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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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

@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):
http://www.holylamborganics.com/babypages/crib.html

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.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/104505198/pure-wool-filled-organic-crib-toppernap?

@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.

http://www.goodnightgreen.com/holy-lamb-organics-crib-mattress-topper.html

Use a towel horseshoe under her crib sheet!! They feel the coziness and eases the transition

She didn't transition into a crib until 3.5 months. I think in the future, though, I might try to transition earlier.

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.

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!