Crib training

The program rested mama happy baby changed our lives! My babe ended up in our bed every night cause it’s the only way we’d get some sleep and now she’s sleeping in her crib the whole night only waking once or twice to feed. And putting herself to sleep for naps! Game changer highly recommend.

Let her have a few minutes of play time in her crib with some of her fave stuffed animals and other favorite toys.
It helped mine transition to not hating waking in her crib at night we went through something similar we got ours sorta in the crib around 7-8 months and then at 1 year 1 month decided to buy her a toddler bed, cute frame 8 inch mattress. I put her down every night and slip away and she sleeps through the night now in her own bed after I sneak away most nights she is good 💕

Amazing, thank you both so much!

are you referring to @rested_mama_happy_baby on Instagram?

Agreed with Raquel - playtime in the crib during the day helped us as well. And yes that’s the one!

I read Taking Cara Babies and used her advice. I focused on naps in the crib first since I could be more patient during the day. Mostly used the pickup-put down method until she got used to it.

did she cry? Mine would cry even harder If put down after being picked up

yes but then you hold her until she’s calm and put her back down. She will cry again and you try to shush and rock side to side in the crib before picking up again and soothing, then it’s right back in the crib. You do this until they are sleepy enough that they fall asleep in the crib. Sometimes, the are basically sleeping when you can finally put them in but that’s ok. That’s why it takes quite a bit of patience and can’t be rushed. They do eventually get the message though. Mine can now be put in her crib awake and fall asleep. She’s 5 1/2 months. It might be harder when their older but it can still be done.

I put the crib next to our bed to see if that'll help get her out of our bed

It didn’t work for me. It was like he was terrified of the crib and climbed out of it at 12 months when I put him in so I could pee for two minutes. But I did have success with turning his crib into a toddler bed where I could roll out, although a full mattress would have been better. He does still come and climb into my bed part way through the night but it’s way better than before.

I help parents 1:1 if that’s the route you’d like to take. Drift and Dream Sleep Consultancy :)