https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 13:34:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-from-bassinet-to-pack-n-play-need-advicehelp#post-665237 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:29:56 +0000 hellobeeboston 665237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're transitioning from the Rock n Play to the crib --- it's been a slow process but I feel like it's the better way to go at it. Naps have been in the crib &amp; going pretty well. If he wakes and can't settle back down we go back to the RnP. Nights have been a little harder. We start out in the crib and see how long he can go. If he can't settle down, back to the RnP - but he's been going longer &amp; longer in the crib so we're hoping eventually to just completely cut out the RnP, and I feel like we're close!</p> <p>We also started using a sleep sack to get him familiar with it so he had that in the crib too. - he like to hold on to it sometimes for comfort. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-from-bassinet-to-pack-n-play-need-advicehelp#post-665164 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:17:56 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 665164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: he doesn't roll yet, though i think he is getting close! I like that idea.....just need to get a crib sheet for the pnp! thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-from-bassinet-to-pack-n-play-need-advicehelp#post-665005 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:31:26 +0000 hilsy85 665005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurpleUnicorn: does he roll yet? You can try putting the blankets under the crib sheet around the lower part of his body--like from his tummy to his legs. That way it's not by his face, but his body is still somewhat cradled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-from-bassinet-to-pack-n-play-need-advicehelp#post-664975 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:23:22 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 664975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we stopped swaddling a long time ago because he always fought until his arms were out - and he was sleeping fine without the swaddle, he just liked his arms up beside his head when he sleeps (like me, lol). But I like the idea of making it more cozy somehow! Would rolled blanket be considered an increase SIDS risk though? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-from-bassinet-to-pack-n-play-need-advicehelp#post-664964 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:20:00 +0000 hilsy85 664964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is he still swaddled? Maybe the pnp feels too "big" to him--can you prop rolled up blankets next to him or something to make him feel cozier/more contained? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-from-bassinet-to-pack-n-play-need-advicehelp#post-664956 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:17:20 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 664956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L is 4.5 months. until now, he has slept in a bassinet next to my bed - but he is getting to big for it. We wanted to keep him in our room for at least 6 months, so rather than transition him to the crib, we thought he could start sleeping in the pnp as it is bigger, but fits in our room. Also it will be good for when i travel in May for 5 nights. So we thought, "let's try it out for naps this week to see how it goes - even better, let's do the naps in his nursery so he can start getting used to that room!" ...... FAIL. His morning naps are the best and most predictable. It's easier to put him down for his morning nap than it is for bed for the night, so i thought that was the best time to start. I've also been putting him down awake but drowsy for the past few weeks and it's been great. This morning he was ready for his morning nap, so i brought him to his nursery and put him in the pnp...but then his eyes shot wide open and he was no longer ready to sleep!! </p> <p>So i brought the pnp into my room, realizing that maybe i was trying to transition too much at once (but then i wonder how do people go straight from bassinet to crib??). I ended up having to nurse him again until he fell asleep and he was finally able to sleep in the pnp.</p> <p>So I am wondering if I am going about this the right way or is there something i can or should do to make it easier? I am thinking to get him to sleep in pnp, i need to take a step back on the putting him awake but drowsy. I also put the blanket we use in the bassinet and wrapped it around him, but i was hoping to avoid this since the pnp is bigger and the blanket is at risk of getting all loose and spread out. </p> <p>Any tips on transitioning? how to do it? what steps to do first? </p>