How to Stop Co-sleeping & Transition your Baby to a Crib

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How to Stop Co-sleeping & Transition Your Baby to a Crib

If you’re ready to stop co-sleeping and transition your baby to a crib, you’re in the right place. This video explains the necessary steps to take for babies transitioning to cribs and toddlers transitioning to toddler beds.

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If your baby is younger that 2 years old the crib is the best and safest place to sleep in.

If your LO is 2 - 2.5 years old, see if they can climb out of the crib.

If your 2 year old can NOT climb out then definitely have them sleep in the crib. A crib can get you 6 -12 months of peaceful sleep.

How to Stop Co-sleeping & Transition Your Baby to a Crib

The Gradual Approach

Step 1: Sleep with a little distance between you and your baby (for a few nights).
Scoot 1-2 feet away from your LO for 1-2 nights.

Step 2: Put baby's crib next to your bed (or travel crib).
Get baby used to sleeping in the crib (without realising it).
Place baby in the crib already asleep.
Aim for a few hours in the crib each night. That's a win.
For night wakings: Help baby back to sleep, then place them in the crib again. Celebrate ANY amount of time in the crib. You can also move the crib away from your bed.

Step 3: Begin sleep training
Work on getting your baby accepting to fall asleep on their own at bedtime in the crib & resettle each time they wake up at night.

A sleep trained baby (5 months old & older):
- Goes into the crib happily.
- Falls asleep independently.
- Resettles each time they wake at night.

Quick approach to stop co-sleeping

Begin sleep training on the first night.

Quick approach works for:
- LO's who don't accept gradual approach.
- Active, mobile babies.
- Exhausted parents.

[missloretta]

Lol I don't know how he does it but if I scooch away, my two month old scooches towards me till I'm practically falling off the bed. 😂 He is the cutest little barnacle ever.

[andreah]

Hahaaa! I have been trying to "scoot" him away from me for awhile now and he hunts me down and finds me lol... 😄 I'm about to fall off my king size bed trying to run haha
Anyway... wish me luck. 9 months old, breastfed, he has an older toddler sister, so I need more Zzzz's! Here we go🤞

[nenda]

It took us a week of crying and sleepless nights for our then 14 months baby to get her to sleep in her crib from co-sleeping. In the first two days she would cry to literally every sound we make. We would go to her room and try to soothe her back to sleeping but then it would make things worse. She would scream at her top voice. It was scary tbh. On the third day we went cold(sorry for all positive reinforcement people 😞 )We decided this because we live in a foreign country so all she got is a working father and her mother. It was becoming difficult for both of us. Her mother was depressed and always tired. After a week she started to get used to it. In the first two months she would wake up twice at around 12am and 4am to breastfeed. Then we cut the 12am feed. One month later she started sleeping through the night. Fast forward 6 months later she is a sleeping champion from 9pm to 8am. And a nap of 2 to 3 hrs during the day. All I wanna say is it takes a lot of effort and persistence to get them to learn. We definitely felt guilty at some point but it had to be done. We failed many times but it was worth keeping trying. Now we would put her in the crib and she would play and speak her gibberish language to sleep. And sometimes she will wake up in the morning minding her own business waitng for us to take her.

[tunaay]

I love the idea of creating space little by little. My baby boy is 5 and half months and I've been so back forth about sleep training. But I can start by creating space between us, I feel a lot better about starting there.

[hannahweisz]

My issue is the transition to the crib she always wakes up no matter how gentle I am or how slow I go, the second I lean over to place her in the crib her eyes shoot open and her arm goes around my neck

[lisaashleyjorgensen]

Good advice! My 6 month old sleeps in our bed and it's becoming hard on my body holding the same position all night. I have the pack n play next to the bed and when she's asleep I put her in there. The first night she slept a few hours, the second night 1 hour, the 3rd night 5 minutes, the 4th night instantly awake yelling her head off. Now she's back in the bed. It's been hard, like steps back every night.

[NewLife-zyob]

Baby #4 is giving me a run for my money 😖 I'm having a lot of brain fog and with being older and more stressers these days, I'm getting to the end of the line. Thank you for your encouragements and tips. Currently she is 8months old and only naps in her swing (or someone holding her) and we cosleep at night. She nurses 3 times during the night also. Each child is unique and honestly I am doing everything I said I wouldn't do to get my baby to bed. The others were all sleeping in their own cribs by 7months maximum! I will try your tips and update my progress. Also going to check out your other videos too. Thank you

[momofgifts]

I HAVE to try this method!
I have 10 month old twin boys and they've just learned how to crawl. The little one crawled over after I fell asleep and he fell off of my bed! My bed is really tall so he fell pretty far. I was totally terrified and feel so guilty that I let it happen. 💔
It's so dangerous for them and it could've been much worse that the red spot on top of his sweet little head. 🥺
I feel like such a terrible Mom. 😭
I'm doing whatever it takes to get them in a crib and making sure they're completely safe from this point on. I should've known better. Mama, please take it from me, it's not worth it. Put those sweet babies in a crib where they'll be safe when you fall asleep.

[thumperasasha]

This is what I thought! I'm ready to get my 1yr old into her 4 in 1 crib nexr to the bed. I love bed sharing, but she's not diving trying to run around on the bed. I thought waiting for her to fully sleep and putting her in it would be good. Thank youuuu for this content! I'm ok with sharing my bed when she's sick and stuff now, but I want her to be more comfortable and not wake up because I have to roll over or anything

[Luut]

I’m definitely starting tonight, my little is 14 months.
We need our bed back 😅

[samanthamorris]

My little one is going to be 1.5 years old and we co slept all her life. She has been showing signs of needing her own sleep independence and I need a proper nights sleep. Currently she’s crying and upset that I put her in her crib wish me luck! This mama needs a good nights sleep!

[margaretrix]

My baby is two months and she is smart already she knows when I sneak away and waves her arms to search for me and if I’m not there she will cry.

[nikkitaxoxo]

Great advice for a singleton. I’m struggling over here with twins.

[lynettepulsipher]

I’m at my wits end with my 4th… he’s 15 months. I tried getting him to sleep in his own for a couple of weeks. I would sleep by his crib shushing even patting his back and he’d cry and cry and cry. We resorted to putting a mattress on the floor so we can sleep next to him but in his own space. We will slip away but it usually lasts for a couple hours tops. I’m at a loss…

[kattiachaves]

I will definitely try this starting today

[Canadianbrunnette]

I put a crib mattress on the floor next to my bed on the floor and the wall. Moved the bed to the floor for more safety. Then I can scoot away and she gets used to the mattress..but still haven’t gotten her in her crib!

[samibailly]

This all sounds amazing but i cant help but feel guilty. I feel guilty because i know my baby just wants me just wants to be near me and i cant shake the guilt!

[dbnoho]

Had baby in her room in her crib and getting a few hours there. And then after trying to get her to nap alone and her not wanting to, game over. Now it’s co sleep or no one sleeps. So… good times.

[rachelfife]

So, I currently nanny a six month old baby. She can’t crawl yet, but she rolls over and I think she can kind of scotch just a bit. I have tried putting her in the crib after she has fallen asleep in my arms, and, I have also tried putting her in the crib when she’s just falling asleep. I think I made some progress today. She managed to keep her eyes closed for a few seconds without crying versus on Friday when I tried to put her in the crib and she was crying nonstop. I will often times read to her when she is fussy while she’s in the crib to teach her that being in the crib is not a bad place. She often times gets more calm but she doesn’t fall asleep. Whenever me or the parents tried to put her in the crib she fights and fights and fights and cries. should I maybe just let her cry five or 10 minutes before I pick her up, and come and give her those reassurances, or, should I use the quick method? I watched your video, And, I am wondering if I should try the gradual approaches for the quick one. Thanks!

[pamiriantajikafghaniranian]

I think, maybe this feed your baby (newborn) every 2-3 hours is wrong. I think best way would be, during the day feed your baby whenever they cry and don’t feed them during the night from very first days
That way they sleep at night without wailing up, and then feed them all day long except night
I think that’s how humans lived for millennium - because feeding the newborn few times at night to feed them is teaching them to wake up at night.
I don’t think my family knew about 2-3 hours feeding rule for newborns and I and my siblings never had problems, and we practiced co sleeping
(I don’t know what’s really better, maybe this new rule is better or maybe not idk)