at what time should a newborn sleep in a crib?

Answer 1

My daughter just began sleeping in her crib on Christmas night with a baby monitor next to her. She is now six months. Until then she had slept in a bassinet next to my bed to prevent SIDS. Believe me I was paranoid about SIDS. I have heard that as long as they aren't sitting up on their own yet it's completely fine to keep them in their bassinet a little longer. Try not to let them sleep in bed with you though because of the whole SIDS thing. Hope this helps and prewarning the first night that he/she sleeps in their own crib in their own room don't plan on sleeping. I was up all night!!! Good Luck!! : )

Answer 2

From the day my sons came home from the hospital, where they slept depended on what time of day it was. During the day, naps were taken in a bassinett in the middle of a noisy and busy livingroom. (The only time I kept things quiet was during rocking. Once they are asleep and down, the noise level didn't matter. Ever take a nap on the couch with people talking and the TV on? Same thing.) The bassinett was replaced with a playpen when they started to move around too much (sitting up, rolling over, etc.) Nighttime was spent in the crib next to my bed, which was moved into their room when they were old enough to stand up in it and the mattress was dropped down.
This allowed them to learn to sleep in all situations. Also, naps were a little bit shorter, so they could sleep better at night. The transition to their own room was easier, too because they knew their crib from birth. It was not a scary new experience.
This was my mother's advice. This advice came from my grandmother, who was born in 1904. And surprisingly, there haven't been any "new studies" to condradict it!!

I hope this helps. Blessings

Answer 3

We had my son in a cradle in our room for the first few weeks - but he went into the crib in his own room pretty soon. He never slept in our bed... it just didn't work out for that, and I'm pretty glad. The crib has been great, though!

For one thing, we found out that babies are NOISY at night - I don't mean crying, just noise. We are both working parents, so we needed to get some sleep without hearing every last sound he made. If he needs us, he lets us kow, let me tell you!

Moving him to his crib after a few weeks worked for us because he is a good sleeper, sleeping through the night startinga ta bout 7 weeks. Also, he takes his naps in there, so it created a good space for him that he always associates with sleep. Now taht he is 10 months old, that has really workeds to our advantage - he knows right away that if he is in his crib, he is expected to lie down and sleep. Hopefully this will make bedtime easy for years to come!

Like I said, this worked for us becuse our son is a good sleeper - I think that the exact time to move them to the crib depeds on the child. A cranky baby might need more tme close to his or her parents so that it is easy for them to get to the for comfort. Same with a breast fed baby. The most important thing is to be flexible with what works for you and the baby.

I should add that the MOST important element of getting the baby to sleep in his crib was establishing a bedtime routine: dinner, bath, jammies, book, crib (lights out, goodnight!). Now that he is older, he still associates this sequence of events with going to sleep - it even works in the middle of the day! No bedtime tantrums here!

Answer 4

How old? Brand new 1-3 months there is no set time to put the baby to bed. When the baby is getting sleepy put him/her down. I find rocking the baby first helps.

If you mean what age to put a baby in a crib, mine both went into a crib at about 4 months old (when they could roll over). Before that they were in a bassinet or cradle

Answer 5

The sooner the better. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies sleep in a crib ( not in bed with their parents) to reduce the risk of SIDS. Here is a quote from the site:
"The AAP also stresses the need to avoid redundant soft bedding and soft objects in the infant’s sleeping environment, the hazards of adults sleeping with an infant in the same bed, the SIDS risk reduction associated with having infants sleep in the same room as adults and with using pacifiers at the time of sleep..."

Answer 6

The AAP study was conducted and funded by a company that manufactures cribs. Hmmm, kind of biased. For the "co-sleeping group" they added in all the deaths that came from people sleeping on couches and people who were co-sleeping on waterbeds this amounted to 43% of the "SIDS" deaths in this group. COME ON! Let's at least do a legitimate study of safe crib-sleeping vs. safe-co-sleeping (as per the AAP, ie: no waterbeds, drinking, smoking, not lots of pillows, etc.). The largest factor proven to decrease the risk of SIDS is breastfeeding, not sleeping arrangement. Several studies have been done on this - here's one...

Answer 7

All four of mine started in a bassinet for 1-2 months and than I moved them to the crib.

Answer 8

Whatever time they fall asleep.
Seriously though, whenever you feel comfortable putting them in there. I know people that have never put their baby in the crib and they still have the little ones in the bed with them when they are 5!

Answer 9

I put both my boys in their crib from the first night. With our first I had the monitor cranked up so I could hear him breath. I kept the bassinet in our living room so the baby could nap during the day and I was still with him. It worked for us. Do what works for you.

Answer 10

My oldest slept in his crib the first night he was home. The second, we put in a bassinet in our room to make it easier on me (breastfeeding and I had a c-section).