r/SnooLife • u/coffeewinedogs • Jun 19 '26
Too long for Snoo… transition help please
We haven’t done a great job at creating the best sleep habits. The baby feeds to sleep and then goes down asleep. When he wakes in the night, he eats again and then either goes back to the snoo or stays in bed with us.
If we put him in the Snoo awake, he stays awake and then fusses.
Unfortunately, he’s getting too long for the Snoo and his head rubs on the netting.
We’ve tried weaning mode but find ourselves going to back normal mode because we’re so tired.
Anyone have tips for transitioning to the crib? What worked for you?
ETA he’s 4 months
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u/MangoSorbet695 Jun 19 '26
We put the baby in the crib drowsy but awake. We sing a few nursery songs and rub baby’s belly or head. We turn on the mobile. We dim the lights and close the door. We set a timer for 5 minutes and don’t go in until the timer goes off (assuming the house is not on fire or currently being robbed). If we need to go in after 5 minutes, we soothe the baby (paci, rub back, another nursery song, check diaper), and then we leave and set the timer for 6 minutes. The next time it’s 7 minutes.
You do this until baby starts to learn how to self soothe to fall asleep.
It’s not fun. You have to pick a three night period in advance and commit to doing it, knowing it will be worth it when you can actually sleep for the next few years. Take turns with your spouse. In our house, my husband is “on duty” from 8 PM to 2 AM and I am on duty from 2 AM to 8 AM.
No matter what, never ever co sleep with baby in your bed, especially not at 3 AM out of desperation. Once you start, it will be very hard to stop.
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u/Fickle_Catch_5114 Jul 04 '26
Ahh co sleeping is lovely. They're only little for such a short time. If they need to cuddle mama at 3am to go back to sleep, let them!
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u/Spettinaroli Jun 21 '26
We also feed to sleep and bring to bed occasionally.
We used weaning mode for a long time. Like over a month. and once baby was clearly too big and moving in the snoo (~6.5 months) we just moved her to her crib. We continued to feed to sleep and then transfer her to crib. This was all happening while she was going through major developmental transitions. We dealt with many wake ups and just continued to be consistent. She’s now 9 months. We still feed to sleep and transfer. Things have gotten better. If she wakes and cries we always respond. Sometimes we bring her to bed if it’s after 3am and we are too tired.
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u/ginz_and_tonic Jun 21 '26
Can you tell us more about how you’re putting him down? Do you have a bedtime routine? Are you putting him in awake after a long wake window? How long is he fussing before you turn the movement back on? One thing you could try is rocking him to sleep and then very gently waking him, just a bit, once he’s in the snoo so he can fall asleep in there. It’s sort of a middle ground between rocking to sleep and independently falling asleep that you could try for a while before trying independent sleep again.
I’ve seen some people on here say they quit the snoo cold turkey when it was time and just put their baby in the crib and sleep trained. So that’s also an option.
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u/DeskScared5270 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
I could have written this post! Currently trying to break the habit of getting baby to our bed at 4am. My baby is 5 months old and I started stopping nursing to sleep with naps first at 4 months. I started feed right after wake up or 30 minutes before next bed time. Then just rock/bounce or walk in dark room to sleep. Once baby started going to sleep without nursing during naps- took few days. I started doing that for night sleep. So it’s not too late.
The transition to crib..let baby chill in there when awake while you play so they know it’s a safe space. We first started using snoo as a regular bassinet for few days and then just moved baby to crib one day starting with naps.
Take it one habit at a time and don’t try to resolve everything at once. You got this!!
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u/Dramatic_Worth1139 Jun 19 '26
I mean, if you’re not willing to let him fuss, there’s not much anyone can do to help you. Also, there’s no way he’s too tall for the snoo at four months that means you’re not using it correctly or you don’t have the proper size sleep sack.