Well, Last night was Addison's first night in her crib. It went well I think. I put her in their about 9:00 and she slept well. Unfortunately, I didn't. First of all, we haven't found a bumper that we like yet. Second, I think that the mattress that we have might be too small for our crib. Needless to say I was a bit concerned. I was constantly asking Scott if he thought she would be ok. One conversation was like this: Me:"What is she suffocates?" Scott: "Is she on her tummy?" Me:"No" Scott: (laugh). I only calmed down and started thinking she'd be OK when Scott reminded me that if by some tiny chance that she would move to the side of the crib and somehow get stuck between the bars that her crying would wake us up before any large amount of damage could be done. (oh yeah)
Shortly after that Addison was crying. She was cold. See, we hardly ever put her to bed naked, but last night was especially hot. So after I put her in bed (with a blanket on because I figured she'd take it off anyways) Scott turned on the air. Too bad the vent points right at the crib and while the air in the room is 85 the air blowing out feels more like 50. When I went to pick her up she was only semi wrapped up in her blanket, her little arms and legs were freezing. She stopped crying immediately after I put her next to my warm body. She was still kind of whimpering though, it was really sad but way cute. So I fed her to calm her down and back to sleep she went. Scott closed the vent and I put her back in the crib, this time dressed in probably the warmest sleeper anyone has ever seen. It's not really a sleeper though, it's more like a sack with arms.
She slept soundly, occasionally fussing for a second at which Scott would get up to get her and I'd have to remind him why she was in the other room. We went to sleep. About 2 hours later she woke up to eat. I was very tired, and the walk to the crib took a lot out of me ;P. I laid in bed while feeding her and fell asleep. When she woke up several hours after that I simply turned her to the other side and fed her again. In the morning I had almost forgotten we even tried kicking her out of our bed... Almost. She did spend about 3 hours of the night in the crib. So with a combination of her hunger and my never ending laziness she won out.
We'll try again tonight...
Shortly after that Addison was crying. She was cold. See, we hardly ever put her to bed naked, but last night was especially hot. So after I put her in bed (with a blanket on because I figured she'd take it off anyways) Scott turned on the air. Too bad the vent points right at the crib and while the air in the room is 85 the air blowing out feels more like 50. When I went to pick her up she was only semi wrapped up in her blanket, her little arms and legs were freezing. She stopped crying immediately after I put her next to my warm body. She was still kind of whimpering though, it was really sad but way cute. So I fed her to calm her down and back to sleep she went. Scott closed the vent and I put her back in the crib, this time dressed in probably the warmest sleeper anyone has ever seen. It's not really a sleeper though, it's more like a sack with arms.
She slept soundly, occasionally fussing for a second at which Scott would get up to get her and I'd have to remind him why she was in the other room. We went to sleep. About 2 hours later she woke up to eat. I was very tired, and the walk to the crib took a lot out of me ;P. I laid in bed while feeding her and fell asleep. When she woke up several hours after that I simply turned her to the other side and fed her again. In the morning I had almost forgotten we even tried kicking her out of our bed... Almost. She did spend about 3 hours of the night in the crib. So with a combination of her hunger and my never ending laziness she won out.
We'll try again tonight...
I know it is a hard habit to kick, which is why I try not to start it, that is hard too though. basically sleeping and babies is hard. :)
ReplyDeleteEphraim was the only one who slept in a crib much, and he punished us pretty good for it. The other two never really did. I have no reason to believe there's anything wrong with that, though I can certainly imagine the advantages of having done things differently.
ReplyDeleteI have to second Crys's evaluation that basically, sleeping and babies is hard.
Well tonight we're going to try the pack n play in the living room since mom and dad will be in her room. hopefully grandpa's wandering doesn't wake her...
ReplyDelete