Am I setting myself up for trouble?

Both babies will not sleep in their crib at night. I have to put them in the bed with me to get them to sleep. When and how do I get them to transition to their crib?

 

Right now, at their age, I wouldn't worry about. They can't settle in to any "bad" habits until they are like 6 months old. I would do whatever works. If they sleep best with you then do it. It will be less stress for all of you.

 

i agree with the pp.. I actually found this link this morning and found it to be pretty good about the sleep, in the begining..

Do what ever is necessary for the 1st little bit but be aware that you might have to break some of those habbits later.. But in the very early do what you have to...

 

I also agree, they are way too young to form any kind of habit. My girls didn't go to their cribs until they were about 4-5 months old. As long as they are sleeping, and you are able to get some rest, don't worry about it! :hug:

 

I worried about this at first because Jack had a lot of trouble sleeping when he came home from NICU. He would groan all night long and none of us would get any sleep unless we put him on our chests. This only lasted a few short weeks, and he now sleeps in his crib.

I think as long as you know you shouldn't continue doing it past a few months, you should be okay. As the PP mentioned, there are no bad habits right now, at least for them. But be wary of *you* getting into this habit; we're still tempted to this day to bring Jack into our bed when he's fussing at night!

 

Do what you find best But if u really want them to sleep in their crib, have u tried to make a "nest" for them in their crib? Roll a towel or blanket and make an U in the crib, so they feel close to something. Small babies doesn't like too much space...

 

i think it is fine for them to be sleeping with you now. like all the pps said, they won't really be forming any habits for several months. and right now sleep is what is important, regardless of where it is happening, for you and them. my DD slept with us pretty regularly until 3 months or so and had no problem transitioning to her crib when she was ready.

 

I agree with PP'S do what you can to get some rest at this stage. We did it with Ruby and we had to break the habit around 4months old as it got abit silly.

 

I had mine in bed with me too at that age. You do what you have to do to get some sleep! That being said, my two still often come to my bed in the middle of the night. I really don't mind, the time will come soon enough when they won't want to snuggle with me so much anymore!

 

I wouldn't worry about making any habits right now. My boys slept in their carriers/swings/bouncies/PNP for the first 4 months. I though it would be hard to get them into the crib at that point, but it went pretty well. I toss and turn in my sleep so I was worried about rolling over on one of them. I wound up putting their infant carriers on DH's side of the bed so they would be right there with me, but I couldn't roll on them. (DH was deployed...I didn't kick him out of the bed! :laughing: )

 

I kick Mike out of bed some nights still when Luke & Lila climb in there. If someone has to go..... ardon: :laughing:

 

This is something I'm actually getting some current experience with right now. Right around 2-3 weeks we were having to sleep with our LO's because they just wouldn't sleep in their crib. We were swaddling them and everything, binkies, you name it. Needless to say we weren't getting any sleep. They slept for longer periods of time lying next to us, so we got better sleep, not great but better. Side note: my crazy older sister decided it was her place to give me a lecture on how dangerous cosleeping is. All I could say was "Listen, you have no idea what this is like and how sleep deprived I am, it would be more dangerous for them if I continue with this level of fatigue".
Okay, so anyways, my guys are almost 7 weeks now and we are gradually working our way back to them sleeping alone. They still won't sleep in the crib, but we are able to get them to sleep in their vibrating chairs (vibration off) for 2-3 (sometimes 4) hours at a time at nighttime. Naptime still not going to good. I sure have some holdy babies. Anyways, we get much better sleep if they are not in our bed and I'm hoping that we will be able to get them back into the crib soon.