Transferring Newborn from Our Room to Her Own Room

i think the sooner she is moved, the sooner she will adapt to the noise, as she will also adjust to the crib. with all three of my girls (now 20,19, and 12), i would usually vacuum or put on music in the front rooms during their naptimes (no co-sleeping). it sounds crazy, but each of them quickly grew to sleep through anything! i really believe that the daily hum drum in the home can be quite comforting to children from birth...something else i did was play story tapes in the tape recorder next to the girls' beds (our choice of tapes were simple nursery rhymes and abc songs but also advanced bible stories with a matching book). as they grew older, they very much looked forward to naptime and bedtime. it was amazing how quickly our daughters began to read as well (i personally am in favor of memorization in additon to phonics. when the girls were only months old, we would hold them with their books in our laps and play the tapes at playtime as well. eventually, the girls could follow along based on the pictures in the books matching the stories and could recall them word for word, ultimately recalling the words and matching them to the sentences visually! their confidence welled, and the lessons in phonics and sounding out began...) we made naptime a very comforting time and also a relaxed learning time from infancy. to this day, each of the girls curls up to reading at bedtime.

Hi,

We transitioned our daughter to her own room by starting with naps in the crib. Once she was comfortable with that, we moved the bassinette into her room so she was used to the area (different smells/sounds/light) but we could still rock her and of course she was more familiar with the bassinette. And then the crib in her own room was actually no problem. Good luck.

HI H.,

I'm a 33 yr old mother of a now 2.5 yr old girl.
When Syd was about 8 weeks old, I moved her from a co-sleeper into her own crib in another room. (She was grunting and keeping me awake in between feedings all night!)
It was easier for me, and I got more sleep, when I would go into her room, nurse, and put her back into her crib.
My advice would be, don't pick her up when she fusses inbetween night feedings (if she still has them). Just pat her on the back, sing to her, let her know you are there, but if she gets the motion that you pick her up, it could be confusing.
I'd go straight to the crib, instead of just moving the basinet. Better to get her used to the crib, than have to repeat the process later.

I always said, "3 days to a new habit- good or bad".
Good luck!

The baby should be used to going to sleep with noise...so,if you are all tip toeing around it ain't happening. If she can sleep with noise, than keep her bundled up like a burrito and just start trying it. I rarely put my three kids in their crib. So, maybe I shouldn't be answering. If I did, I transfered them from our bed to theirs. Also, a humidifier, or water machine works wonders.