trying to get my 6month old to sleep in her crib.help?

i feel your pain my daughter is now 15 months old but she wouldnt sleep in her crib till she was 7 months old and how i got her to start sleeping by her self is i tried keeping her up as long as i possibly could pass her normal bedtime and then right before i would put her to bed i would give her a bottle and then i would lay her in her own crib turn off the light and leave her room. oh and i moved her crib from my room to her own room because my doctor told me that it could be the reason because when she wakes up at night she sees you so knows you are going to go get her so try keeping her up longer then normal and give her a bottle right before you put her down and try putting her crib in her own room and if she crys in the middle of te night just leave her be for 5 min if she is still screaming then go in there but DONT pick her up i know it is hard to just leave them there but if you dont shes never gonna learn and just talk to her and sing to her and maybe for a baby mobile over her crib so when she waks up she sees it and it distracts her and puts her back to sleep all of this helped my daughter but all kids are different. ohh and when you go in her room keep the lights off DONT turn them on it waks them up even more.

I have the same problem and mine's a year old! I couldn't stand to just let her cry cuz I tried at 6 months too, and the same thing happened! It sucked. Now my hips are very sore all the time, my spine is in disarray, so I suggest you do something. I don't know what... try making her sleep in her crib during naps and if she wakes up, try again and again. If she misses her naps because of it, maybe she'll sleep in her own bed that night. and if not, maybe the naps the next day! Who knows.. but you better do it before she's really mobile and can stand up and scream, or worse, try to climb out. And you have to really do it. Like time after time just put her back and when she wakes up, get her back to sleep and put her back. over and over and EVENTUALLY might fall asleep in her crib. it will be very hard. i tried it once and gave up. Good luck to you. Maybe you can do what I was never strong enough to!

You should try to set up a bedtime routine, but not one that she falls asleep while feeding. Try feeding her, reading a few books and then putting her in the crib. Try it for nap time before trying it at night. You can either leave the room and let her cry, or you can sit next to the crib and move a little further away each time. The important thing is to not pick her up or talk to her (unless of course she's hysterical and making herself sick) but just rub her back if necessary so she knows you're there.

Also, make sure you're putting her in the crib when she's awake, but sleepy. It'll be tough at first, so make sure you're consistent. If you can break her of this habit now, you're going to have many restful nights.

Good Luck!

I had the same problem and heres what i did; I layed her down about 30 minutes after her last feeding . She cryed for a total of three minutes so I went in and gave her a pacifier and let her know i was there to comfort her like rubbing her head. Don't pick her up or stay in there longer than 30 seconds. After I left the room I let her cry for 5 minutes then i go in to calm her again just like before. The next time you let them cry for 7 minutes and repeat the same. Never let them cry longer than 7 minutes without comforting them. I tryed this for 2 weeks and now my 6 month old sleeps through the entire night! Its hard to let them cry but it works!

For us getting him to really accept a pacifier was key - I could get him off the boob & slip a binky in real quick & he would take it. Later we added his crib to the side of our bed as an attachment & he started sleeping in his crib. This alone made everything so much more comfortable I didn't bother to try & get him out on his own...but I honestly think he would care. It's just nice to have him there & so he is. BUT I have known people that had real success (without any tears) on doing it this way - sleeping in the crib attached to your bed without a rail - then adding a guard rail between the mattresses & then adding the crib rail & detaching it from the bed. One of the things i hate most about infant mattresses is how plasticy they are. My son NEVER liked them. I made my own sheets for them to get rid of this feel & it helped a ton - I used really thick fleece - but I believe you can buy fleece ones - I think they are a little expensive though.

Oh & as far as the "safety" of bedsharing - it is way overblown as a "danger" - facts are facts & more babies die every year of SIDS (which it is ONLY called SIDS medically when it happens in a crib) - than those who ever die bedsharing and it is estimated that 50% of all babies spend at least part of their night in their parent's bed...In fact the countries that have the lowest rates of unexplained infant deaths are the countries with the highest bedsharing rates.

Here is an inserting pro-bedsharing site for anyone who is interested: http://thebabybond.com/Cosleeping&SIDSFactSheet.ht...

lol,sleepless in alabama, sry just thought that was funny.

Anyways my 3 month old wouldnt sleep in his crib for awhile, or his bassinette, and after awhile he wouldnt sleep in his swing either. he wouldnt sleep anywhere but in bed with me! it drove me nutts!

Till the doctor told me to try the most obvious thing in the world:

swaddle him every night before bed.

i though t "no way, too easy, it wont work" but it did.

granted at first sometimes id have to rock him in my arms a bit first or stand over his crib and i DEFINITLY had to take the bumper off his crib so he could see me in my bed through the bars but now at 3 months thanks to swaddeling, a couple of tablespoons of rice cereal in his formula (dont worry hes already like 14-15lbs,lol), overnight diapers, and making sure he gets enough activity during the day (to tire him out) he sleeps every night in his crib from about 10pm-6 or 7am and is an all around healthy happy baby! (Now if only i could get to sleep before 2am, lol! Got used to it)...

With my son I co-slept for 8 months. What we did was start a good solid routine, dinner at 6 not exceptions. play at 630 (dancing and jumping and all the wiggling we could handle) bath at 7 and massage/story and breast feed at 8 pm , we rocked him to sleep and made sure his bed was warm before laying on his tummy (yes his tummy because he could walk let alone the fact he would roll on to it anyway) Dont bother with CIO it wonrt work and it only gets worse (works for some but clearly doesnt work for all) Make sure you keep one hand on er for a while after placing her down in bed. My son adjusted well after a few weeks and now i just put him to bed with out any fights.

this is my suggestion. sorry i will admit i didnt read this all the way through.

BUT my 10 month old osn just recently started sleeping in his crib (in his own room)

one night when i noticed him getting sleepy i put him in his crib and rubbed his back and his head...then i got one of my flat pillows that he normals sleeps on and i put that in the crib and layed him on it i rubbed his back for about ten minutes he was still awake i mad the room dark and sat by the crib til he started to doze off then i walked out he slept from 11pm-9am i was so surprised! i woke up many times worried about him and obviously checking in on him, he was sound asleep....

last night wen he was starting to doze off i layed him in his crib and walk out of the room to my surprise he fell right asleep..through the night.

i dont breast feed anymore so thats where it might be different but then again you say shes been sleepin through the nigh since 2 months..so has my son!

THIS IS WHAT I SUGGEST!!!!!

i suggest wen you see her getting really sleepy (few minutes before she goes to sleep) put her in her crib she has to fall asleep in there or i honestly believe it wont work (for most babies) put something she can sleep with something with you smell on it or start giving her a comfort stuffed animal or baby pillow.

good luck and i hope it works i know how frustrating it can be i waited 10 months and at night i miss my son sleeping in the bed with me but i know in the long run it will pay off

ok here is what i did...my daughter used to sleep with us in our bed...i started putting her in her crib. when she cried for me to get her i just let her cry because eventually if she had her nukie she would stop after 30 min and slepp. if she woke up at night i made sure she had her nukie and if she did i layed her back down and walked .....they dont need to eat in middle of the night...just feed her good before her bedtime..she should be getting long stretch of sleep....it will be hard at first but its good for her to sleep by herself! and better for you. the most my daughter cried was 1 hour. everyday after that first night got shorter and shorter time of crying. now she is 11 months and sleeps all night from 10 pm to 730 am !! good luck hun