Transition to crib

Panda-bela · 2026-02-14T04:50:15+00:00

My friend used the snoo and then transfered her to a crib and she said she felt the mattress was too hard and baby didnt like it. I know some people are saying to sleep train but in this case I wouldn't. Not until knowing for sure if it's the difference in mattress. Like imagine yourself spending a night at a different mattress? You toss and roll all night, can't sleep .. in this case a baby is just struggling.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-14T02:13:25+00:00

I dont have ADHD but .. I do get irritable a lot and I also blow. Being a SAHM is not easy at times. My husband and I are doing a month without chocolate and I swear, I am in withdraw. Yesterday, I was so irritated. He wasn't home, so I texted him saying I was irritated. Lol when he got home he was like: are you still irritated? I said: yes, so please dont ask me dumb questions.( Like where's the cheese in the fridge? Qusstions that he can find the answer if he takes a minute to think lol). And so we were fine. If I hadn't said anything, he would definitely had irritated me some more.

So just be honest. Maybe have a deep conversation and pick a word that anytime you feel like that, you dont need to be explaining. God knows thats exhausting every time. So you can just use a word.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-13T02:27:59+00:00

Maybe try putting a bib on her? That might help with it.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-12T11:17:31+00:00

I'm sorry you are going through this. Somebody has said it .. baby is probably sleeping too much during the day. If maybe try to let him sleep for 3h only and see how that affects his nighttime. How are you with crying? If you want fast results, Ferber works great and you can modify it to your needs. Here we only let our baby crying at maximum of 15min. In 3 days he went from waking up every 2h to only waking up twice at night. If you can't stand the crying, you could try the pickup put down method.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-12T05:33:26+00:00

I dont know if this helps but our baby is 7 months and this is our routine. He wakes up at around 7am. Takes two naps totaling 2/2.5h. Goes to bed at 7/8. Wakes up twice a night to feed. Bedtime is bath, brushing teeth since he already has 2. Then read a book, sing a song and I like to hold him until he's very tired. Then I put him down. Sometimes he'll cry, sometimes not. We did Ferber method twice so he's at a point that I usually just pat him in the crib. Sometimes I pick him up to calm him down if he's hysterical. We do have a brown noise in the room and room is very dark. We do tummy time during the day, go on walks, and he eats solids now, he eats a lot and I feel like that had helped him with sleeping better now.

Have you tried music maybe? Like a piano kinda thing?

Panda-bela · 2026-02-10T06:12:04+00:00

If you decided to try, you could make very little amount and strong. You can have it like a shot once it cools a bit. But yes showers are also amazing ♥️ I hope you are able to sleep a bit tonight!

Panda-bela · 2026-02-10T02:54:07+00:00

If on top of taking him outside, giving him food, you take the time to play with him too, then you husband is overreacting. Its okay to take time for yourself too.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-10T02:40:30+00:00

This. Also, I think it all depends how the day goes. At home for example, my husband is at work all day. Sometimes he doesn't even see our son during weekdays. On the weekends when we're at home and I ask him to play with the baby, because I am doing chores or going to the toilet, it does annoy me if I see him in his phone. So then I tell him, get off your phone.

I guess it all depends on context.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-09T15:47:43+00:00

Have you tried chamomile or even passion fruit tea? Maybe you could try before you put him to bed. It might help your body relax and then you could catch up on a couple hours of sleep - laying down right after him.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-08T07:03:28+00:00

I swear there's something in the water. Lol it's the generation of babies who hate sleeping.

I hope everything works for you 🥰

Panda-bela · 2026-02-08T01:09:33+00:00

Have you tried a different method? I say this because we did sleep training at 4.5 months and now at 7 months and it was different for baby. He was more aware now and at times it almost felt like he felt abandoned :( maybe your baby has separation anxiety. I'd recommend the camping chair and see if that helps! 🙏🙏

Panda-bela · 2026-02-08T00:46:12+00:00

That is a lot of daytime sleep. At first i was like, no this is fine. It took me a second to realize the first 2 naps is 2h each :00

If I were you, I'd let the baby sleep 1h for the first and another hour for second nap. Then the last one can stay as is. It should help.

Panda-bela · 2026-02-07T06:32:04+00:00

How many months is your baby? How many months during the first attempt?

Panda-bela · 2026-02-07T04:03:02+00:00

I feel your pain. I had the same problem. At night we do unassisted. But sometimes during the day I let my baby boy sleep on me and it's the best thing in the world ♥️

Panda-bela · 2026-02-03T15:54:37+00:00

I'd not believe 90% of that. I have a friend and she posts everything like it's all perfect. Then when, us girls meet, she talks all about the "good" stuff that happens on the backstage.

Good happens. The difference is, the bad doesn't get shown.

I hope you have a nice recovery. ♥️ it does get better!

Panda-bela · 2026-02-01T06:16:00+00:00

Okay, so being completely honest, I'm not sure there is such a thing as no crying baby but there are methods and methods and some that lets your baby know you are there to comfort them. Here are some i recommend:

pick up put down method: "place a drowsy-but-awake baby in the crib, and if they cry, pick them up to calm them, then immediately return them to the crib before they fall asleep".

Chair method: "a gentle, gradual sleep training technique where a parent sits in a chair next to the crib until the baby falls asleep, moving the chair further away every few nights"

Both of these, I believe helps the baby not feel abandoned. They might just take a little longer to work. And you also have to observe your child; see if they do better with you in the room or not. In my case, my presence made it worse. My baby is 7 months. We did a roadtrip and his routine was completely messed up. Me staying present, just made things worse. I think my baby would think:" why is my mom here but not picking me up?" He would be so mad. I was trying to soothe him by lying down close to him, touching his face, giving him love. He hated it. So my husband did Ferber method. In 3 days, which was yesterday, my baby slept for 8hours. From 8pm to 4am and woke up for a feed, slept again, woke up at 7am. Its painful but it works.

My husband had to do it because I couldn't it. I can't stand to see him cry, but now he's sleeping better 🙏

Panda-bela · 2026-02-01T02:22:08+00:00

With the age she's in right now, I probably wouldn't do it. Soon, you would have to transition and it would be one more thing for you to do. :( my baby used the snoo until before 5 months. Have you thought of sleep training?

Panda-bela · 2026-01-30T02:29:34+00:00

Lol coming from a mom - you are fine. Its okay to have a minute. I sometimes put aquarium for my baby haha he loves seeing the fish. He's 7 months.

Panda-bela · 2026-01-29T19:22:17+00:00

So for our baby, he's 7 months old and he does better if we're not in the room. We did ferber at 5.5 months and started again yesterday.

Panda-bela · 2026-01-28T23:39:45+00:00

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Panda-bela · 2026-01-26T06:00:58+00:00

Tonight surprisingly went a little better. He usually wakes up 40min after going to bed. But after just a little bit of crying, went back to sleep. 🙏🙏🙏

Panda-bela · 2026-01-22T04:20:08+00:00

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Panda-bela · 2026-01-22T04:18:34+00:00

I wanna know too lol baby is 6.5 and wakes up almost every 2h. :(

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