help me w/this sleep issue/ calling early sleep trainers!!!

[frlcb]

So she is 3 now? I would definitely move her to a bed. I think it would go better than you think.

[Brie]

We sleep trained around 5m. I continued to let him use a paci because he could keep it in and it didn't bother me. I would feed him once a night but only after a certain time. If he woke before then H would shush and pat him and replace the binky if necessary.

No idea about the PNP but I think it would be fine.

[rex]

if she wakes up because the paci is falling out and you are constantly up replacing it at night, ditch it.

[soozy87]

We sleep trained at 6 months. His main sleep problem was his pacifier would fall out and roll away. We received a Wubanub as a shower gift and a friend suggested we try that. I figured that it wouldn't help but it worked. He was old enough at 6 months to find that and pick it up and put it back in himself. I would suggest trying that if you haven't already.

[kategm]

You could just get a mattress for a twin bed and put it on the floor for your older kid. It wouldn't be higher off the ground than a toddler bed. My parents did that with us as a transition. Then give the crib to the baby.

Eta: hit post too soon

[Deleted]

What about moving the baby to his own room? We moved B to his own room at six months - in a PNP and his sleep got dramatically better. I think we must have been waking him.

[frlcb]

Jul 6, 2014 17:16:47 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

Jul 6, 2014 16:41:16 GMT -5 frlcb said:

So she is 3 now? I would definitely move her to a bed. I think it would go better than you think.

so skip the toddler bed?  we  don't have a twin, but I have a queen mattress I can put on the floor for her. I guess I can do that after we get back from DC. 

The reason BabyN is still in the room with me is because she is a belly sleeper.  She has been since about two weeks old. She absolutely would NOT sleep in the RnP, the swing, hated the swaddle, etc.  Basically, the opposite of her sister. She was doing great up until about 8 weeks, just waking once per night.  Now, I don't even count.  After the second wakeup I just let her sleep with me.

I would skip the toddler bed. Why do the transition twice? Get her a real bed and put up rails. I would do it now too, if she is 3 she is old enough to be in a bed, which will free up the crib for your baby.

[Deleted]

My girls refused pacifiers so I can't help with that. We did quit the swaddle at the same time we sleep trained so in general I favor killing multiple birds with one stone.

We moved dd1 to a full size mattress on the floor at 2.5. She's still in it and probably will be until we figure out what we will do with dd2. Dd1 is keen on them sharing a room so we may attempt that in a year or so and maybe put them in bunks with rails on both beds (dd2 on bottom).

[dcrunnergirl52]

I'd definitely move her to a bed anytime you want. We moved our twins to regular twin beds at 3y3m, so slightly older than ToddlerB, and they did fine. We didn't even put up rails, and their beds are fairly high off the ground. DS fell out once but otherwise, we've had no incidents.

DS2 slept in a PNP until about 7 months, and he was fine.

[Deleted]

My DD hated her crib for the first seven or eight months and would only sleep in a PnP. So, from personal experience, you can certainly use them as beds full-time with no adverse effect.

That said, I agree a 3 year old might be more ready for a bed than you think. You could also consider a full rather than a twin, more room to roll around. That's what we did for DD and I'm glad we did.

[noodleskooze]

Sorry, just saw that you tagged me.

L never really cared about the paci, so we thankfully didn't have to deal with that issue. Leo sleeps in a PnP just fine at his babysitter's house, so I assume he would at home if he had to. Ours is really hard though, so I'd probably buy a cushion or something for it.

[lilac05]

Don't do PNP long term. DS1 slept in one when we were between houses. He was too heavy for it, I guess, and it really warped the mattress. He slept alright in it, but it couldn't have been comfortable/good for him. I'd just skip right to the big bed. Mine never batted an eye. I did a pool noodle under the sheets to reduce the rolling off. He managed to fall out a couple of times, but was just fine.

[Willis Jackson]

ToddlerB might surprise you.

We tried putting DD (2y10mo)in a full at my parents' house in May and she wasn't having it. She insisted on squeezing herself into a pack n play, along with 700 stuffed animals.

I assembled DS's (and DD's, eventually, or so I thought) bunk bed on Friday thinking that DS (5.5yr) would sleep on the bottom for awhile until DD was ready to move in. He insisted on sleeping in the top bunk and DD wanted to try the bottom. I put up a bed rail and I think that plus it being a twin was more cozy and crib-like for her than a full. She's been sleeping (and napping!) in it ever since.

[bunch]

I'd probably go straight for a twin. Dd1s in on the floor, so it's not so high. A friend swears that her kid sleeping in a pnp for 6 mos added to her need for a helmet (I think dr agreed).

I dropped the paci when I sleep trained. She'd wake 20+ times when she spit it out. I still let her have it during the day and then i let her have it again at night when she could stick it in herself (6mos?) before kicking it totally at 9 mos when she kept throwing it out of the crib.

[turtlegirl]

As far as early sleep training. We did CIO with both boys around 4.5 months old and ditched the paci both times. DS1 became a thumb sucker and DS2 sucks on the hands of his lovey. We also stopped swaddling at the same time.

DS2 is almost 2 years old and has been sleeping in a PNP full time for the past 2.5 months or so. We recently moved in with my parents while we staged/sold our home and are house hunting right now. He seems perfectly fine with it.

[bunch]

Jul 7, 2014 14:03:47 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

bunch-she is a belly sleeper, so her head is perfect, lol.

I have a queen bed in what will be her room right now. I think I'm going to put the mattress ion the floor and push it up against the wall for now. My plan is to get a Hemnes daybed, but that will have to wait. I'm just going to be frugal and use what I have.

Lol. I posted without reading. I just meant a big bed instead of toddler bed. Dd2 has been a belly sleeper forever too and I slept in her room for a loooong time