getting baby to sleep in her bed

just wanted to know how all of you get your infants to sleep in their OWN bed/bassinet.
Kylie rarely sleeps in her bassinet and when she does it's only for a couple of hours.
I don't mind co-sleeping however, I don't want her sleeping with me forever.
She almost always wakes up when I lay her down...but she sleeps fine if she's with me.
what do I do?

I hate to say it but this is why you dont co-sleep. You will start minding it when they are a toddler...

I co-slept untill Hazel was around 2 and a half months I almost rolled on her,night after that I just wrapped her and put her in her crib,havent co-slept since I miss it so much though. 

Well I co-slept as well. He now sleeps during the night in his crib without crying but during the day he wants to be with me. When he sleeps or is about to sleep be consistent with putting her in her bed. My son will be 11 weeks on Saturday and he is still a baby so if he cries than he will sleep on me. He is gradually getting used to sleeping on his own but it takes time. Slowly but surely.

Quoting Jamie ♥'s Hazel:“ I co-slept untill Hazel was around 2 and a half months I almost rolled on her,night after that I just wrapped her and put her in her crib,havent co-slept since I miss it so much though. ”

Aww so do i atnight. I love having him near me. I like to smell his breath lol!

I coslept when Will was little little. What I did was start a bedtime routine and nurse or rock him to sleep and put him in his crib. Then when he would wake at night we coslept for the rest of the night. It was the ONLY way I got any sleep! At around 5 months old we started sleep training using the Ferber method and he's slept on his own since. Now he doesn't even WANT to sleep with me, lol.


I suggest starting a bedtime routine. It really is OK to cosleep when they're so young. And if she's sleeping in her bassinett or crib for a few hours, there's less of a chance that she will resist it later   I figure if you get them out of your bed sometime during the first year you won't end up with a 6 year old in your bed.

I can't and won't let her cio
what tricks to help her sleep in her bed?

I as well started to have a lil issue with the co-sleeping. I would wait about 20 mins or so when I knew my daughter was asleep and started just putting her in her crib. I did it for naps too. She's just about 8 months old and I sometimes let her cry (no longer than 15-20 mins). Rocking her to sleep with a bottle helps or having her glow bug.

Quoting Kylie Marin's Mama:“ I can't and won't let her cio what tricks to help her sleep in her bed?”

She's too little for that right now anyways, lol.


Lets see, you can try putting a shirt that you've worn in her bed, putting her in a boppy to sleep (Will's personal favorite, lol), warm water bottle in the bed, putting her back in bed consistantly once she's asleep.... IDK of anything else.

Quoting Kylie Marin's Mama:“ I can't and won't let her cio what tricks to help her sleep in her bed?”

Well be consistent. I wont let him cry long maybe 2 minutes or less he is already in my arms. I would lay next to him on the bed and he would fall out I will get out of bed slowly. Than i started to pick him uo and put him in his crib. Takes alot of patience but it is working. During the day he will sleep on my bed with me. He will sleep in my arms than i will transfer him to my bed. That is still a working progress but he got the night down. I need to work it during the day. Although i play with him and talk to him he stays up more during the day. Thatis mymethod.

Yea, I lay with my daughter sometimes til she's a sleep and then move her to her crib. She's starting to sleep like a log   . She had slept through the tornados that we have last month. I really can't let her sleep in my bed cuz she had fallen off once. Its not very high, maybe a foot off the floor.

Going through the same thing and these other mama's have got some good advice. I Have gotten my1month oldto sleep in his bassinet for a couple hours a night. 2 nights ago he slept in it for 4 hours. Last night he wouldn't go in it at all though. I have been putting him down everytime he falls asleep. Even throughout the day. If he wakes up i bend over and put my face down by his. I think he just wants to know that i am there. I sometimes have to not talk after he falls asleep because he then knows that i am not near him anymore. We have been progressing though. Good luck to you!

Quoting amberwithryan:“ Going through the same thing and these other mama's have got some good advice. I Have gotten my1month ... [snip!] ... after he falls asleep because he then knows that i am not near him anymore. We have been progressing though. Good luck to you!”

I also do that too. I put my face close to his so he can feel my breath since i kiss him so much when he sleeps lol! Or i hold his hand, sometimes it works not all the time. Consistancy is key.

With my daughter, I would warm up a rice pack whenever she would wake up at night and lay it next to her. Obviously, make sure it isn't too hot. But the warmth made her feel like someone was laying by her. It also helped to establish a bedtime routine and be consistent with it.

a few thing to try:

1) swaddle her. my daughter sleeps so much better if i swaddle her. only if i use a cotton blanky though, nota receiving blanket.

2) a sleep positioner. my daughter has reflux and spits up in her sleep sometimes, so we bought a inclined positioner to help her digest better. it also came with these little pillow like thing that you can velcro on each side of their tummy to hold them in place. i think it makes her feel like someone's holding her.

and 3) try putting her in there when she's sleepy and see if she'll put herself down. she'll most likely fuss a little, but that will eventually tucker her out too.

good luck!