How do I get my 5 month old to sleep in his crib?

How To Get My Almost 5 Month Old To Sleep In His Crib And Pack n Play?

• He had been sleeping in his newborn bassinet pretty much since birth and now hes gotten to big for it so we are converting him to a pack n play with a bassinet up top, and a crib. We have the pack n play set up in our bedroom, and once we get a chance to make room in the living room we will set his crib up there. (we have a very small house two bedroom house and we have a 5 yr old too, so there is no designated room for him, sadly) Well the past two nights have been absolute HELL! No joke. I have gotten NO sleep at all. Its like when he was a newborn, waking up every 2-3 hrs. I think its bc he is getting use to the bigger size of his pack n play compared to his old bassinet. This sucks really bad, and I have no clue what to do, but its whatever. Now during the day I cannot get him to nap at all in that pack n play. He thinks its play time. I can hear him right now through my bedroom door squealing and squeaking. Is there anything I can do to show him that is for nap time, not play time? If he doesnt get his naps he will be cranky all day, and I certainly dont need that considering Im living off of probably about 10 hrs of sleep over the course of two days, and I have to take care of the 5 yr old and clean up around the house as my fiance sleeps since he works from 4pm-12am. Someone help me out here.. Im seriously going nuts! Anyone been through this?

• Answer:

  Probably in a few days, this will start to resolve itself on its own. It sounds like he was so cozy in the bassinet since he was getting too big for it. I would try wrapping him up or swaddling him if you don't already for a few nights until he adjusts better to having so much room. For the meantime, during the day, if he likes playing in his pack n play, I say let him. Sometimes my daughter will act sleepy, I'll put her in the crib, and she'll just play for 20-30 minutes, then she falls asleep when she's ready. As long as he's happy and getting enough adult interaction, he'll probably fall asleep on his own. Even having "down" time is better than nothing if he doesn't end up falling asleep. As for bedtime, try to create a routine. I give my daughter a bath or read her a book, feed her, sing to her, then put her to bed. Routines help her when she sleeps somewhere other than home, and she realizes, I go to bed after all of this. I hope this helps. Losing sleep SUCKS, and it makes it harder to do everything else!!