Just Moved and One Year Old Won't Sleep in Crib at Night

Hi, we moved when my son was about that age. I don't know how your little one slept at the last place you were but if you had a routine keep it up and keep it consistant if you didn't I would suggest starting one, spend a little more time with her at night for a few weeks.
It helps to keep things as much like the last place as possible arange the room the same way if possible esspecially the babies bed if you can put it in about the same place in the room. I think it is excellent that you spend time in there during the day and that she does nap in there. Maybe talk to her too about how you are close by, give lots of comfort and reasurance. She will probably settle in soon. That's a huge change for someone only a year old. Another idea is when she wakes up go right away to her room talk to her from the door, let her know you are still there she is safe and can go back to sleep, or whatever you want to say to assure her that you are there. This will help her build a security in the knew place that will help her sleep then after a week or so try giving her a little time to go back to sleep on her own after waking up.
I have a book that I love that could help called "Good Night Sleep Tight" by Kim West (the sleep lady). Hope this helps
One more idea is that you sleep in the room with her for one night to see if there are any strange noises or anything like dogs barking that you can't hear from other parts of the house. I could go on forever, this is too long, but I hope it helps

Well on the show "The Nanny" I once saw her tell a parent to stay in room with her child until she fell asleep. Read to her, sing to her, or play some soft music .. She wanted the parent to sit close to her child the first week.. then second week gradually move closer to the door each week.. finally the child got use to her mom not being in the room and slept through the nite. Also reassure the child yes its time for us all to go to bed now.. but first mommy will help you go to sleep so your all comfy.. and I will see you when the sun is up and have breakfast for you. ANyhow sometimes reverse phsycology does wonders for a child and it works! just a thought haha.. ;)

Just an idea... but you might try setting up her room similar to how her room was set up at your old house... i.e. if her crib faced the window, then have it face the window now. I heard that this might help in a book somewhere. Hope it helps!

B.,
What I do with my 2 yr old son, is sit in rocking chair and read him stories with a dim light on while rocking him. Eventually he passes out. Now that he is used to the routine he falls a sleep in 3-5 minutes easily. He usually sleeps through the whole night, but that's a different story. If the story doesn't work, I sing soft a calm songs to him. He also falls asleep right away when I do this. But after I put him down into his bed, I turn on the radio (on low) and leave the room. That way he feels like I am still in the room. Because youngsters can somehow still slightly hear when they are sleeping. It just takes time for the child to get used to it. It might not matter with a 1 yr old but give it a try. Lemme' tell you on thing.... it takes a whole lot of patience!! Good Luck!

This was really hard but I was having the same problem with my daughter who is now 16 months. What I did was just let her cry herself to sleep. It is really hard and I swore I would never do it but after a month of nothing else helping I finally did. At first she would cry for a while, I would let her cry for about 10 minutes then comfort her then lay her back down. The first couple of nights I had to do this for about an hour, some nights longer, but now she cries for 5 minutes and then falls asleep. It is heart wrenching but really works and she get a really good nights sleep.

I have also heard of parents making a temproary bed on the floor of their child's room, and slowly moving this bed closer to the door and out into the hallway as the nights progress. This way your child may find comfort in having you nearby, while she gets use to her new surroundings. Good luck.

Hi, B.! I think since you've only been in your house a week, you should give it a bit more time. There are probably unfamiliar sounds and smells (not to say your new house smells, but, you know, different paint or maybe a new carpet smell or something like that) at night and your daughter may still be getting used to them. It took my kids a few weeks at the earliest to get used to our new house and start staying in their beds and sleeping through the night. I think what you're doing now is perfect, just keep doing it for a bit longer. Eventually, she'll sleep because she's just so tired her body will take over. Or bring her to your bed for a few nights until she gets used to sleeping for long periods in the new house, then gradually shift her to her own crib. I don't think there's any one answer, you'll just have to keep trying different things. Good Luck!!