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transitioning to crib

Shannon - posted on 05/14/2012 ( 7 moms have responded )

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I've had my son in a rock and play sleeper since he came home from the hospital and is now 7 weeks old. the weight limit on them is 25lb right now my son is about 12lb maybe more we go back to the doctor next week so I'll know where he is then. Anyway length wise he is starting to look to big even though I couldn't find a length limit for the bed. I want to transition him to the crib but he doesn't seem to like it. The sleeper kind of cradles him so he's secure in it and can't move around a lot like he can in the crib. I've thought of swadling him but it's starting to get warm out we don't have air conditioning and are in the top half of a duplex, he also gets warm easily there have been a couple nights where he has sweated through his onsie so I'm not sure if that will work. The few times I've put him in it after he's been asleep he moves and wakes himself up and won't go back to sleep. I've thought about just putting him in it and try to console him when he wakes up at night. Currently he is sleeping from 10 or 11 at night to 6 or 7 in the morning and I would really like this to continue and I think that's why I've been reluctant to move him.

here's a link to rock and play sleeper on babiesrus.com in case you don't know what they are:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp...

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Shannon - posted on 05/20/2012

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Thank you for posting that, I didn't even know they made mesh bumpers.

Shannon - posted on 05/20/2012

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So last night I tried again to move him to the crib. I let him cry but went in to calm him down every 10-15 minutes, he ended up moving himself so he was right against the bars of the crib and fell asleep that way so now my question is how to I prevent his arms from going in between the bars? I'll try putting him in the middle again tonight and see if he moves himself again but if he continues to move to the edge how do I stop his arms and legs from going in between the bars?

Shannon - posted on 05/18/2012

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I did try swaddling him last night but I kind of stink at swaddling to begin with so he was able to kick out of it very easily. I ended up giving in and putting him in the little bed again because my husband is going to be out of town this weekend so I wanted to try and spend time with him before he left.

Katherine - posted on 05/17/2012

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Yeah husbands have a short fuse for newborns, mine did too and I used to get really mad. Yes honey I KNOW you have to get up and work, but I also have to function tomorrow!

Shannon - posted on 05/17/2012

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I really don't think that would work, the receiving blankets I have aren't thick but they aren't super thin either and I think swaddling him in that would actually be warmer than a onsie. I tried moving him last night by just putting him in the crib and trying to calm him with out picking him up every 5-10 minutes. That went on for about 2 hours, this was after rocking him to sleep before putting him in the crib, finally my husband told me to put in the the little bed because he needed to get up early the next morning and could fall asleep with our son crying. He was tired and was fighting sleep because as soon as I moved him he was out.



I also need to say that when I went in to comfort him he did calm down with the binky and with me stroking his head, he would sleep for a couple minutes then move or something and would wake up. Toward the end I feel he was really close to finally falling asleep for real and even though it was hard I was ready to hold firm it was my husband who couldn't take it anymore and he had only been home for about an hour.

Katherine - posted on 05/14/2012

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My daughters used to startle themselves awake too. I think it's a newborn thing with the arms. Maybe you can swaddle him naked? In a thin blanket? That way he can't startle himself awake.

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