Wont Sleep in Crib - Schooleys Mountain,NJ

I'm thinking three things:

1. Does he have acid reflux? Your son likes sleeping upright, so try a sleep positioner that puts him on an incline. For the first month of my 4 mos old daughter's life, she would spit up when I layed her down, so the doc recommended putting her on an incline before trying meds for acid reflux. It worked and she grew out of it. Now she sleeps in her crib no problem.

2. It sounds like your son likes to be cozy and confined. Maybe the crib seems too big and spacious to him. You can try making it seem cozier by using one of those head positioner things or placing rolled up towels around him. Do you swaddle him or tuck a blanket in?

3. Try using a crib toy that lights up and plays music to catch his attention and distract him when he is in the crib. I mention these things in every post I write about getting babies to sleep, but they work! Both of my daughters watch and zone out to the toy and learn to fall asleep on their own. VTech and Fisherprice make them. Just Google Crib Toy or check out Amazon.com.

Just keep at it and eventually he will like his crib. Break the habit now before its too late.

Good luck & sweet dreams!

My son tried to pull that on me for a while too (amazing how angry such a little person can become, huh?). We cosleep, but put him in his crib at 7:30 and then wait til he wakes up for a feeding to bring him to bed because by that time we are ready for bed- and he'd roll off the bed without us in it. At one point he decided he would refuse the crib and scream. It took a lot of leaving him in their for a few minutes patting his little butt with one hand and holding his back down lightly with the other to get him to realize he had to sleep there when it was bedtime. Then I would leave the room and let him cry just a few minutes, and go back in and do it again- and so on til he would go to sleep. It worked after a week or so, and then he started it up again once daylight savings time hit... apparently he is more in tune with the rhythm of the sun than of the clock, so I finally realized it wasn't a crib problem- I adjusted his bedtime to dusk and he goes down no problem. That is how I dealt with his 2 periods of crib aversions. Hope it helps.

Both of our kids slept in the bouncy seat/car seat(some nights coslept, but they did not really like it....wanted their space:)) till they were 6 months old. After that we started putting them in the crib with no problems(I think at that point babies can move themselves around into the comfy position....tummy, side, snuggle in the corner).Lots of specialists do not reccomend sleep training till babies are 6 months old. There are lots of book that do CIO or no crying(depends on what you can handle). We always let our babies sleep whereever everyone got the best sleep(our 17 months old still sleeps through the night only in his own room, in his own big boy bed(well mattress on the floor) and if we try to put him in our bed (like when there is a storm or something) he is up and down all night long).We have friends who's baby slept though the night in the crib the first night from the
hospital(mom ran in the room in the morning thinking baby passed away) and has been doing it since, and some friends who's baby will olny cosleep(and when they tried CIO) he would cry all night long night after night.All babies are different. Let him sleep where he sleeps the best.
Best wishes:)

Have you ever tried waiting until he's asleep before moving him into the crib. Wait until he is soundly asleep and then move him into the crib. Then slowly start putting him in the crib more and more awake. My kids didn't sleep in their own rooms until about this age. As a matter of fact they didn't sleep anywhere but touching me for the first month or so. Do it slowly and in stages. At first wait until he's asleep then move him to the crib. If he wakes move him back. Then try again later. Then next day try again. Eventually he'll get so use to it he'll stay there. Then once he's use to that start putting him in the crib more and more awake.

you are absolutely right to want to stop this now before he gets older. what is easiest in the short run isn't always best for the long haul. a lot of my friends who are stay-at-home moms did what worked best and was easiest for them at the time. now their children are 4, 5, or even 6 and all they do is complain about the bad habits they let them develop. i had this problem with lia, but with naps, not at night. she would only nap in her swing for awhile. i just stopped cold turkey with the swing, put it away. sometimes she'd nap half an hour, sometimes only 15 minutes at a time. it was horrible for a week or two. what most experts feel is best is to establish a routine and stick to it. persevere the crying and keep with it. he will learn that this is plan 'a' and there is no plan 'b' and eventually go with it.