or so.
He stopped sleeping in the RNP around 4.5 months or so, but we used it (with him buckled in, watching him through the glass doors) as a place to put him while we showered until close to 10 months.