My son can't sleep on th crib

I would suggest proping up the bottom. Thats what my parents did to me and they said it worked. Make sure his head is at the top. If he still wont sleep you have to make sure he’s full. If he’s not he will not sleep. If none of this works consult a doctor and ask about him sleeping on his stomach. I know the kids aren’t supposed to do that but my brother would sleep no other way and hes fine. Goood Luck!!! Also doctors recomend proping the bed up.

… reminds me of an old joke.

Know what Pavlov’s dogs died from?

Dehydration.

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@ rubbercrutches - lol!

Psychologists in years gone by have addressed this problem. Their general consensus at that time was to simply place the baby in the crib. If the baby cries a lot because they don’t want to be there, you are supposed to simply ignore their cries and not respond to them because if you do, the child learns at that age to begin to manipulate you by crying.

After the child has been placed in the crib on a regular basis, the child will learn to recognize that this is where they are suppose to be and to settle down and not cry as they do initially.

In addition, I might add, that studies have shown that if you are “quiet because the baby is sleeping” then any noise in the house will awake the child later on. It is suggested that you simply go about your daily routine in the house, noise or not, and allow the child plenty of time to adjust to that as well.

It is, for certain, a critical time in the development of a baby when you get to this stage of the game. Our family has practiced this belief for years and it has worked very well, and every time, for us.

Hope This Helps. Good Luck !

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“the child learns at that age to begin to manipulate you by crying.”

ok, the only reason I’m correcting this is because the way you interpret something means you will treat things differently… saying the baby manipulates you is saying the baby has a cognitive capability of a complex thought process… the baby has no such thing… it is simply a learned behavior… (I dont know if you’ve heard of pavlov’s dogs?). So when you put him on the crib (aversive stimulli), he cries (unconditioned response), you pick him up (positive reinforcement) and he learns that crying (conditioned response) gets him away from the crib… it’s not an actively manipulative process… but rubbercrutches has everything else right… the only way to break a learned response is by not reinforcing the crying… maybe take it slow… put him in the crib when he’s not asleep so he gets used to it… let him cry for a bit when he is put in the crib (now no one is saying the crying should go on excessively long, if it does then you should pick him up, but it will take time and you’re going to have to deal with a little crying along the way)