Cosleeping and transition from bassinet to crib…?
ByI have a 5 1/2 month old baby girl. I don’t cosleep every night, but I do tend to fall asleep every now and then while nursing. It’s usally the last half of the night. She goes to bed around 7:00/7:30 and wakes back up somewhere around 12:00 to 2:30am. She still sleeps in her bassinet next to my bed. I do notice sometimes when I do nurse her and try putting her in the bassinet she wakes up and cries. I rock the bassinet, sing, and she’ll fall back to sleep. (Sometimes she’ll just cry). I know them sleeping alone is a transition itself when you tend to cosleep. Do you think it’s to early to start putting her in the crib? How old was your baby when you did this? Last, but not least any suggestions on how to go about doing it?
Yes, my baby is getting enought to eat. She has doubled her birth weight and is as healthy as can be.
Her bassinet weight limit is 15 pounds. She sits up with support, yes, but she can’t do it on her own. She is crawling and rolling around. But not capable of pulling herself up quite yet. She can try sitting up, but falls after a minute or less.
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4 Comments
April 9th, 2010 at 11:26 am
no not to early, all four of my kids were in a crib the day the came home from the hospital. is your baby getting enough to eat? she should be sleeping through the night.
going about doing it? just put her in the crib. she has been in bassinet way to long.
April 9th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
my son is 7 weeks old. He is still in the bassinet in our room but I’m putting him in his crib next week.
I was told to sleep in his room on the floor for a few nights so that he can still hear me in there with him while he gets used to a new room. We also bought a baby monitor so I wouldn’t worry about being able to hear him cry at night.
At 5 1/2 months old you may have to check the weight limit on the bassinet, ours only goes up to 20 lbs and *some* babies get to big for them quick.
April 9th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
she should already be in her crib. the basinet is only intended for the first few months (0-3). I can understand falling asleep while nursing but you have to break that habit. you will regret it later if you do not. as far as suggestions, you just put her in her crib. she will probably cry and you may loose sleep for a few days but if you take care of this now life will be easier in the future….trust me. nip it in the bud NOW.
April 9th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
She’s almost 6 months which means she’s probably starting to sit up on her own, right? The bassinet isn’t safe for her anymore. We co-slepted with our daughter and putting her in her own room in a crib really wasn’t much of a struggle. I started putting her in her crib for naps and she eventually during her naps would fall asleep without a fuss. She fusses at night before she finally falls asleep and sleeps through the night. That’s normal, you just have to sooth them then let them cry it out for just a couple minutes and I would make the time that I let her cry it out go a little longer each time, but I never let it go passed 5 minutes unless they were little wimpers which meant she was getting tired and was putting herself to sleep. You just have to find what method works best for you.
And for future reference you can put a baby in the crib from day one. It just depends on what the parent is comfortable with.