Sleeping

[Jules31981]

Ok so Madasyn is having a hard time sleeping in here bassinet.  She hated the little aquarium crib at the hospital too.  She slept with us last night and with me Tues night in the hospital, but I don't want her to get stuck on being in bed with us.  I am sure it is hard to transition from the womb to bassinet.  Anyone have this problem, if so what did you do to help them transition??

[justice6920]

Oh Man Noah moves like crazy too and makes these little grunting noises! ..... Very Normal :-)

[evthing4reason]

Carter moves like crazy. He startles himself awake all the time but is pretty good at going back to sleep. I am actually concerned at how much he moves and cries in his sleep. but when he is with us he is still as anything, even when he is just laying beside us. I hope my aunt can find the bear today that sounds like when he was in me, hopefully this will help

[Jules31981]

Thanks ladies,  we are trying to be sure to put her down when she is nappping, she is only a few days old stilll so we are still into holding her all day long.  She is getting better at napping on her own, so hopefully in the next few days she'll do it at night too.  glad to hear I am not tthe only one co- sleeping.  She moves so much when she sleeps by herslef does anyone see this with their babies?   I thik that is why it is so gard for her to be in the bassinett too!

[justice6920]

I have a hard time getting Noah to sleep in his crib too.... He will be in there normally from 10:30 - 1pm and then in my bed there after! I do try and just lay him there but most the time he cries... Just trying laying the baby down when they are SOUND asleep and maybe try swaddling, it helps! So hey do what works for now, they are still so little and it takes a while to get a hang of the outside world!

[Jem75]

Hayden is not a fan of the basinette and is usually there to start but ends up in bed with us. I too feel bad about this b.c it is a bad habit. I had our visiting nurse over again today and she said to prop up the basinette mattress or even have her sleep in her comfy vibrating chair. The fact that they are upright helps with digestion, and the vibrations of the chair make it feel like they are with you and moving.

[AmyC311]

We swaddle Blake in one of those velcro swaddle things...but we leave her arms out. The swaddle helps with making her feel secure and the velcro helps me not worry that she will kick out of it and smother herself. She also has a sleep positioner in her bassinet but she can scoot out of it haha. We just put the bassinet right up against our bed and I started out feeding her until she was asleep and then put her in there...now we can put her in there awake and she is fine. I think anything you do you have to realize it takes time for them to get use to it. I have read however don't always rock your baby to sleep before putting them in the bassinet/crib because they won't learn how to self soothe...but honestly I say do whatever works and then slowly fix it..haha.

Blake has started to sleep from 12-5 then 6-11....we are very proud of her. I am a fan of sleeping thru the night! :) She is 4 weeks today!

[evthing4reason]

Carter HATED the bassinet, we put a play pen in our room bt he's not liking that to much, probably another week or two and we will move him to his room and the crib. We also put a blanket over him. Carter usually ends up in bed after about  2 hours...but it helps get another hour or two, and we realized he have to be held or cuddled...just next to us so i'm going to get one of the bears from babies r us that sounds like the womb

[toes33107]

We have had Brock in his crib since day one.  He also naps in there.  I have a small fan that runs on low for white noise.  We feed him his bottle in the rocker in his room and then rock to sleep.  He is swaddled when we rock.  Also, in the hospital, the nurses stretched a blanket across his body from one side to the other.  We do that in his crib as well...for the womb feeling.  That's pretty much our routine.  All babies are different, so I'm not sure if any of that will work for you.  Good luck!

[kele1129]

I make sure P
hin is out cold before transfering him to the bassinet. He also slept with us for the first couple weeks. Also I dim the lights in our room and have started a bedtime routine so he is starting to "get" that it is sleepy time.