PLEASE How do I move my daughter from my bed to her crib?

Shannon - posted on 06/16/2012

Thanks for the wonderful advise ladies!!! Me and her dad have done a bit more research and we are definetly going to start putting her in her crib for naps and cotinue what we are doing at night for now. We are planning to move soon and don't want to bombard her with to many changes all at once. but once we move and she feels comfotable in her new home we are going to be more firm with it. My fiance is so funny... he was having such a hard time sleeping with her in the bed. she always kicks him and twists and turns so he spends most the night on the edge of the bed. he is the main one who wanted out of our bed! I actually LOVE sleeping with her next to me and sleep better that way!! but he does have to work and his sleep is very much needed!! And plus her in her crib might have helped or bed get a lil more action. lol Anyways after reading a few articles and realizes that we will be moving in about a month, he now wants to wait. I think he realizes that the cry it out method will probably keep him up more than her in our bed!! Thanks again for the advise!!

Stephanie - posted on 06/16/2012

I went through this exact same thing!
I really didn't want to do the "cry-it-out" method, I thought it was so mean and that my daughter would be traumatized. But it did work, and she is as happy as ever, and she is less cranky because she sleeps longer at night.
Here is what I did:
I set my mind at it one day and decided to put her in the crib to sleep that night. I told her many times during the bed time routine that she was going to sleep in her crib tonight. As the last part of the routine I nurse her in a rocking chair in her room where her crib is until she is very sleepy and practically asleep. I make sure she is not hungry and doesn't want to nurse anymore. Don't try to nurse her in your bed, as she will just think everything is normal.
I put her down in her crib and said goodnight. She fussed a lot the first night (45 minutes) until she fell asleep. I went to the door after 5 minutes at first, then after 10and every 10 minutes after that and talked to her a bit, less than a minute each time. I would say, it's okay, mommy's here, or shhhhh. This seemed to help her calm down, she will know you're there and not feel abandoned if you reassure her every few minutes. I was within ear shot of her, with my husband there for support. The second night she barely fussed at all.
I got advise to start with naps (she would only nap on me), but this didn't work for me. I started putting her in her crib for naps the next day.
Also, I tired sleeping with her crib in my room, this did not work for us. She could smell me and woke up several times more to nurse, and got more upset when I was right there and she wasn't with me. Now my daughter wakes a few time to nurse at night, I get up and nurse her in the rocking chair in her room, she goes right back to sleep after, no fussing.

The night you decide to start DON"T think: if it doesn't work..... Instead, think: this will work, this is whats going to happen.
If you want more advise, let me know. Your situation sounds very similar to what I went through with my daughter a few months ago.

Joellen - posted on 06/15/2012

Sounds like juliet. With us it was very time consuming. It took almost two months I think. This is what I did she got up at two am and like u did I was so sleepy I just let her sleep when she got up at five am I put her back in her bassinet I let her cry but talked to her on the side of her bassinet soon she would only cry for a few minutes I had toys she could try to grab and bear that makes the hart beat sometimes she just wonted to be close to hear my hart beat eventually she went to sleep by herself. She 3 years old now I had her sleeping in her own bed rely good but her crazy dad lets her sleep with us. Once u let her sleep with u agen she will think its ok so be carful when she gets older hope this helps u