Hellobee Boards Topic: If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 15:40:06 +0000 mrbee on "If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-read-books-to-your-lo-at-night-how-do-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-57753 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:34:58 +0000 mrbee 57753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch: Ah that is smart to let him pick! Plus if he only sees two books in front of him, then that would help too. Smart! looch on "If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-read-books-to-your-lo-at-night-how-do-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-57743 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:33:09 +0000 looch 57743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We do two books at each nap and bedtime. Does he pick out the books he wants read to him? I would think if he sees the two books and you tell him it is these books and bed, he should be able to understand the concept of "2." heffalump on "If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-read-books-to-your-lo-at-night-how-do-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-57687 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:49:51 +0000 heffalump 57687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She doesn't know how to talk yet. Makes life easier! Plus, she's so tired that she doesn't even get through one book. BoogieBea on "If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-read-books-to-your-lo-at-night-how-do-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-57683 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:47:55 +0000 BoogieBea 57683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just tell him 2 more than 1 more then 'night night'. I think he understands now but he'll still protest to read more books. we'll just repeating several times that this is the 'last one' then 'night night'. Then we just pick him up, sing a song, and put him to bed. He's whimper a bit but usually settles within 30 seconds. Lately he's been wanting to bring stuff into bed with him, like a book or one of his Thomas trains - it seems to help the transition. He also likes to turn off the lights himself. It just gives him a sense of control I think. Andrea on "If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-read-books-to-your-lo-at-night-how-do-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-57669 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:38:04 +0000 Andrea 57669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We also only read one book. Now that she is older we'll do a longer book like Cat in the Hat and that satisfies her. After the one book, I sing to her and then put her in the crib. She seems to know the one book and song routine. After the song is over she sometimes even points to the crib. mamimami on "If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-read-books-to-your-lo-at-night-how-do-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-57642 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:07:43 +0000 mamimami 57642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have never read more than one book! He can't talk yet (13 mo) but I hope he understands the process and doesn't think he can get more than one! We read, then he gets his lovey, then we cuddle, then the crib. mrbee on "If you read books to your LO at night, how do you transition to the crib?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-read-books-to-your-lo-at-night-how-do-you-transition-to-the-crib#post-57639 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:05:33 +0000 mrbee 57639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Charlie has started asking us to read books to him in the evening. The problem is that he's never satisfied and always wants to read "one more" book. I try to tell him that we're only going to read 2 more books, 1 more book, then we're done... but I think his knowledge of numbers is too weak to really understand what that means. How do you let your LO know that there's a limited number of books you will read, and then it's time to sleep?