Post by nextbigthing on May 26, 2015 8:51:49 GMT -5
DS has slept in our room since he was born, in a mini crib. He's sleeping through the night for the most part (sometimes has 1 wake up around 2-3am). He also has been in a Pavlik Hip Harness since 4 weeks (he's 13 weeks now and wears it only at night for the last 6 weeks). I'm thinking that when I transition him out of the hip harness in 2 weeks it might be a good time to move him upstairs to his crib (two transitions at once). Is this a good or bad idea?
How old was your LO when you moved them (especially if you moved them sort of far - our master is downstairs, he'll be upstairs, we have a video monitor). Any tips? I feel like he's still so little, but he's sleeping well, and I feel like he's not sleeping as well in the mini crib, it's like he wants more room to move.
I didn't move her far as at our old houses our rooms were directly across the hall from one another. At exactly 4 weeks I moved her from the RnP to her crib. I thought we both might sleep better and I was right. I kept waking up from her little noises and she kept waking up from DH and I. So at 4 weeks I tried it and [whispers]she slept through the night and continued to do so from then on.
At 2 yrs old, we still haven't. *cries* downside of city living! Counting the days until August, when we'll have a 2 bedroom and can kick him out of our bedroom.
We moved ds1 out at 7 months and ds2 out at 3 months (because he was a grunty sleeper and because ds1 kept coming in to our room motn and waking him). So I guess, move him whenever you feel like it? The cradle to crib transition was nbd for either kid.
We did it in stages. With J, starting around 4 mos he would start the night in the crib. Once he woke up we co slept. This continued until 13 mos when we night weaned and moved him to the crib permanently. His first wakeup was always around the time we were heading to bed if not earlier.
With the girls they started the night in the rnp in our room until they were about 5/6 mos old and outgrew it. Around 6 mos old we started putting them in the crib together until first wakeup. We co slept the rest of the night. At 13mos we again transitioned them to full time crib sleeping.
Post by Velar Fricative on May 26, 2015 9:05:44 GMT -5
We moved her from the RNP bassinet (flat one, not the original inclined RNP) in our room to her crib in her room across the apartment at 4.5 months. She was sleeping horribly at that point and we hoped making the transition would improve things. LOL nope. But don't mind my story, most people here seem to have babies who transitioned just fine.
I moved DS a little before 5 months. I was nervous about it because like your set up, he is upstairs and we are down. I was really worried about it but after a couple of nights with extra wake ups, DS did fine in the crib. The anticipation was worse than the experience.
I found that our video monitor cut out too much and wasn't loud, so purchased a cheap audio monitor to go along with it. Maybe crazy, but it kept me calmer about it.
It was around 4-5 months. We started with naps in their during the day for a couple of days, and then just went for the nights. It was pretty uneventful, I actually think we woke each other up less.
4.5 months. She was starting to roll back to front and we were getting uncomfortable with letting her sleep in the RNP, so we moved her to the crib in her room. Plus she was waking up shortly after DH left for work at 5:30 and I was hopeful she would sleep later in her own room.
He didn't really have a room of his own to go to until 7 months but at 4 months he went to the far side of our bedroom, sort of in the closet. Then at 7 months he went to his own room and it was heavenly. For this next kid I hope to move him at 3ish months.
C slept in a bassinet next to my side of the bed until he was right around 4 months, mostly out of convenience for me for MOTN feedings. Once I went back to work, it was clear that we were waking each other in the middle of the night, so we decided to move him to his crib in the bedroom next door. It went easier than I expected, but he looked so little in his giant crib!
6 weeks. We kind of lived in the living room for the first 3 weeks - whoever was "on call" tended to stay in the LR where we had a PNP set up. DS slept there. Then from 3 - 6 weeks, he was in our room. But no one slept well. We'd wake up anytime he moved. We tried not to disturb him, but I'm sure he'd wake up some when he heard us too.
Once he was in his room - we ALL slept a lot better.
When I went back to work at 3 months, she went into the nursery on the other side of the house. She was only waking once or maybe twice a night at that time to eat though.
We wanted to have her in her own room before I went back to work at 12 weeks. She slept in the RNP in our room until 9 weeks, and then we moved her and the RNP to her room. She slept in the RNP in her room for a few more months and then we transitioned her into her crib in her room. We live in a tiny house though, so her room is next door to ours. We also use a video monitor. I LOVE having her in her own room.
DS is 14 weeks and I am terrified of the thought because he sleeps quite well in the RnP and I can sleep through any noises he makes short of fussing and crying.
At 2 yrs old, we still haven't. *cries* downside of city living! Counting the days until August, when we'll have a 2 bedroom and can kick him out of our bedroom.
Where are you going? Same building or another neighborhood?
Sorry to hijack this thread! We moved at 3.5 months, when DS was rolling and it seemed unsafe to keep him in the co-sleeper. But he was spending part of the night in our bed after MOTN wake-ups until about 8 months of age.
Two months, maybe? But he was just across the hall, it's maybe 10-15 steps from my side of the bed to his crib. And our bedroom is too small for the PnP (he slept in the RnP by the bed before moving to his room) so that wasn't an option. I wanted to have him in his own room before I went back to work at 12 weeks, and have plenty of time to work out any kinks.
7 weeks. we had a slew of guests and needed the nursery for them or we would have done it sooner. his crib is still less than 10 feet from our bed (thank you tiny apartment), but that wall is enough of a sound barrier that it makes a huge difference in how we slept.
Post by thebreakfastclub on May 26, 2015 9:31:32 GMT -5
I lasted a week with him in my room. I gave up the audio monitor at 4 weeks. I would have lost my marbles if I had to spend 24 hours a day in the same room as him.
Everyone slept better apart. I can hear DS if he needs me when I'm in my room.
Post by sillygoosegirl on May 26, 2015 9:36:38 GMT -5
At around 4-4.5 months. We had a bunch of huge failures until we moved her crib into our room, but she was pretty okay with the crib once it was in our room, and after a few nights we started sleeping in the guest room, then after maybe a week we decided that arrangement was pretty silly and move the crib back to the nursery.
I still bring her to our bed when she wakes the first time (around 3am), and will probably do that until we are ready to night wean.
6 weeks. We had planned to keep her in our room for 12 weeks minimum but during a crying session where nothing would calm her down, we put her in her crib and walked away so we could re-set for a couple minutes and she fell asleep. Then proceeded to sleep her first solid 8 hour stretch so she stayed in there. I think we were waking her up as she started STTN shortly afterward.
Nearly six months when we moved. He's now down the hallway from us. The transition was not the easiest since he was also teething like crazy and his upper teeth turn him into a beast, apparently. He was sleeping in his crib in our room though so that didn't change.
We moved DS out at 6 months, per the AAP recommendations. We'll do the same with DD. They didn't go far though, just across the hall. We have audio and video monitors. Yes, my 3yo still has monitors. I need them for my sanity.
Last night - 8 months. He still wakes up about a million times a night, and sleeps in bed with us for at least half the night. I actually prefer him in our room, but I'm going to divorce my husband if he wakes him up one more time (fuck if I know how a person can shower so loudly). So he starts the night in his crib, and then I go sleep in there once he's started his waking.