I know there are so many parents who struggle with babies sleeping, where they sleep, how, etc.. I know we are not alone in the quest to find the best fit for our family. Every family has to do things their way, and on their time. If you have advice, I'd love to hear it!
Since Simone was home we have always slept in the same room. At the very beginning we would sleep out in the living room so that Todd could get a full nights sleep. She has the BEST pack & play (a gift from Todd's Aunt, Uncle, & cousins in Michigan) which we will forever be grateful for. It has an "infant sleeper" and she slept like a dream in that. I seriously give this thing 10 out of 5 stars!! It's been our home base for taking care of Simone from day one. We are lucky to have a tiny baby, who at six months, still fits in the newborn napper!
Since Simone was home we have always slept in the same room. At the very beginning we would sleep out in the living room so that Todd could get a full nights sleep. She has the BEST pack & play (a gift from Todd's Aunt, Uncle, & cousins in Michigan) which we will forever be grateful for. It has an "infant sleeper" and she slept like a dream in that. I seriously give this thing 10 out of 5 stars!! It's been our home base for taking care of Simone from day one. We are lucky to have a tiny baby, who at six months, still fits in the newborn napper!
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| Graco Pack n Play with Newborn Napper |
After her sleeping got into longer stretches, Simone & I moved back in with Todd into our room. Around four and a half months she started waking a few more times during the night. Our doc attributed this to teething, so it's been a little harder on Todd having the whole family in one room. Luckily my job allows me to stumble around half-awake in jammies all day if need be. His, does not.
Things are looking up on sleeping these days, so we have been talking more about moving Simone into her room at night. Does this freak out every parent? Or am I some kind of type A control freak weirdo (doesn't sound like me at all, right!?)?
We've been working hard to get her "used" to her room. I LOVE her room (check it out here), and I think eventually she will, too. She takes naps in there both in her crib and in her bassinet. The only issue is when she wakes up in there she screams loud enough to shake the walls. I'm not sure if she just isn't familiar with the room yet, or what.
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| Nap Time |
I think the transition will take place soon enough, and she's only this young once. I'm going to enjoy the time she's close and keep working on getting her in her own room.
It feels like ions ago when we put Joshua in his crib by himself at night. We started out the same as you... Josh used his pack n play that also had a napper. We had that in our room until he was about 4 or 5 months old. Then we transitioned him into his crib. The first few nights I would sit next to the crib until he fell asleep and would check on him like 10 times. This was when he didn't need to be awoken every 3 hours for a bottle, so he was now at the age he slept through most of the night. There were many nights Joshua had to cry it out a little (if we rushed in there at every little cry, he would learn that we'd be there in a snap, so we refused to do that) and we LOVED his binkie/mute plug :) The pacifier soothed him. That's a whole other story because if he accidentally spit it out at night, he'd wake up crying and we'd have to wake up to pop it back into his mouth. lol.
ReplyDeleteYou will do great. Sure, there will be nights of "what the heck do we do? Why is she crying in this crib?, etc" but you'll figure out what works for Simone. Maybe invest in a musical mobile or something. We found one that Joshua STILL uses (he's 2) and it plays music and projects animals on the ceiling.
Crying it out is so tough for me. Plus, Simone is so determined and will NOT give up crying. We're making progress, but it seems as though we are behind the curve compared to most parents I've talked with. I guess the saying is true "every child is different". But, I know the day will come when it all falls into place.
DeleteThank you for the advice! :)