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Ugh, I'm sorry you are going through this!

Has she spent much time in her crib before? Maybe you could try letting her play in it for 10 min at a time or have her start by napping in it before transitioning to night sleep? Before transitioning my DD from the bassinet to the crib, I got her used to napping in the crib first. By the time we were ready for night time sleep in the crib around 10 weeks, there were no transition problems at all.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: gah! 2hr40min crib nap! I'm jealous! DD sleeps only 30min at a time during the day. hmmm, I'm stumped then since she seems to like the crib well enough. Hopefully someone else will chime in with good advice.

Ugggh, so sorry, lady. We're at almost 6 months and still in the RnP/cosleeping at night. I plan on doing the transition at the same time I sleep train (hopefully) next week... Is she still swaddled? If not, a lot of people recommended the Baby Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit...

omg the transition is really effing hard. It took us a week of sleep training to get her to sleep in her freaking crib. It just sucked. But it does get better; your LO can't stay in the RnP forever! But definitely give it a week

Like PP said, we started with naps. I wanted her to be in her crib by the time she was 4 months but it just wasn't happening. I kind of just let her decide when she was ready - if that makes sense. We moved her RnP to her room first and put it right next to her crib and she slept in that for a few weeks (pointing the monitor toward it, obviously). Just to help her get used to sleeping in her room, without us. Then we noticed she seemed like she was getting too long for her RnP and she wasn't as comfortable at night. Thats when we moved her into the crib. Between that and her napping in there during the day, she didn't have any problems.
I should mention, she started rolling over around this time and would always end up on her belly in the crib. I didn't like that she was sleeping that way, but I think that's just what she preferred.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: duh I totally forgot!! What saved us was the Merlin's Magic Sleep Suit!! I wasn't thinking when I responded earlier. I had tried a few times before and given up after two nights because it was so bad (and resigned myself to the fact that they'd probably head off to college with the Rock n Plays in tow) and then I finally tried switching from the swaddle to the sleep suit and it totally worked wonders! Highly recommend!

We tried at 3 months, and she was not having it. She did way better at 4 months.

Uh, we didn't do CIO until she was 5 months and 3 weeks old. I think the first window is like 4.5 months for CIO? BUt we never rocked E even when she was really really little. I just can't speak to what I would have done at that age! We did the transition later than you did because she had reflux, so she had to sit inclined until almost 5 months, when her medicine kicked in

oh yeah we totally used the Merlin between months 4 and 5. forgot about that. effing amazing and worth the money for us. Maybe you can find it used on the boards?