Transferring into his crib
My son is 4 months old and has always been a good sleeper. Recently he has become a really really light sleeper, through the day he is contact napping 3 times for around 45-60mins unless we are in the car. He sleeps that lightly that if I even attempt to put him into his crib he wakes up. On a night, I have no issue putting him to bed, I settle him down after a bottle and he goes straight into a deep sleep. He wakes up at about 3am for a bottle, he usually falls back asleep on the bottle but over the last few weeks he’s gone into a deep sleep until I put him back in his crib. He flings himself about and then cries, something he has never done. Does anyone have any tips for transferring him? I’ve tried self settling, he’s in a love to dream swaddle too. He has a dummy to fall asleep but then he just spits it out 🙃🙃
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When my son was still in his next to me crib I had to cradle him in my arms and keep him right against my body all the way to his mattress, I would keep him in my arms against my chest with his bum and feet etc down in his crib and just take myself away extremely slowly 😂😂 I've seen some people recommend putting a heat pad down for a little bit before he goes in but I've not tried it! I have always had the same issue as you thought and it does not work for daytime sleep at all 😂 we are still contact napping 100%
Have you thought about removing the swaddle? It’s advised to once rolling. It also might help him wriggle and get comfy. My little one uses her hands to self soothe so having access to those out the swaddle could help
Have you tried warming the next to me with a hot water bottle or electric heat pad?
My little one will only go down on a warm mattress so we bought a little electric heat pad and put it on during the feed and remove it just before we put her in x
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