cribs and waking up

[Honey693]

I've started to put DD (12 months) in her crib for naps b/c sometimes in the next 6 months I would love her to spend part of the night in there. Sometimes I can get her in the crib and lay her down without waking her up, but other times it's a no go. I'm not even sure why. I'll wait 15-20 minutes, she'll seem like she' sin a deep sleep and then *bam* she's awake. On the rare occasions that I do get her into her crib she wake sup less than 15 minutes later, no matter how long she's already been asleep for. I don't understand why b/c she'll sleep alone in my bed or on the floor for up to an hour. Any advice on how to get her into her crib and keep her asleep?

[pumpkinseed]

We did that as well-it was a process. We started w. naps in her crib and then went to starting the night in her crib-and then went to most of the night. She was such a light sleeper-cosleeping was getting really hard for us-she was constantly waking-and staying awake with any turn or roll from us-and then up for the day when my dh got up at 6 or before to get ready for work.

It would take me 3 or more "attempts" to get her to be asleep when I layed her down in her crib at first. The one thing I noticed-and this might sound weird-although it was my neighbor's experience as well with her dd-not her son though-and not my older dd-was that once she was asleep I had to hold her for at least 10 minutes or so...her cue was she would do this heavy sigh/gentle jerk-and then I knew she was out-I would wait 2 minutes after that and then be able to put her down. Even though she was asleep-before that sigh-she wouldn't be in a deep enough sleep to transfer.

You might also try happy times in her crib. I would put her in there-and we would sing and play while I was folding the laundry, etc...just a few minutes at a time to get her familiar with it.

[moondiapers]

Is mama's bed more comfortable? How can you make her matress feel like your matress? Do you use a quilted matress pad on your own matress? If so, can you get one for her matress?

[larzanna]

Could be the smell of your sheets....maybe sleep with a crib sheet for a few nights before putting it in the crib?
-L