Transition to Cot
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Topic: Transition to Cot
Posted By: mummy_becks
Subject: Transition to Cot
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 2:33pm
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Josh is still in his bassinet and he loves it, however he is getting a bit too long for it. I have been putting him in his cot for his day sleeps and some are good and some are not so good. I tried to put him to sleep in his his cot last night and he protested some bad and when I maved him to his bassinet he was asleep in 2 minutes. Any ideas to help me get him to sleep at night in his cot. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 2:36pm
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i have only just put jordis into her cot at night, but she has been having day sleeps in it for a while.
things i could think of, could you put the (unwashed) sheets from the bassinet on the cot? so it smells the same? maybe you could move his bassinet into his room for a few nights and let him sleep in it, so he gets used to the different room at night first? um not much else i can think of, as jordis has had 2 bad sleeps in her cot, so i dont know what to do with her either! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 2:42pm
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stick the basinette in the cot for a few sleeps then slowly trasnition him from there. chancs are he likes being closed in. you could also roll up a nappy or towel and stick it at the end by his feet so he still has those familiar boundaries - you can also do this at each side of him. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 3:24pm
| Yep we did the rolled up towel thing, and also put a nappy over the bars so she couldnt see out which helped. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 4:39pm
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We were lucky as Tyrell moved pretty easily...He was just too long for the bassinet. Plunket suggested the towels thing also. |