Garrison slept in his own room...

[rbnyc]

...for almost the whole night.

Two nights ago one of the cats ran through the bassinet while Garrison was sleeping and cut his head. So we decided he would be safer in his crib from now on, as our bedroom does not have a door (it has a curtain).

So last night was Garrison's first night sleeping in his crib instead of beside our bed in the bassinet.

He woke up at midnight. I brought him to our bed to feed him. He fell asleep and I brought him back to his crib.

He woke up at 3:30. I fed him in our bed, he fell asleep, I brought him back to his crib, he woke up screaming. I picked him up. He started rooting, so I fed him in his room and he would not go back to sleep. I rocked him, sang to him, I put him down but stayed next to him. I put on his mobile. I nursed him again. Finally at 7:30 I put him back in his bassinet so that I could go to work and Daddy could get a little more sleep as he worked last night from 9 pm to 2:30 am.

Anyway, I don't think that's too bad for a first night in the crib.

Anyone want to share their experiences moving their babies into their own rooms?

[gollygee]

1. Well my daughter is 2-1/2

she's been sleeping with me since day 1.

We keep getting catalogs, and one is for children's furniture and bedding. She loves looking at the picutres of the "princess beds."

One day about three or four weeks ago she said she wanted a princess bed, and my husband showed her the bed in the room she's never slept in but we spent ages decorating, and said that bed is a princess bed. So she said she wanted to sleep there.

Every night I ask her where she wants to sleep. Most nights she at least wants to start out there. Some nights she comes to sleep with us at some point in the middle of hte night. Some nights she wants to start out with us. But she is sleeping on her own more and more often and making it through the night more and more often.

[rbnyc]

4. Do you think she'll remember?

I don't remember ever sleeping in my parents' bed. But I don't think I can remember anything from before I was 3 anyway.

Does that weird you out sometimes, that this time with your daughter is so important, the most important thing in the world, but she may not ever remember it.

That's a whole other subject, eh?

;-)

[gollygee]

5. I wonder about that

She breastfed till she was 26 months. She's 32 months now. We were out with a friend who breastfed her daughter, and Lilian seemed to know what was happening. I asked her if she remembered "nana" - her word for it - and she seemed to. I wonder how long she'll remember - I don't remember much from before I was 3 either and I'm guessing she'll be the same.

[davsand]

2. Good lord--I just realized I called your son by the wrong name!

Somehow I had the name Connor stuck in my head for your son--I am SO sorry! I feel like such an as for getting it wrong!

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As for the moving them to their own bed--or even creepier--their own room, hang in there! It is not easy to do, but is well worth it in the long run. It took us forever to move Material Girl into a room of her own, and literally, we did it in steps. Finally, we got to where she was in her room, and we had our room back.

One idea that can help a lot is to get a twin bed for the baby's room, along with the crib. If you want to lay down to nurse, you can do it, and if you both fall asleeep during one of those nighttime feedings, it is not a problem. It is also nice if the baby is sick and you really WANT to be with them all night long.


Laura

[rbnyc]

3. abelenkpe's boy is Conner.

No worries.

Too bad Garrison's room is too small to add even a rocking chair. But there's a very cozy window seat.

He did much better last night.

But I have to start work now. I'll be back at lunch.

[cally]

6. When I moved them into their own room,

we all slept better. Sleep was never a success in our household. I read many books on how to help but I failed. My youngest (the straw girl from another post) started coming back into our bed as soon as she could get out of the crib. When we woke up enough to realize she was there, we would take her back to bed. Finally, we told her she couldn't sleep with us but she could sleep on the floor by the bed if she was scared. Big mistake. We thought she wouldn't want to do that and would stay in her bed. She kept that up for years. We wouldn't know she was there until we woke up. Finally, we insisted she wake us up. We would comfort her and take her back to bed. She then proceeded to sleep on the floor but in her own room until she was 9. Lost many good mommy points on this one.

[abelenkpe]

7. We're trying to get

Connor accustomed to the crib now too. We haven't tried putting him to sleep in the crib during the nite yet. So far, I've just been putting him in the crib during the day for his naps. On the first day it was for one nap, now he uses the crib for each nap up until 9:00 pm. I'm hoping this way we can ease him into the crib. But who knows?

I think your first nite sounds pretty good. A friend of mine says that her little girl sleeps about 10 hours every nite. Although it took awhile for that to happen. (Her daughter is seven months old.) And she misses almost all her daylight hours since she is at work all day. So I gotta admit, as much as I miss sleeping I hope my guy can stay away for a little while once I come home.

Scary story about your cat! I hope Garrison is OK. this is the first time in my entire life I don't have a cat. My big fat fluffy Siamese died in June (old age) and I was too heartbroken to look for another.

[rbnyc]

8. Sorry about your kitty.

Garrison is fine. The cuts were small, but the potential was huge. It scared us.