I am trying to transition Cam from sleeping in my bed to sleeping in his pack n play next to the bed. I am staying with my mom and there's no room for a crib so once dh is home and we can move, he'll have to be in his own room in his crib (a whole nother hurdle for me!) and I always feel awful when I put him in it to sleep. He doesn't get upset or anything really, well I usually don't leave him long enough to see if he would, but he's always smiling at me and looks up at me like mama, I wanna sleep with you. LOL. I think I may be creating that in my head, but I just don't know how to leave him in there and just get over it. I'm gonna have to do it because dh is coming home soon and we're already gonna be crammed into a full size bed until we move as it is so no room for Cam too. Does anyone have any tips that'll help me get over feeling bad? LOL. I should be asking about how I get him to sleep in it, but it's me that's the big ol baby!

Lay him down when he's drowsy so he can get used to falling asleep by himself then if he does fuss go in there every 15 minutes intill he falls back asleep don't pick him up just touch and sooth him with your voice keep doing that every few minutes and it'll work

Lay him down when he's drowsy so he can get used to falling asleep by himself then if he does fuss go in there every 15 minutes intill he falls back asleep don't pick him up just touch and sooth him with your voice keep doing that every few minutes and it'll work

Yep ferber method works great, I did it on both my kids.:wink

It is really hard, I feel you on that! But what worked for us, for ME to get used to it. Was I would put her in her pack n play (we have the same issue here lol) for her naps, and that way I wasnt asleep and was ok with it kwim? and I checked on her every few minutes it seemed! But after about a week of doing that, I stopped checking on her constantly, and I knew she was ok. So that was when I decided to put her sleep for the night in it as well. The first night was hard. I would lie there and listen to her breath and wake up in the middle of the night just to check on her and make sure she was breathing lol. But she slept GREAT! Better than she did with us. So after about 2-3 nights in the pack n play as well as every nap. We all got used to it. It takes time though, and i know how hard it is. But keep trying!

Oh and an extra note. When you move, you might not want to move him into his own room right away. Since it will be a change of enviornment for him, he will probably revert back a little and might want to sleep with you at first, then back in the pack n play but in your room, then eventually in his own room. But you can start by doing naps in his new room just like how you are trying to transition him now. Good luck!!

Just remember, you're doing it for his own good. He needs to be able to sleep independently, and you're only 2 feet away (L)

I know it's hard to do the whole "moving on" thing, DD was in her bassinette in our room until she was 3 months old, then we moved her across the hall **gasp** to her own room. I thought it was the end of the world :rofl DH MADE ME DO IT!!! I really did cry and everything. But in the end, of course it was the right thing to do.

You'll also be better off and be a better and more patient mommy if YOU get a decent nights sleep in bed. That's another benefit for Cam (L)