Crib - to keep or not, want opinions

hopesiris · Feb 1, 2009

We bought a crib from Babies R Us before Amelia was born and it was recalled last year. It was never used since Amelia refused to sleep in it but since there was no way to get our money back we had to get a replacement crib. The crib is still in the box. What I'm wondering is since I wasn't able to use a crib last time is it realistic to think we'd use it if we have another baby.

Has anyone breastfed and used a crib rather than cosleeping? Would you recommend it or was it just too tiring to get up all night? I won't sleep in my bed with a baby ever again because I think it is a bit unsafe with my level of fatigue and the covers on our bed but I would put a mattress on the floor next to my bed and go back and forth. I'd love some input on this.

hopesiris · Feb 1, 2009

We bought a crib from Babies R Us before Amelia was born and it was recalled last year. It was never used since Amelia refused to sleep in it but since there was no way to get our money back we had to get a replacement crib. The crib is still in the box. What I'm wondering is since I wasn't able to use a crib last time is it realistic to think we'd use it if we have another baby.

Has anyone breastfed and used a crib rather than cosleeping? Would you recommend it or was it just too tiring to get up all night? I won't sleep in my bed with a baby ever again because I think it is a bit unsafe with my level of fatigue and the covers on our bed but I would put a mattress on the floor next to my bed and go back and forth. I'd love some input on this.

hopesiris · Feb 1, 2009

We bought a crib from Babies R Us before Amelia was born and it was recalled last year. It was never used since Amelia refused to sleep in it but since there was no way to get our money back we had to get a replacement crib. The crib is still in the box. What I'm wondering is since I wasn't able to use a crib last time is it realistic to think we'd use it if we have another baby.

Has anyone breastfed and used a crib rather than cosleeping? Would you recommend it or was it just too tiring to get up all night? I won't sleep in my bed with a baby ever again because I think it is a bit unsafe with my level of fatigue and the covers on our bed but I would put a mattress on the floor next to my bed and go back and forth. I'd love some input on this.

hopesiris · Feb 1, 2009

We bought a crib from Babies R Us before Amelia was born and it was recalled last year. It was never used since Amelia refused to sleep in it but since there was no way to get our money back we had to get a replacement crib. The crib is still in the box. What I'm wondering is since I wasn't able to use a crib last time is it realistic to think we'd use it if we have another baby.

Has anyone breastfed and used a crib rather than cosleeping? Would you recommend it or was it just too tiring to get up all night? I won't sleep in my bed with a baby ever again because I think it is a bit unsafe with my level of fatigue and the covers on our bed but I would put a mattress on the floor next to my bed and go back and forth. I'd love some input on this.

hopesiris · Feb 1, 2009

We bought a crib from Babies R Us before Amelia was born and it was recalled last year. It was never used since Amelia refused to sleep in it but since there was no way to get our money back we had to get a replacement crib. The crib is still in the box. What I'm wondering is since I wasn't able to use a crib last time is it realistic to think we'd use it if we have another baby.
 
 Has anyone breastfed and used a crib rather than cosleeping? Would you recommend it or was it just too tiring to get up all night? I won't sleep in my bed with a baby ever again because I think it is a bit unsafe with my level of fatigue and the covers on our bed but I would put a mattress on the floor next to my bed and go back and forth. I'd love some input on this.

LouLou · Feb 2, 2009

If I understand you correctly you have a new crib that is not on the recall list. I would say keep it.

I breastfed and didn't co-sleep even one night. Certainly there is the arguemnet that some mothers sleep better when baby is next to them but for me I slept better knowing my baby was safe and not under my husband or on the floor. I know co-sleeping is researched and very safe but I've never been personally comfortable with it. He slept in an Arms Reach co-sleeper from day 3 until 8 wks when we moved him to the crib. We did a week of the co sleeper at 7 wks in his room and then moved him to his big crib (in his room obviously). He slept fine in the crib from the get go. In fact he had his first sleep through the night one of those first nights in the crib. We would have kept him in the co-sleeper longer but he was so big that he would touch the sides, moving to the crib was good because he didn't have anythign to crowd him. I enjoyed having him out of the room because he was beginning to be more active in the night and I heard everything in my sleep. Of course, it was disrupting my sleep. Once I moved him to the other room which was right next door I made the decision not to use a baby monitor at first and to see how we did becauase I needed sleep. We did just fine. He cried if he needed fed. He quickly learned to put himself back to bed on his own which is what I had strongly wanted to teach him. He learned because I wasn't responding to him moving or slight fussing. Soon he got into a great habit of eating enough during day hours. In fact, at night if he wouldn't go to bed it was becuase he was still hungry. It was like he had a calorie counter in him. Once he knew he had enough calories he went to bed until the next AM. He's slept 12 hours from a young age. He enjoyed being tightly swaddled while in his co-sleeper until 6 wks of age.

If I do it again, I'd do it the same but have the baby nap with me at least once a week because my son at 18 mo is unable to sleep with us at all. We hope that once he gets a little older that he can understand a family nap. We are all nappers so it would be nice to occasionally nap together...although I like my space in bed. I don't think there are any more babies in our cards though (too many issues - my health, the fact that dh is a carrier, that son has cf, etc. etc.)

LouLou · Feb 2, 2009

If I understand you correctly you have a new crib that is not on the recall list. I would say keep it.

I breastfed and didn't co-sleep even one night. Certainly there is the arguemnet that some mothers sleep better when baby is next to them but for me I slept better knowing my baby was safe and not under my husband or on the floor. I know co-sleeping is researched and very safe but I've never been personally comfortable with it. He slept in an Arms Reach co-sleeper from day 3 until 8 wks when we moved him to the crib. We did a week of the co sleeper at 7 wks in his room and then moved him to his big crib (in his room obviously). He slept fine in the crib from the get go. In fact he had his first sleep through the night one of those first nights in the crib. We would have kept him in the co-sleeper longer but he was so big that he would touch the sides, moving to the crib was good because he didn't have anythign to crowd him. I enjoyed having him out of the room because he was beginning to be more active in the night and I heard everything in my sleep. Of course, it was disrupting my sleep. Once I moved him to the other room which was right next door I made the decision not to use a baby monitor at first and to see how we did becauase I needed sleep. We did just fine. He cried if he needed fed. He quickly learned to put himself back to bed on his own which is what I had strongly wanted to teach him. He learned because I wasn't responding to him moving or slight fussing. Soon he got into a great habit of eating enough during day hours. In fact, at night if he wouldn't go to bed it was becuase he was still hungry. It was like he had a calorie counter in him. Once he knew he had enough calories he went to bed until the next AM. He's slept 12 hours from a young age. He enjoyed being tightly swaddled while in his co-sleeper until 6 wks of age.

If I do it again, I'd do it the same but have the baby nap with me at least once a week because my son at 18 mo is unable to sleep with us at all. We hope that once he gets a little older that he can understand a family nap. We are all nappers so it would be nice to occasionally nap together...although I like my space in bed. I don't think there are any more babies in our cards though (too many issues - my health, the fact that dh is a carrier, that son has cf, etc. etc.)

LouLou · Feb 2, 2009

If I understand you correctly you have a new crib that is not on the recall list. I would say keep it.

I breastfed and didn't co-sleep even one night. Certainly there is the arguemnet that some mothers sleep better when baby is next to them but for me I slept better knowing my baby was safe and not under my husband or on the floor. I know co-sleeping is researched and very safe but I've never been personally comfortable with it. He slept in an Arms Reach co-sleeper from day 3 until 8 wks when we moved him to the crib. We did a week of the co sleeper at 7 wks in his room and then moved him to his big crib (in his room obviously). He slept fine in the crib from the get go. In fact he had his first sleep through the night one of those first nights in the crib. We would have kept him in the co-sleeper longer but he was so big that he would touch the sides, moving to the crib was good because he didn't have anythign to crowd him. I enjoyed having him out of the room because he was beginning to be more active in the night and I heard everything in my sleep. Of course, it was disrupting my sleep. Once I moved him to the other room which was right next door I made the decision not to use a baby monitor at first and to see how we did becauase I needed sleep. We did just fine. He cried if he needed fed. He quickly learned to put himself back to bed on his own which is what I had strongly wanted to teach him. He learned because I wasn't responding to him moving or slight fussing. Soon he got into a great habit of eating enough during day hours. In fact, at night if he wouldn't go to bed it was becuase he was still hungry. It was like he had a calorie counter in him. Once he knew he had enough calories he went to bed until the next AM. He's slept 12 hours from a young age. He enjoyed being tightly swaddled while in his co-sleeper until 6 wks of age.

If I do it again, I'd do it the same but have the baby nap with me at least once a week because my son at 18 mo is unable to sleep with us at all. We hope that once he gets a little older that he can understand a family nap. We are all nappers so it would be nice to occasionally nap together...although I like my space in bed. I don't think there are any more babies in our cards though (too many issues - my health, the fact that dh is a carrier, that son has cf, etc. etc.)

LouLou · Feb 2, 2009

If I understand you correctly you have a new crib that is not on the recall list. I would say keep it.

I breastfed and didn't co-sleep even one night. Certainly there is the arguemnet that some mothers sleep better when baby is next to them but for me I slept better knowing my baby was safe and not under my husband or on the floor. I know co-sleeping is researched and very safe but I've never been personally comfortable with it. He slept in an Arms Reach co-sleeper from day 3 until 8 wks when we moved him to the crib. We did a week of the co sleeper at 7 wks in his room and then moved him to his big crib (in his room obviously). He slept fine in the crib from the get go. In fact he had his first sleep through the night one of those first nights in the crib. We would have kept him in the co-sleeper longer but he was so big that he would touch the sides, moving to the crib was good because he didn't have anythign to crowd him. I enjoyed having him out of the room because he was beginning to be more active in the night and I heard everything in my sleep. Of course, it was disrupting my sleep. Once I moved him to the other room which was right next door I made the decision not to use a baby monitor at first and to see how we did becauase I needed sleep. We did just fine. He cried if he needed fed. He quickly learned to put himself back to bed on his own which is what I had strongly wanted to teach him. He learned because I wasn't responding to him moving or slight fussing. Soon he got into a great habit of eating enough during day hours. In fact, at night if he wouldn't go to bed it was becuase he was still hungry. It was like he had a calorie counter in him. Once he knew he had enough calories he went to bed until the next AM. He's slept 12 hours from a young age. He enjoyed being tightly swaddled while in his co-sleeper until 6 wks of age.

If I do it again, I'd do it the same but have the baby nap with me at least once a week because my son at 18 mo is unable to sleep with us at all. We hope that once he gets a little older that he can understand a family nap. We are all nappers so it would be nice to occasionally nap together...although I like my space in bed. I don't think there are any more babies in our cards though (too many issues - my health, the fact that dh is a carrier, that son has cf, etc. etc.)

LouLou · Feb 2, 2009

If I understand you correctly you have a new crib that is not on the recall list. I would say keep it.
 
 I breastfed and didn't co-sleep even one night. Certainly there is the arguemnet that some mothers sleep better when baby is next to them but for me I slept better knowing my baby was safe and not under my husband or on the floor. I know co-sleeping is researched and very safe but I've never been personally comfortable with it. He slept in an Arms Reach co-sleeper from day 3 until 8 wks when we moved him to the crib. We did a week of the co sleeper at 7 wks in his room and then moved him to his big crib (in his room obviously). He slept fine in the crib from the get go. In fact he had his first sleep through the night one of those first nights in the crib. We would have kept him in the co-sleeper longer but he was so big that he would touch the sides, moving to the crib was good because he didn't have anythign to crowd him. I enjoyed having him out of the room because he was beginning to be more active in the night and I heard everything in my sleep. Of course, it was disrupting my sleep. Once I moved him to the other room which was right next door I made the decision not to use a baby monitor at first and to see how we did becauase I needed sleep. We did just fine. He cried if he needed fed. He quickly learned to put himself back to bed on his own which is what I had strongly wanted to teach him. He learned because I wasn't responding to him moving or slight fussing. Soon he got into a great habit of eating enough during day hours. In fact, at night if he wouldn't go to bed it was becuase he was still hungry. It was like he had a calorie counter in him. Once he knew he had enough calories he went to bed until the next AM. He's slept 12 hours from a young age. He enjoyed being tightly swaddled while in his co-sleeper until 6 wks of age.
 
 If I do it again, I'd do it the same but have the baby nap with me at least once a week because my son at 18 mo is unable to sleep with us at all. We hope that once he gets a little older that he can understand a family nap. We are all nappers so it would be nice to occasionally nap together...although I like my space in bed. I don't think there are any more babies in our cards though (too many issues - my health, the fact that dh is a carrier, that son has cf, etc. etc.)

hopesiris · Feb 2, 2009

That's right Lauren, it's new and a different brand from the recalled crib. I also used an Arms Reach mini cosleeper and we stopped using it by 6 weeks because she was so big and touching the sides. I found it very difficult to lift her out of it too because I had a c-section and she was a heavy baby.

Thanks for your input. I suppose the crib could be attached as a side car too since I got rid of the cosleeper. Our chances at a second child aren't good but since we are working on improving our financial situation I don't want to get rid of necessities until we are certain it isn't going to happen.

hopesiris · Feb 2, 2009

That's right Lauren, it's new and a different brand from the recalled crib. I also used an Arms Reach mini cosleeper and we stopped using it by 6 weeks because she was so big and touching the sides. I found it very difficult to lift her out of it too because I had a c-section and she was a heavy baby.

Thanks for your input. I suppose the crib could be attached as a side car too since I got rid of the cosleeper. Our chances at a second child aren't good but since we are working on improving our financial situation I don't want to get rid of necessities until we are certain it isn't going to happen.

hopesiris · Feb 2, 2009

That's right Lauren, it's new and a different brand from the recalled crib. I also used an Arms Reach mini cosleeper and we stopped using it by 6 weeks because she was so big and touching the sides. I found it very difficult to lift her out of it too because I had a c-section and she was a heavy baby.

Thanks for your input. I suppose the crib could be attached as a side car too since I got rid of the cosleeper. Our chances at a second child aren't good but since we are working on improving our financial situation I don't want to get rid of necessities until we are certain it isn't going to happen.

hopesiris · Feb 2, 2009

That's right Lauren, it's new and a different brand from the recalled crib. I also used an Arms Reach mini cosleeper and we stopped using it by 6 weeks because she was so big and touching the sides. I found it very difficult to lift her out of it too because I had a c-section and she was a heavy baby.

Thanks for your input. I suppose the crib could be attached as a side car too since I got rid of the cosleeper. Our chances at a second child aren't good but since we are working on improving our financial situation I don't want to get rid of necessities until we are certain it isn't going to happen.

hopesiris · Feb 2, 2009

That's right Lauren, it's new and a different brand from the recalled crib. I also used an Arms Reach mini cosleeper and we stopped using it by 6 weeks because she was so big and touching the sides. I found it very difficult to lift her out of it too because I had a c-section and she was a heavy baby.
 
 Thanks for your input. I suppose the crib could be attached as a side car too since I got rid of the cosleeper. Our chances at a second child aren't good but since we are working on improving our financial situation I don't want to get rid of necessities until we are certain it isn't going to happen.

Melissa75 · Feb 2, 2009

Bonnie,
I breastfed my kids and they all were in the crib by 3-8 weeks. I am a light sleeper and was home all day with them, plus the kids were very close together in age so for me having those few hours in my bed without them was precious. But I understand that cosleeping works well for others.
I also loved the freedom of knowing that the baby was not going to roll off the bed during naps or when I went to pee. With two kids this is especially an issue because you cannot nap/sleep with the baby as much, but if baby is used to your bed, you have to make strange and unsafe barricades in order to leave him/her there. And when older, I liked that the toddler was trapped until I came and got him/her...a matter of minutes at the most, but this allowed me to do stuff like play outside with my older children and a baby monitor while the younger one napped.
Now all kids are different. #1 was colicky as hell and I coslept with him until I decided at 8 weeks that he was going to wake up every 1.5 hours no matter where he was. He nursed all night like that until my husband started going to him (read cry-it-out) at ten months. #2 was a dream come true and didn't require more that 1-2 night feedings from the get-go. She loved to cuddle but also seemed to like her space and was in the crib by 3 weeks. She is five now and tells me that she loves the cold spots on the sheets

#3 was a "happy spitter" until he was 6-7 months: large volumes of milk would spew out of him. He slept swaddled, in the carseat placed in the glider next to my bed so I could rock it with my foot...for 8 weeks. Then, on the to crib with side sleep positioners and a tilted mattress and then finally shhhhh belly sleeping.
So, my point is that you gotta do what works for you and the baby. I'd keep the crib. My daughter decided a few months ago that she wanted to sleep in her brothers' room. She is actually on a crib mattress on the floor now! I brought it out of storage

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Melissa, 33 bronchiectasis (no CF)

Melissa75 · Feb 2, 2009

Bonnie,
I breastfed my kids and they all were in the crib by 3-8 weeks. I am a light sleeper and was home all day with them, plus the kids were very close together in age so for me having those few hours in my bed without them was precious. But I understand that cosleeping works well for others.
I also loved the freedom of knowing that the baby was not going to roll off the bed during naps or when I went to pee. With two kids this is especially an issue because you cannot nap/sleep with the baby as much, but if baby is used to your bed, you have to make strange and unsafe barricades in order to leave him/her there. And when older, I liked that the toddler was trapped until I came and got him/her...a matter of minutes at the most, but this allowed me to do stuff like play outside with my older children and a baby monitor while the younger one napped.
Now all kids are different. #1 was colicky as hell and I coslept with him until I decided at 8 weeks that he was going to wake up every 1.5 hours no matter where he was. He nursed all night like that until my husband started going to him (read cry-it-out) at ten months. #2 was a dream come true and didn't require more that 1-2 night feedings from the get-go. She loved to cuddle but also seemed to like her space and was in the crib by 3 weeks. She is five now and tells me that she loves the cold spots on the sheets

#3 was a "happy spitter" until he was 6-7 months: large volumes of milk would spew out of him. He slept swaddled, in the carseat placed in the glider next to my bed so I could rock it with my foot...for 8 weeks. Then, on the to crib with side sleep positioners and a tilted mattress and then finally shhhhh belly sleeping.
So, my point is that you gotta do what works for you and the baby. I'd keep the crib. My daughter decided a few months ago that she wanted to sleep in her brothers' room. She is actually on a crib mattress on the floor now! I brought it out of storage

__________
Melissa, 33 bronchiectasis (no CF)

Melissa75 · Feb 2, 2009

Bonnie,
I breastfed my kids and they all were in the crib by 3-8 weeks. I am a light sleeper and was home all day with them, plus the kids were very close together in age so for me having those few hours in my bed without them was precious. But I understand that cosleeping works well for others.
I also loved the freedom of knowing that the baby was not going to roll off the bed during naps or when I went to pee. With two kids this is especially an issue because you cannot nap/sleep with the baby as much, but if baby is used to your bed, you have to make strange and unsafe barricades in order to leave him/her there. And when older, I liked that the toddler was trapped until I came and got him/her...a matter of minutes at the most, but this allowed me to do stuff like play outside with my older children and a baby monitor while the younger one napped.
Now all kids are different. #1 was colicky as hell and I coslept with him until I decided at 8 weeks that he was going to wake up every 1.5 hours no matter where he was. He nursed all night like that until my husband started going to him (read cry-it-out) at ten months. #2 was a dream come true and didn't require more that 1-2 night feedings from the get-go. She loved to cuddle but also seemed to like her space and was in the crib by 3 weeks. She is five now and tells me that she loves the cold spots on the sheets

#3 was a "happy spitter" until he was 6-7 months: large volumes of milk would spew out of him. He slept swaddled, in the carseat placed in the glider next to my bed so I could rock it with my foot...for 8 weeks. Then, on the to crib with side sleep positioners and a tilted mattress and then finally shhhhh belly sleeping.
So, my point is that you gotta do what works for you and the baby. I'd keep the crib. My daughter decided a few months ago that she wanted to sleep in her brothers' room. She is actually on a crib mattress on the floor now! I brought it out of storage

__________
Melissa, 33 bronchiectasis (no CF)

Melissa75 · Feb 2, 2009

Bonnie,
I breastfed my kids and they all were in the crib by 3-8 weeks. I am a light sleeper and was home all day with them, plus the kids were very close together in age so for me having those few hours in my bed without them was precious. But I understand that cosleeping works well for others.
I also loved the freedom of knowing that the baby was not going to roll off the bed during naps or when I went to pee. With two kids this is especially an issue because you cannot nap/sleep with the baby as much, but if baby is used to your bed, you have to make strange and unsafe barricades in order to leave him/her there. And when older, I liked that the toddler was trapped until I came and got him/her...a matter of minutes at the most, but this allowed me to do stuff like play outside with my older children and a baby monitor while the younger one napped.
Now all kids are different. #1 was colicky as hell and I coslept with him until I decided at 8 weeks that he was going to wake up every 1.5 hours no matter where he was. He nursed all night like that until my husband started going to him (read cry-it-out) at ten months. #2 was a dream come true and didn't require more that 1-2 night feedings from the get-go. She loved to cuddle but also seemed to like her space and was in the crib by 3 weeks. She is five now and tells me that she loves the cold spots on the sheets

#3 was a "happy spitter" until he was 6-7 months: large volumes of milk would spew out of him. He slept swaddled, in the carseat placed in the glider next to my bed so I could rock it with my foot...for 8 weeks. Then, on the to crib with side sleep positioners and a tilted mattress and then finally shhhhh belly sleeping.
So, my point is that you gotta do what works for you and the baby. I'd keep the crib. My daughter decided a few months ago that she wanted to sleep in her brothers' room. She is actually on a crib mattress on the floor now! I brought it out of storage

__________
Melissa, 33 bronchiectasis (no CF)

Melissa75 · Feb 2, 2009

Bonnie,
 I breastfed my kids and they all were in the crib by 3-8 weeks. I am a light sleeper and was home all day with them, plus the kids were very close together in age so for me having those few hours in my bed without them was precious. But I understand that cosleeping works well for others.
 I also loved the freedom of knowing that the baby was not going to roll off the bed during naps or when I went to pee. With two kids this is especially an issue because you cannot nap/sleep with the baby as much, but if baby is used to your bed, you have to make strange and unsafe barricades in order to leave him/her there. And when older, I liked that the toddler was trapped until I came and got him/her...a matter of minutes at the most, but this allowed me to do stuff like play outside with my older children and a baby monitor while the younger one napped.
 Now all kids are different. #1 was colicky as hell and I coslept with him until I decided at 8 weeks that he was going to wake up every 1.5 hours no matter where he was. He nursed all night like that until my husband started going to him (read cry-it-out) at ten months. #2 was a dream come true and didn't require more that 1-2 night feedings from the get-go. She loved to cuddle but also seemed to like her space and was in the crib by 3 weeks. She is five now and tells me that she loves the cold spots on the sheets

#3 was a "happy spitter" until he was 6-7 months: large volumes of milk would spew out of him. He slept swaddled, in the carseat placed in the glider next to my bed so I could rock it with my foot...for 8 weeks. Then, on the to crib with side sleep positioners and a tilted mattress and then finally shhhhh belly sleeping.
 So, my point is that you gotta do what works for you and the baby. I'd keep the crib. My daughter decided a few months ago that she wanted to sleep in her brothers' room. She is actually on a crib mattress on the floor now! I brought it out of storage

__________
 Melissa, 33 bronchiectasis (no CF)

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