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

How to get a 4 month old baby to sleep in their crib?

  • My son is almost 4 months old and he has only slept in his crib maybe twice since he's been born. the reason for this is because the day we brought him home from the hospital whenever i tried putting him in his crib to sleep he would wake up and cry until i picked him up. and the only way he would sleep was laying on my chest, i guess it was comforting to him. and so thats how he's been sleeping since then, either that or lying next to me in me and my husband's bed. so how am i supposed to get him to sleep in his crib? i'm scared that he'll be 3 and still be sleeping with me

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    Two words for you. Controlled crying. Look it up, give it a go, be tough and most of all trust me, it really works.

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Wrap him up tight and put him down with some music and shut the door. If he crys leave him for 10mins then go in reasure him, hug him kiss him turn music back on and clost the dorr. Do it again but each time go in 5more mins after the last time. He will soon get the hang of it and relise when u put him down it is time for bed. Xx

tripple 3

put him in the crib...he will cry himself to sleep, the next night to sleep in half the time, the next night right to sleep. you have to just let him cry and get comfortable in his bed, mom.

Wrenched

Step 1- pre-warm the crib using a hot water bottle or rice pack Step 2- make sure he has a clean dry diaper and a full tummy Step 3- swaddle him tight Step 4- lay him in the crib on the warm spot Step 5- keeping your hand on his tummy, rub or pat his tummy while either making 'Sshh' noises repeatedly or singing lullabies Step 6- repeat step 5 until he is asleep. Step 7- breath a sigh of relief and walk out of the room! It takes a while to do but this procedure works every time- it's the method for getting children to sleep WITHOUT crying that I was taught at the daycare centre I worked at. I've never had it NOT work provided you do it for long enough.

tamara k ♥ her family

my 4 month old loves sleeping on my chest to. honestly people may not agree with my opinion, but as long as its not causing you problems i see nothing wrong with it. eventually we all have to go through the getting them to sleep on there own but id prefer doing that only when i have to. right now there's no reason to make her and i enjoy the bonding. i find she's a very calm baby because of it. now if its causing you not to be able to sleep ect. then id say go ahead with trying to get him to sleep on his own because your sleep is very important for functioning as a mom. :) one of the things my daughter loves is that fish aquarium you attach to the crib. it plays music ect. she will watch it in fascination and talk to it until she falls sleep. well worth the investment at Wall Mart.

Una Fisher

put some rolled blankets around him so that way he feels like hes being hugged

CEIN39

You just need to find a sleep method and/or routine that works for you and stick to it. The only thing that is going to work is consistency. http://hubpages.com/hub/Babies-and-Sleep

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