Sleep help!!!
What is all of your unhinged hacks that worked when transitioning baby from co sleeping to their own crib. She 4.5 month old. She will only sleep on my chest but recently will get aggravated when she doesn’t have enough leg room. We have been transitioning her to the crib at night and it started off sleeping 20-30 min then she would wake up and needed to be soothed. We are on day 5 and now she wakes up screaming crying and we have a hard time soothing her and end up just giving up and co sleeping the rest of the night. My husband will 5 days off coming up so seems like the perfect time to really take the effort to transition her but needing all the hacks and advice to make it easier.
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She is stil sooo young and it will be terrifying for her to be so close to sleeping with you then to being in this big open scary space. Try not to rush it too much and maybe try again when she is a couple months older. Have you tried swaddling? It helps them feel like they are still in what the womb felt like.
In the UK we are recommended to wait till 6 months to move into their own room to reduce the risk of SIDs.
You could also try white noise.
Just remember not to put too much pressure. They are still so tiny, you have all the time in the world to transition them.
I would be wary of swaddling at this age as the previous commenter said. Maybe very temporarily with one arm out. My 4.5 is already rolling to his tummy so he just uses a sleep sack.
Definitely white noise. You'll probably just have some rough nights while baby gets used to sleeping independently. Putting my baby down for naps really drowsy but still awake has helped some. He sleeps fine at night in the crib but naps are bad
So drowsy for the naps works for us but not overnight for some reason. But may work for you
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