https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:31:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2643926 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:20:42 +0000 MrsSCB 2643926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catomd00: I'm way too much of a "what if?" person with everything, but you're right, it's probably not worth worrying about now. My husband is always telling me not to stress about stuff that hasn't happened yet. It's hard! But it's true that they just change so fast. I can't believe how different he already is in just two months :-o</p> <p>@delight: thank you, sounds like drowsy but awake is more of a thing a little later than now. The paperwork we got at our two-month appointment said something about how we should start doing it now, and it made me all nervous! I think I'll just try to relax more and not stress though :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2643925 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:17:55 +0000 MrsSCB 2643925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: Thanks! I feel like I'll be the same re: nursing to sleep even thought I know I really need to figure something else out...I'm nervous about the transition to daycare, though, like will they still be able to get him to sleep? I have a little less than six weeks left of leave, though, so a lot can happen in that time I'm sure. They're just growing and changing so fast!</p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: I think you're right, it's not going to work going from nursing to sleep to just doing it on his own....whenever I try to rock, though, he just kind of stares at me like, "What are we doing??" Maybe I need to get my husband to try, because F probably just wants to nurse when I hold him. Plus it would be nice to not be the only one who can get him to sleep!</p> <p>@Truvy: good to know drowsy but awake didn't work until later for you! The couple times I've tried, it's more like drowsy becomes WIDE awake as soon as he's down. Like I leave the room and look at the video monitor and he's staring at me, haha, I swear he can see me through that thing ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642266 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 06:45:22 +0000 delight 2642266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started transitioning from nursing to sleep to putting her down drowsy around 6m. Before that I always nursed her to sleep and rocked for a minute or two before putting her down. I went back to work at 7 months and DH took over the parental leave so I had to stop nursing to sleep so he could get her down for naps. </p> <p>We didn't use a RnP. We had her in a small cradle for the first 3 weeks and then made transition to crib. It took about a week. For the first few days I just put her in crib for naps. Then I started putting her in the crib at night after her early morning feed and then eventually all the time. It worked for us. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642241 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 05:04:00 +0000 catomd00 2642241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My biggest tip is to do what works now and worry about potential "bad habits" later. It's not worth the stress trying to combat something that may not even happen. Infant sleep changes soooo much in the first year. What works now isn't going to work a month from now and what works in a month won't work another few weeks down the line. Once I accepted that sleep kind of sucks and constantly changes in the first year, life became much easier and more enjoyable. 2 months is also just way too young in my opinion to even think about any of this. They're still in the fourth trimester. I promise, this will all pass much quicker than it feels and soon you'll be wishing your toddler would let you rock them to sleep and fall asleep in your arms! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642210 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 23:52:03 +0000 Truvy 2642210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. We transitioned from the RNP to a bassinet at around 2 weeks old. Both were in our room. The bassinet was a rocking one and we elevated the head for about a week until he was used to sleeping on a flat surface. I would also gently rock the bassinet after he was in it to make sure he stayed asleep. We started the bassinet at night because, like yours, he was already a pretty good sleeper at night. Eventually he slept in the bassinet for naps too. At about 2.5 months, we moved him to the crib for night sleep, but he was still in the bassinet or RNP for naps.</p> <p>2. Drowsy but awake did not work for me until my baby was much older, like 6 or 7 months, and he could move around to settle himself better in the crib at night. I fed him until he was fully asleep, before putting him in the crib, and if he awoke during the transfer, I rocked/shushed him until he was asleep again. Eventually, the feeding/rocking/shushing was not getting him asleep anymore and I would lay him in the crib drowsy and he would roll around/squirm until he fell asleep, but, like I said, he was much older than your baby is now.</p> <p>3. Once my baby was taking more regular 3-4 naps a day, maybe around 4 months, with the last nap ending around 6pm, we moved his bedtime to earlier, like 8:30 and he would have longer stretches of night time sleep too.</p> <p>I wouldn't worry too much about creating bad habits or the future. Do what you need to now to get you all the most sleep, and worry about changing things when it is no longer working best for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642027 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:53:49 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2642027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: I think ins of trying to get him to fall asleep on his own, I would first start to find another way to get him to sleep without the boob. So maybe swaddle and rock? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642021 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:36:08 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2642021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. We transitioned R from the RNP to her crib when she started rolling back to belly at 15 weeks. We elevated the mattress in her crib and made a little nest so it was like a RNP and then lowered it over the course of two weeks until it was flat. We also transitioned from swaddles to sleep sacks at the same time. She hated sleeping on a flat surface as a newborn, but did fine when we put her in the crib. </p> <p>2. I nursed to sleep for a long time even though I knew I shouldn't. I didn't want to mess with a good thing. Eventually it stopped working though so we had to figure something out. She was waking up as soon as she was put down and screaming. Instead of nursing and going right back to sleep in the middle of the night she was up for an hour or more. DH and I took turns rocking her and we were exhausted. She was 10 months old so we sleep trained. We did CIO with checks and it only took 2 nights. She still nurses last thing before going to sleep, but she's still awake when I put her in her crib. She started sleeping through the night a couple weeks later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642019 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:35:44 +0000 Smurfette 2642019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: yep, same with my LO. I was her pacifier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642017 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:33:30 +0000 MrsSCB 2642017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Yes, exactly, same here! Even after he pops off, I have to wait for awhile to be sure he is OUT. It is exhausting, I just want to go to sleep, kid!</p> <p>ETA: and he's definitely just nursing for comfort, because we've tried DH giving him a bottle of pumped milk before bed and he stillll wants to nurse not long after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642016 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:30:57 +0000 Smurfette 2642016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: I would nurse for like an hour and then still have to hold her 10-20 mins after she fell asleep before I could put her down, or she would wake right back up. It was exhausting. It was like 8-9 weeks that we moved her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642014 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:29:01 +0000 MrsSCB 2642014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I'm glad the transition to crib wasn't too bad. I may need to just suck it up and give the bassinet a try (we don't have a crib yet). It just takes so long to nurse him to sleep at night, that I'm afraid he'll wake up and I'll have to do it all over again! What age did you move her? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642013 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:26:59 +0000 Smurfette 2642013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed to sleep and then she went in the RnP. I just nursed her till she was asleep and put her in the crib when we moved her. We did have a crib wedge to help with her reflux but it was an easy transition. In order to stop the nursing to sleep we did sleep train cause she could not put herself to sleep unless I was wearing her (which only worked during the day). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-transitions-advice-would-be-appreciated#post-2642003 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:08:00 +0000 MrsSCB 2642003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have some questions about sleep...Biggest issues in a nutshell -- really hard to GET to sleep, but once he's asleep, does pretty well so I'm afraid of change, haha. </p> <p>Right now, my 10-week-old nurses to sleep and sleeps in a RNP. Lately we've been getting a good 6-8 hour stretch from him at night, so I'm a bit terrified of changing anything we're doing. But I'm also afraid that he'll start having sleep associations (mainly re: the nursing to sleep and RNP) that will be hard to change. Also, he still won't take a paci at this point, if that's relevant.</p> <p>First, if your baby slept in a RNP, when did you transition them out of it? I'd like him to sleep in the bassinet and then in the crib. Sometimes he'll sleep in the bassinet for naps. I'm a little afraid to try at night, because again, I'm afraid to mess up the night sleep. But I know we'll have to move him at some point!</p> <p>Two, the mythical drowsy but awake. When did this start working for you (if it did)? He has only ever been nursed to sleep, like out cold, for naps and nighttime. I don't mind terribly, EXCEPT for the fact that sometimes it can take an hour plus. But I'm not even sure how to even attempt drowsy but awake, because (so far) if I don't put him down fully asleep, he wakes up and cries. Is this a real thing? Does it actually ever work? ha</p> <p>Three, right now we get in bed around nine, and he falls asleep usually by 10 or 11. I know at some point we should move his bedtime earlier. It would also be nice to have some time to ourselves after he's asleep. But I'm a little nervous about that because selfishly I like his long sleep coinciding with when I'm asleep. He can be tough to get back down after his long stretch, so I'm worried he'll start waking for the day at 3 or 4 a.m. if we manage to get him down earlier. </p> <p>Anyway, that's a lot, but if you have any tips on any of this, I would very much welcome them! </p>