About a month ago (right around our return from the three week trip to BC), we decided to move Lily into her crib. The Canadian Pediatric Association (or the American Association) but that's neither here nor there) recommends that babies sleep in their parents' room until they are six months of age, in the hope of reducing the risk of SIDS. We had been following that recommendation and it was working well for us. However, Lily turned into a terrible sleeper after our big trip and I was up every hour or two to settle her when she woke up crying. I wasn't getting any sleep and it was becoming incredibly stressful for me. We had been thinking of trying a slow transition to the crib - perhaps one nap per day in the crib, moving to two naps per day in the crib, and finally, bedtime in the crib. Surprisingly, Lily had no trouble transitioning to the crib and we moved her into her room after only the first day of trying. Initially, I was quite sad to have her so far away but I quickly got over that when I saw that we both were sleeping better. She is still fairly inconsistent with her sleeping habits (most nights she wakes between 2-6 times) but she slept six hours straight last night so I remain ever hopeful that I'll finally get caught up on my sleep!
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