Hellobee Boards Topic: How Did You Transition To The Crib?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How Did You Transition To The Crib? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:17:09 +0000 sorrycharlie on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641736 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:58:11 +0000 sorrycharlie 641736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had DD in our room until just about 5 months. I started doing her naps in her crib somewhere around 3-4 months, can't remember..then around 3 weeks ago (haha it's all a blur!) I put her in her crib for the first stretch, then took her into bed..then kept putting her back in her crib all night. She LOVES it. The first night I obsessively watched the monitor. Now I'm totally fine, and I'm legit one of the most anxious people on the planet! ETA - her first few crib naps were swaddled, til she dropped the swaddle at 3m old. then I put her down after rocking or nursing, now I can put her down awake! shopaholic on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641699 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:54:20 +0000 shopaholic 641699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrsjyw: :D Thanks! @mrs. wagon: Wow! The princess got the master suite! So fitting! My DH would NOT be okay with that, but it's an interesting point you reminded me of - not letting the baby get used to us being in the same room. I will move the crib to our room this weekend and try to slowly move her closer to her room! mrs. wagon on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641659 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:49:28 +0000 mrs. wagon 641659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had her in the UBV bassinet in our room (it was on top of the bassinet attachment of our pack n play) for a while... then we set up her crib next to our bed. Then we were having such trouble getting her to sleep, we let her sleep in the rock n play next to our bed. That way we could rock her to sleep but still lay down in our bed. Eventually I started to worry about letting her sleep in the rock n play, we just transitioned to the crib. I think we tried a few times and one day she was just ok with it. We didn't want her to get used to us being in the same room as her, so we slept on an aerobed in the living room...!!! The whole master suite just for the little princess. Haha. Then when my mom left we moved Wagon Jr. into his big boy room (formerly the guest room) and moved LMW into the nursery. It went pretty well. I cannot remember when we did what. :( it was all just a fog. ladyfingers on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641597 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:34:41 +0000 ladyfingers 641597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrsjyw: Very smart. Thanks! Rubies on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641254 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:28:09 +0000 Rubies 641254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She didn't transition into a crib until 3.5 months. I think in the future, though, I might try to transition earlier. mrsjyw on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641226 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:23:05 +0000 mrsjyw 641226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @ladyfingers: i thought it would, but it didn't! just roll it long ways and make a thin horseshoe :) @shopaholic: do it! underneath the sheet should make it sids-safe shopaholic on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641152 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:59:31 +0000 shopaholic 641152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrsjyw: That's a great idea! basically like the snuggler too! Or maybe I'll just put the snuggler UNDER the crib sheet! ladyfingers on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641085 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:38:32 +0000 ladyfingers 641085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We tried transitioning him around 3 weeks but was hitting his 4-week growth spurt and was up every hour, so we brought him back to the RNP. We're going to wait until after 6 weeks to try again though I think he's over the worst of that spurt right now. The only way to get him to sleep is swaddle and rock so I'm worried about abandoning the rock n play, we might have to rock in our arms but that takes much longer. @mrsjyw: that's a great idea! Doesn't that make the crib sheet shorten and pull up at the sides though? mrsjyw on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-641044 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:27:32 +0000 mrsjyw 641044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Use a towel horseshoe under her crib sheet!! They feel the coziness and eases the transition :) shopaholic on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640867 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:49:33 +0000 shopaholic 640867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mamabear57: oh!!! Haha much better! Still a splurge but a little easier to digest! Thanks! teamjse on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640813 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:37:14 +0000 teamjse 640813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @shopaholic: I'm not sure which one you are looking at but it's $180. Hope that helps. Here is a link of the individual item. <a href="http://www.goodnightgreen.com/holy-lamb-organics-crib-mattress-topper.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.goodnightgreen.com/holy-lamb-organics-crib-mattress-topper.html</a> shopaholic on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640761 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:26:02 +0000 shopaholic 640761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mamabear57: Holy moly! The holy one is $699?!?! Yikes! I better try w/out first. Maybe the etsy one will be justifiable but DH might freak out b/c her mattress was already over $300 + organic mattress pad cover was $60 each too. Goodness the babies get better bed stuff than us! Lol! teamjse on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640668 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:06:53 +0000 teamjse 640668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @shopaholic: We actually ordered 2, my mom ordered one from Holy Lamb Organics for LO. It's a custom made order but we got it within a week (they stated about 2 weeks on their website) and made a huge difference in how well LO have been sleeping. We love it. This is the one he's currently using (Quilted crib topper): <a href="http://www.holylamborganics.com/babypages/crib.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.holylamborganics.com/babypages/crib.html</a> This is the one I ordered on Etsy and the one that Mrs Pen recommended, still waiting for it to arrive, it's been 3 weeks. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/104505198/pure-wool-filled-organic-crib-toppernap?" rel="nofollow">http://www.etsy.com/listing/104505198/pure-wool-filled-organic-crib-toppernap?</a> DillonLion on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640430 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:21:01 +0000 DillonLion 640430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She spent her first few weeks co-sleeping with us (like on our chest) or in the swing. Then we got a Snugabunny bouncer as a gift and since it cradled her, she would allow us to put her in it and bounce her to sleep. So for a few weeks, she slept in the bouncer and one of us was on the couch right next to her in the living room. Then we experimented with putting her in her bouncer, but in her own room. By 8 or 9 weeks she was okay with being in her crib and didn't need to be in the bouncer anymore. We had her in a swaddle sleep sack the whole time. shopaholic on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640408 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:17:45 +0000 shopaholic 640408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mamabear57: What mattress topper was that? Can you include a link? I think using the snuggler in the bassinet made a difference with her willingness to sleep in it, so maybe this topper is what we'll need too! @yin: Yay! There's hope for us! dookie32 on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640160 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:16:52 +0000 dookie32 640160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our son slept in the RNP in our room until about 5 1/2 months. I was a paranoid FTM and I just didn't have the guts to move him any sooner. He was still swaddled at that point so we did the crib & no swaddle transition at once. It was a sucky few days but he adjusted pretty quickly. He's almost 1 now and if I wake up in the middle of the night I still look at the monitor to make sure he's still breathing so sometimes you don't outgrow the anxiety :). Lindsay05 on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640120 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:10:37 +0000 Lindsay05 640120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We still have LO in a crib in our bedroom at 9 months because of the way our house is set up, it's just way easier. When we transitioned LO was approx. 4 months and I was just at the point to start letting her CIO. We were going to put her in the crib AND let her CIO at the same time. Well she had ended up falling asleep with no crying and slept through the night. yin on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640084 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:04:27 +0000 yin 640084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We transitioned around 2 weeks. Luckily my LO didn't mind at all. I put him in the crib a few times beforehand just to get used to the bed. teamjse on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640012 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:47:25 +0000 teamjse 640012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We let LO sleep in his bassinet until he was 4 months old. Then we tried transitioning him into his crib at that point, it didn't work out. He co-slept with us until 7 months. I felt like I barely slept from 4 to 7 months because I was so worried we were going to suffocate him. Even at 7 months we had a hard time because he was use to our pillow top mattress. Eventually we had to buy him a lamb wool mattress topper that @mrspen recommended and he finally was willing to sleep in his crib. pl0508 on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640006 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:45:40 +0000 pl0508 640006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just bit the bullet and did it ! What we did find was he prefers to lay on his side so we swaddle in a swaddleme blanket then lay him in on his side. We keep a rolled a+a blanket behind his back ! I keep the monitor on my side of the bed! Eta: we transitioned him at one month Mrs. Yoyo on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640005 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:45:37 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 640005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A tight swaddle helped, but we didn't transition him out of the RNP until about 11-12 weeks. I also started putting him in there for the occasional nap so it wasn't completely foreign. Beehive on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-640001 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:43:12 +0000 Beehive 640001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started having him take his naps in the crib around 1.5 months, so he was used to being in the crib (and perhaps associated it with sleep). The transition for us (when he was around 3 months old I think?) wasn't difficult. When he slept in a bassinet in our room, though, it was on a flat surface. autumnlove on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-639966 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:36:13 +0000 autumnlove 639966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I tried moving her to the crib at 1, 2 and 3 months but she bawled every time.... We tried again at 4.5 months and she didn't mind it at all! shopaholic on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-639879 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:18:20 +0000 shopaholic 639879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @tysonja: I'm thinking that's what I want to try this weekend. So at least she gets used to the crib so when it gets into her room it's not such a drastic change. loveisstrange on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-639872 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:17:05 +0000 loveisstrange 639872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We started transitioning C at 2.5 weeks old. She hated the PnP because it was too flat but we have a soft mattress cover for her crib mattress and she sleeps in there no problem. At first, we just did her in there for her first long stretch of sleep (like 6-7 until 1-2am) and then we would let her sleep the rest of the night in her swing. Over the course of a month or so, we put her in there all night. I did freak out for the first couple weeks, but I got over it. We all sleep SO much better. She's a noisy sleeper. tysonja on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-639853 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:14:24 +0000 tysonja 639853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ aiiyyeee!! i totally understand not wanting to have LO sleep in a different room! i totally thought i wouldn't be like that either! we had his crib in our room for about 5 months.... probably too long (dh surely thinks so! haha) but i guess he did sleep in his 'crib' since birth, then. when we finally moved his crib into his own room, i don't think he noticed. shopaholic on "How Did You Transition To The Crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-639824 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:08:41 +0000 shopaholic 639824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LOL! So I originally thought and planned to have K sleep in her own room in her own crib from Day One (or at least by Week One). HAHAHAHA #firsttimemomdelusions I get so worried about her, it's been impossible to even think about her sleeping in her own room! DH will have to go back to work in a week and I thought I would try to transition her by then, but how do you do it? Stare at the monitor all night? She hates being put down on flat surfaces! For now at one week, she can sleep in the SnugaBunny in the living room and in her UBV bassinet at night. She HATED the bassinet the first night, but I put a snuggler pad in there for cushioning and she has been okay with it for a couple of hours at a time. I know it's probably against SIDS rules or something, but I check on her constantly, and she is a really fidgety baby so if I don't hear or see her move for awhile, I look over at her. I tried laying her in the crib yesterday and she had a total fit! How did you make the transition to sleeping in her own crib and nursery? Should I move the crib in our room and try that for a few days and then move it into her nursery?