How to Get a Baby to Sleep in the Crib

Video Transcript

"HI, I'm Erica I'm in Atlanta, Georgia and I'm going to talk to you today about how to get your baby to sleep the crib, now some parents sleep with their babies on the side of them or the want, the baby has been sleeping next to them and they want to get the baby to start sleeping in the crib what I would recommend is that you keep the baby in the crib from day one don't try to sleep with them because it become harder for the baby to get use to sleeping in the crib. A tip for you do is to be sure that when you rock them to sleep, be sure that their calm, make sure that their ready to go to bed and that you've established a nightly routine. You can give them a bath and get them in their pajamas do a little massage or something like that, read them a story or sing them a lullaby and be sure that their, their feed and their diapers dry and then once you do that, lay them in the bed sing them a song but make sure that every things calm a quiet, so the baby doesn't get startled then you would put a blanket over them, make sure that its not too loose and then leave the room and close the door and if the baby does cry for a little bit, thats OK, don't let them cry for more than five minutes, let them cry for about five minutes don't go over that, if they keep crying come in kind of calm then down, don't try to pick them up, just leave them there but try to calm them down again and leave the room again, just that way the baby knows that if they need you that you'll be there but that their not relying on you to fall asleep."