when did you transition to crib and start sleep training/what method?

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I'm reading conflicting information when to transfer our little one to the crib (currently in a bassinet next to our bed, a baby bay). My husband doesn't want to due to risk of SIDs until 6 months but I'm starting to read that you should start a cry it out method around 4 months (please no judgmental comments). Our little guy was doing okay for the last couple weeks taking naps, would go down awake when after I just picked him up once or twice to soothe him, sometimes he needed no soothing. This week is a different story. He is starting to protest all naps and waking up more (16 weeks). I think he is getting overstimulated everytime I come in to soothe him so I feel that cry it out may be the only option. Last night he woke every 2 hrs. The only thing it says they need to be in their own room to do it?

Please no negative comments... you can comment with helpful info conflicting with cry it out but nothing hateful.

Thanks!

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Not doing the cry our method til at least a year. And the sharing of the room with your child drops the chances of SIDS for 12 months. It's what they recommend now. Is your baby formula or breastfed? Breastfed the milk is easier digested so they will wake up in the middle of the night. But even if you have a good sleeper they go thru sleep regressions cuz of growth spurts or other milestones hit. My opinion 6 months is too young. If your baby is crying he/she needs something. Who cares if it's just you he needs. :/

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Also... 16 weeks-- welcome to the 4 mo sleep regression. Happens to most babies. I wouldn't worry about it at all. :) google it... It may help you better understand what's going on. Babies go through TONS of growth spurts and stuff. :)

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We moved our little guy just shy of 4 months. He doesn't have any problems with sleep but we all sleep better when he's in his own room. We don't disturb him and when he does wake up he just talks to the ceiling until he goes back to sleep so I don't have to get up with him.
A suggestion for room transitioning: Spend some awake time in baby's room so they get used to how it looks and feels. I know I would have a hard time sleeping in a strange place. My office is in his room so I often put his playmat next to me while I was working so he could get used to being in the room.

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I didn't put my son in his own room till 8-9 months. But we did a lot of moving around while waiting for our house to be completed so basically we had 1 room from the moment he was born till around 6 months. Then I was the one that had to let go of having him in my room. He goes through phases I'm assuming they are through his growth spurts or teething times but he has a couple months that he sleep through the night and then there is a month or two that he wakes up 1-2 times in the night but usually he just gets his pacifier and recovered up and he goes right back to sleep

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Our son transitioned to his crib after a couple months. It was not easy for me! (Of course I'd let him sleep in bed with me if it weren't for safety concerns!) It was rough the first week. It's hard for us to establish a routine since Dad works different shifts.  Now we start settling him down in some comfy, warm PJ's about an hour before bed and let him nurse until sleepy. I make sure he's drowsy but still awake when placed in his crib.  That way he's gotten used to falling asleep in the crib. He's now 3+ months and sleeping for almost 8 hours. Couldn't be happier!

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I started sleep training but in rock and play at almost four weeks. She sleeps through the night. We are working to transition to the crib

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Babies have slept in their own room from day one. We don't do a "method". She is 5 mo and already prefers going to bed without being fed to sleep... Just likes to be laid in her bed, she knows as soon as she gets covered that it is time to sleep. I have had her cry a little once in the night. She woke slightly and cried out, but instead of getting up right away I waited to see if she was going to self soothe. She cried out once more maybe 5 seconds later, then put her fingers in her mouth and fell back asleep. All I have done with my four kids is have a consistent bedtime routine, and they have chosen when appropriate for them to STTN. First was a terrible sleeper, he woke once a night still until he was 15 mo old. Second stopped waking in the night around 3 mo, third was around 5, and now Selah is 5 mo and has varying wakings. She has gone 11 hrs with no wakings, and she has had growth spurts that cause her to wake up ever 2.5. Every child is different. I don't believe in CIO. I wouldn't like to cry myself to sleep every time I tossed and turned in the night. Your LO should be helped to learn self soothing if they don't know how to already. Babies are very vulnerable and develop at different rates, maybe your child isn't ready to STTN yet. I would say just have a concrete sleep schedule and routine and your child will get it all eventually. If they're older and still keeping up with it, then I would go in and tell them it isn't ok, that it's time for sleeping and you need your rest, but kids under 1.5 aren't going to understand that.

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It is a do what works for your family situation.  I have a three month old who is breast fed and has slept well at night (like 6 hours at a time) since she was about three weeks old.  I think it was a side effect of her colic.

Anyway, I can't imagine moving her out of our room until at least 6 months but I really don't know yet.  I need to see what works for us.  So I would say give it a try and see how it goes, you can always stop if you find you and your baby aren't ready yet.

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My son is 9 weeks and it takes me an hour to get him down. We have a routine at night. About 2 hours before bed we keep the house dim and quiet. I bathe him and maybe read to him and then feed him. I then put him in his crib fully awake. I give him a pacifier and turn on the sound machine. He fusses for an hour and I only pick him up to settle him if he begins to really cry. I think consistency is key and just being stubborn and not giving in. Our little one was sleeping in a rock and play before and I was so nervous I couldn't sleep so I just made him sleep in his crib which is in our room.

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I just transitioned my baby to the crib at 9 weeks but the crib is in our room and will be until a year old. Currently she just does naps in her crib and sleeps with me at night.

when did you transition to crib and start sleep training/what method?

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