she will only sleep in my arms or in my bed next to my husband and I. I know this is not good but she will only stay in her crib about 5 minutes and wake up. Should I try buying a wedge for crib or is it that she has to be held so much due to pain that she now just wants her mommy and daddy?

Oh, sorry! I think I misunderstood your last post. You can definitely try a wedge! We still use it with Nathan and he is almost 7 mos. I think he always liked to feel snug in it, as if he was being held. But I also think that if she is sleeping soundly in your bed, and it doesn't bother you guys, than I say do what works, even though I know others would disagree.

If you want to get her in her crib (I think we made the big move with Nathan at around 1 or 2 mos), there is an awesome book that helped us so much. "The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems" (I hate the title) has sooo many step-by-step ideas to help babies learn to sleep without making them cry it out. Not to say that all the ideas will work with a reflux baby, but it helped us a lot.

Good luck with the crib transition! :wink:

Cheryl,

I agree w/sheila on that one. If it's allowing you to get some sleep then do whatever works for you. I went through he** with Zac the first month and a half with his sleep issues. He would ONLY sleep well in my arms. I just decided that if that's the only way I'm going to get a good nights sleep (or close enough) I had to do it. My Ped. even agreed. Actually, Zac wanted to sleep on TOP of my chest. It wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world but at least we both slept. He just wasn't ready to accept that he was not a part of my body anymore. He would sleep 5 hours straight at 1 month like that! Ped. said that it is HIGHLY unlikely that it would be dangerous as mom is alway aware (even when sleeping) that she's got her baby on/next to her. Anyhow...he ended up transitioning eventually to his bouncy seat, which he still is in. However, he still sleeps pretty good at night in it. SOME days 8 hours straight. Usually 5 hours, eats, then a couple more hours, eats again, but he always goes back down in bouncy which was wonderful. I dont' remember exactly HOW I did it eventhough it was only 2 months ago...but I just remember thinking "okay I can't sleep w/this child on top of me anymore" (he was NOT a small baby). I only wish I knew about the amby hammok at the time. We will invest in one when Zac outgrows the bouncy for sure. Anyhow hope that helps. :hello2: :smt023

I have used the wedge since my son CJ was 9 weeks. I put it in his crib at 3 mon. He is now 7 months and is now using the sling for the crib mattress. I had to swaddle CJ in order for him to sleep well and actually still do. I know can you believe it. He sleeps soo much better. I try to not but he just wakes and has a hard time going to sleep . I think its just comforting because thats all he knows with being in the sling. Do whatever works. I still bring CJ in bed occasionally (NOW) when he is having a bad night. I use to have him in our bed a lot when he was doing really bad. It does get better. CJ is doing a lot better. I hope things get better. Stay positive!!!!!