I need help getting my 4 month old out of our bed & into his crib!!

I wish I had some advice for you...but alas I don't. My two year old has only just now started spending the whole night in her own bed. My 5 month old on the other hand has been sleeping in her crib since we brought her home from the hospital. I think it just depends on the kid. With my two year old right from the day she was born, she would sleep very lightly and fitfully in her crib, but if she was in our bed she would sleep like a log! Little stinker. To tell you the truth I kind of miss it when she's not next to me now. The things we do for these little ones!

What I used to do with my troublesome one was to sit beside his crib, and gently run my finger from his forehead, down his nose, over and over until it made him sleeping. I'd often hum a quiet tune, or sing, whilst I did this. Babies tend to focus on your finger, which makes them weary. They also like the comfort of your voice and touch, and they're soon sound asleep. Good luck and Brightest Blessings.

Wow, you are so lucky my boy is 7 months now and still can not sleep alone. I have to sleep with him all the time, without me he cries and cries. My husband is a doctor and he said to me "nothing wrong with him, just let's him be, how many years he will sleep with us until he ask for his new room or how many years he will leave us soon?" So I agree with my husband, and let's him sleep with us all the time. During the day time he sleeps by himself, so not bad!

I have this same problem, so I really don't have any advice for you. My 2 year old slept with us until I was about 7 months pregnant with my son and I tried to transition her to her own bed. She was doing great, until my son came. When he came, my husband would just go get her and put her in our bed when she woke up in the middle of the night. Sadly, she is still in my bed. My son is 6 months old now and sleeps with me also. He is nursing (100%); he won't take a bottle at all (thank God I can stay home with him). I am trying to wean him out of my bed by letting him sleep by himself (in my bed) during the day. Once he does good with that, then I'll transition him to his crib. I will try putting my shirt from that day in his crib (not sure that will help because he likes to cuttle). I hope this helps!

man this seems like a hard one. I know I never let my daughter in my bed at all I didnt want to end up with this problem. I do know though that baby drive off of scent try placing a blanket thats been in your bed in his crib. My daughter at a really young age love my skirt that I wore that day in the crib also. I am a frist time mom but alot of suggestions that I give seem to work fairly well. It never hurts to try right:)

i'm seeing this as more of a mom than a baby issue - i did this with my younger son - 2 boys, 7 years apart, and i knew he was the last. he also had a lot of respiratory infections, so i got nervous if i wasn't sure if i'd hear him. it sounds like he's not too far behind in the long sleeping periods. i would simply make sure that EVERY time it's time to sleep - you put him in his crib - if it's a feeding convenience issue, could you put the crib next to your bed? then he'd still have the comfort of hearing your sleep noises, and you can react quickly.