Hellobee Boards Topic: is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?

Hellobee Boards Topic: is the rock and play transition to crib worth it? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:32:27 +0000 Andrea on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-552933 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:50:49 +0000 Andrea 552933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @winniebee: can you please link the thread that you started on this? I would like to transition soon! winniebee on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-283614 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:50:16 +0000 winniebee 283614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS wouldn't sleep flat on his back as a newborn. He screamed. He slept in the R and P til 16 weeks. I have been transitioning him for 3 days and it's going well (tried once before about a month ago). I started a post on it! MaisyMay on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270859 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:58:19 +0000 MaisyMay 270859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The rock n' play is probably the thing that I am most excited about getting off of our registry. I've actually registered for two, one for at home and one for the in-laws house. Mrs. Pen on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270856 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:52:43 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had never heard of the R&P before recently... on here. and the testimonials are AMAZING. DH and I spent the entire first month taking turns HOLDING Ds at night for 3 hours as a time so the other could get some sleep. It was fine for the first week... or two. But when DH was working FT, long 12-14 hr days - we were both suffering! He would wake 15 minutes after we tried laying him in his bed. It was really hard. IF we had had a way to get some sleep, I would have taken it no problem!! The key with transitioning is that you kinda have to know when you, and they, are ready. We ended up co-sleeping because it's the only way we got DS to sleep. At 3.5 mos I'd had enough, he was waking every hour to eat because it was right there !! But he made the transition nice and easy. No issues. I think it was just the ideal perfect time for HIM. chrispygal on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270853 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:51:35 +0000 chrispygal 270853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our LO sleeps in the rock and play during the day and the bassinet at night. She does fine in either. We are going to try and transition her to the crib soon and don't expect too much of an issue (she is 7 weeks). At least I hope not! And for the record, we loooooooove the rock and play. It is hands down the thing we use most, other than the changing pad. :) We keep it in our living room and travel with it when we go to parties or other people's houses. It was definitely worth the money even if it's not used for night time sleeping. loveisstrange on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270849 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:48:14 +0000 loveisstrange 270849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We put C in her crib at 2 weeks old. She slept in her bouncer the first 2 weeks. She's always slept fine. She was sleeping 12 hours through the night until she started teething and even now she only wakes up once and sleeps from 6pm to 8am. MrsHotDog on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270842 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:40:11 +0000 MrsHotDog 270842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't have any issues transitioning our daughter to the crib. We did transition her at about 12 weeks and that might have made a difference. She is also a very laid back baby so that might play a part of it to. bpcmarj on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270841 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:35:34 +0000 bpcmarj 270841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Honestly, I tried EVERYTHING to get her to sleep before the RnP, and it saved my life! For me, even though she is almost 4 months and still sleeping in it, the sleep I got for the last month has been SO worth it. I mean, literally, she would not sleep anywhere but on me until I put her in the RnP. The very first night she was in it (swaddled in a swaddleme) she slept from 9pm to 7am. I was SHOCKED and so rested when I woke up and it was light out. I recommend it to anyone who is having sleep trouble. I hope to transition her out of it soon though and have been working on that nightly. pastemoo on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270840 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:32:24 +0000 pastemoo 270840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @stiffaknee: That is so sad! We actually got an angel care motion sensor monitor for that reason. We aren't quiet around him at all... but he also doesn't sleep as much as most babies seem to. stiffaknee on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270821 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:58:00 +0000 stiffaknee 270821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Pastemoo: I don't think its specifically because we didnt use the rock n' play, but after watching the difficulties my sister in laws had transitioning their boys off the paci, the lovies and "quiet sleep" (literally, the boys would wake up if a toilet flushed) I didn't want LO to get use to sleeping a certain way (or with certain items). We also started our nighttime routine at 2 weeks and were kind of dictators about it! A friend of mine's niece passed away of SIDS like the week before LO was born, so I was petrified to let her sleep in her crib the first couple of weeks. But once we did, the entire house started sleeping better. pastemoo on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270782 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:32:51 +0000 pastemoo 270782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @stiffaknee: WOW! We never used a rock n play but he didn't sleep through the night for a lot longer! We put him in the crib the night we got home from the hospital. stiffaknee on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270775 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:22:19 +0000 stiffaknee 270775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I bought the rock and play sleeper and never took it out of the box. LO never had issues with reflux, so I never felt the need to put her to sleep at an incline...I tried to minimize all sleep props from the get-go and I truly believe thats why she slept through the night so early (she slept 8-10 hours at 4 1/2 weeks). Mrs. Yoyo on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270768 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:04:20 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 270768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our LO didn't really have that much trouble. Swaddling helped with the transition, I think. Just don't wait forever to transfer them. I think the longer you wait, the harder it is! We did it around 11-12 weeks, which was a good age. sorrycharlie on "is the rock and play transition to crib worth it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-the-rock-and-play-transition-to-crib-worth-it#post-270766 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:00:48 +0000 sorrycharlie 270766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ So we (will) have a newborn rock and play sleeper. I feel like I'm reading so much about the transition from rock and play to crib, though, that I'm afraid to even use it! Is the sleep you get with it in the beginning worth the trouble later? Did your baby even have trouble transitioning?