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[Abraisme]

Olivine just turned 3. Most days I force her to stay awake or bedtime is a struggle. She often falls asleep while we are driving and then it throws the whole routine off.. Sigh

[drjanescott]

This is a topic that comes up a lot when talking to expecting and new moms. Sleepless nights seem to be a kind of rite of passage for new parents, however there are some guidelines to follow to help your baby sleep through the night: Develop a routine with baby, encourage lots activity during the day, and keep a consistent bedtime routine. Finally, give baby a chance to settle down at bedtime and try calmly soothing them to sleep by speaking softly and stroking their backs gently.  Remeber that stirring and shifting during the night  is to be expected.  Happy Sleeping! 

[Abraisme]

 What's up with this post?   Strange spam from a person who's never had a baby.  Ha!

Originally Posted by drjanescott 

This is a topic that comes up a lot when talking to expecting and new moms. Sleepless nights seem to be a kind of rite of passage for new parents, however there are some guidelines to follow to help your baby sleep through the night: Develop a routine with baby, encourage lots activity during the day, and keep a consistent bedtime routine. Finally, give baby a chance to settle down at bedtime and try calmly soothing them to sleep by speaking softly and stroking their backs gently.  Remeber that stirring and shifting during the night  is to be expected.  Happy Sleeping! 

[Jaimee]

Yeah, I have no idea.  Weird.  Is she even a member of our group?

[MrsKatie]

You guys. She's a DOCTOR.  Sheez.

[TalkToMeNow]

Originally Posted by Jaimee 

Yeah, I have no idea.  Weird.  Is she even a member of our group?

I don't know, Jaimee, but if so you let her in!

[Jaimee]

Naw, I just checked and she's a pending member.  How can she post as a pending member?  I also noticed that Glassesgirlnj and Zoopath were both listed as pending, but I swear I approved them already.  I dunno.  Something funky about these social groups...

[jbk21]

Originally Posted by MrsKatie 

You guys. She's a DOCTOR.  Sheez.

 ILU.

[drjanescott]

Originally Posted by Abraisme 

 What's up with this post?   Strange spam from a person who's never had a baby.  Ha!

I'm not a spammer, I promise. I am a pediatrician, neonatologist and mother of 4! I spend most of my time spreading awareness about the prevention/correction of plagiocephaly in infants, and as this relates to babies, spending time (even sleeping) in carseats, bouncers, etc. I like to join in conversations about this topic too. Do you mind me asking if any of you are familiar with plagiocephaly/torticolllis? 

[Jaimee]

Originally Posted by drjanescott 

 Do you mind me asking if any of you are familiar with plagiocephaly/torticolllis? 

There is an entire thread on this.  Click on the Discussion link and you'll see it farther down the page.  Several babies in this group have this issue.

[drjanescott]

Originally Posted by Jaimee 

There is an entire thread on this.  Click on the Discussion link and you'll see it farther down the page.  Several babies in this group have this issue.

Great, thanks!

[jill the pill]

Audrey has been co sleeping since birth and I don't know how to transition her to her crib.  Her crib is in my room next to my bed so she would still be nearby.  It's just not safe to put her to sleep in my bed anymore now that she is crawling around and pulling herself up on everything.  What's weird is that she naps in her crib. I can put her in there completely awake and she falls asleep on her own without a fuss at all.   Any suggestions?   By the way, you guys are awesome and I'm so happy to have all of you!

[Jaimee]

Jill, what specifically do you feel is unsafe about your bed?  My previous two babies have bedshared until they were well beyond walking and while both did fall out of the bed once or twice, there was never any serious injury.  We put our bed on the floor (no frame) so the fall is not far and we taught them all how to get down safely (feet first).  It may seem like you can't teach your baby a skill like this so young, but your really can.  When you see her crawling for the edge, just turn her around and say "get down safely" putting her feet over the edge.  Dd caught on to this in a matter of days.  Ds1 took longer, but he still got it.  We also surround a sleeping baby with pillows that are wedged up against the wall or behind the bed or under the sheets so that an inadvertent roll during sleep doesn't result in a baby on the floor.  I feel safe with these precautions and would encourage you to think about what you can do to make your bed more safe for a mobile baby if you'd like to continue bedsharing.  Now, if you want to use the crib at night that's a different story.  I've personally never transitioned a baby from a bed to a crib, only from bed to their own beds up against ours.  Have you thought about doing that instead of the crib?  Get a twin bed to put against yours?

[jill the pill]

I do put pillows around her but I still feel really uncomfortable .  Our mattress isn't on the floor and I don't think I could convince DH to take our bed frame out of the room.  I don't mind co sleeping while I'm in bed with her but I put her to bed hours before I turn in for the night.  Last night I walked her in the carrier to sleep and I was able to transfer her to her crib.  She only stayed in the crib for a couple hours but I guess we have to start somewhere!

[Jaimee]

Originally Posted by jill the pill 

Our mattress isn't on the floor and I don't think I could convince DH to take our bed frame out of the room. 

A lot of men are reluctant at first, but after a while it becomes clear that much is sacrificed and compromised on when raising kids such that a bed on the floor is really no biggie.  It will likely only be for a year or so more and then onto a big girl bed!

[KayPea]

Oren sleeps in his crib for naps and in that period of the evening where he is in bed but I am not. But, as soon as I come to bed he senses me, wakes, and then I bring him into bed with me. Some nights I get an hour or two in bed with DH before Oren wakes up and then I kick DH over to the single mattress. And then 3yo DD comes and joins us at some point in the night as well. 

We have Oren's crib against the wall, then the queen mattress right next to that, and then the single next to that (both on the floor). Takes up the whole room. The idea was that the single would be where DD could go when she comes into our room at night, but she just wants to be with me. And if she can't be with me, she is screaming, so DH gets the single. Musical beds. 

I don't have any advice on how to get baby to sleep in the crib - Oren just transitioned from nursing side-lying to sleep only (and sometimes being able to move him from bed to crib, but not always) to nursing and falling asleep in arms and always being able to put him down, when he started crawling. I didn't do it, he did. 

And for the record, DD never slept in the crib. Not once. But, she also needed to be touching someone to sleep, otherwise she would wake up, and scream. Babies are all so different!

But a little mattress of her own on the floor could work - we did this with DD for naps when she was a toddler. 

[CDsMom1031]

I transitioned Conner as soon as he was sleeping 5 hours in-between wakings. I wasn't comfortable sleeping in bed with him anymore. Personal fear. Don't ask. LOL I started with his naps. Once he got that down, I'd get him almost to the point of sleep then lay him in his crib. It'd take 3-4 times of going in there, rocking him, talking to him, and loving him before he'd actually fall asleep though. It wasn't as hard as I had expected it to be, honestly, and his crib is in his bedroom, so he completely moved rooms. We also did this when he was about 8 weeks old though, so he wasn't really used to sleeping with us like he would be now. I'd try it though. Either make sure she is completely asleep before putting her in there, or get her almost asleep. Like I said, I'd have to go in there a few times to soothe him, but it worked out.

[Jaimee]

So, Avery seems to be defying the typical sleep philosophy that good naps=good nighttime sleep.  Two days ago he just wouldn't go down for his second nap and yesterday he was woken up from his second nap after about 20 minutes.  Both nights he only woke twice to nurse- once around 2am and again around 5am- after falling asleep around 8:30-9pm.  So now I'm wondering if I should try and transition him to one nap!  It seems early to do so, but good nighttime sleep vs 2 naps?   Avalon transitioned to one nap at 11 months, but Austin not until like 18 months!  Those of you with older kids, what has been your experience with this?

[seraf]

I don't remember when the kids shifted naps but Shay still takes 3 naps a day and sleeps from 8-6:30, nursing 3 times a night.

[KayPea]

MIrabel transitioned to one nap at 12 months on the nose, but still had trouble from 430pm-630pm until 14 months. Oren has one nap half the time, and two the other. The problem with one nap is that he still only naps for 20-45 minutes, like he does with 2. His morning nap is also consistently at 11 or 1130, which means he doesn't want his afternoon nap until 430 or 5 which is too late, because then it takes forever to put him to bed, even at 9. And I don't want him in bed at 9. That's my time. So I have this particular dance of not nursing him during this time, and keeping him distracted. Sensory play is good for that time. Or a bath.