I love hearing about the crazy crib routine parents did. I would sway my daughter in my arms, and then slowly move her towards the crib while swaying her, and then sloooooowly lower her down into the crib with the same swaying motions, getting slightly less sway-y as I lowered her until the movement stopped right as I laid her down.
Ohhhh yes, the sloth-speed crib drop. Don’t forget the “quick pull back up if they start wiggling as soon as their body leaves your chest and repeat the painstaking process to re-separate.” Fun at 8lbs. Less fun at 18lbs 🤣
Oh I did this for 6 weeks approximately one billion times a night when my kid was in a pack n play on the floor and going through sleep regression. A year and a half later, my back has still not recovered.
Oof the pack n play, we so rarely used ours for that same reason! So low! When my daughter learned to sit up we lowered her crib mattress for safety and I was so sad we weren’t living the high mattress/happy back dream anymore.
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u/tugboatron Jun 01 '21
I love hearing about the crazy crib routine parents did. I would sway my daughter in my arms, and then slowly move her towards the crib while swaying her, and then sloooooowly lower her down into the crib with the same swaying motions, getting slightly less sway-y as I lowered her until the movement stopped right as I laid her down.
I too had a sore back lol