I have a wonderful 9 month old daughter, who is increadible curious and loves to explore. For the last 9 months she has taken all of her naps in a wrap and slept with us during the night. However she's becoming more and more sensitive to her environment. She stops sleeping if i change it from white noise to oprah, get up from the rocker to check the internet, or even run to the loo. I want to start her sleeping upon a crib matress in the living room (I would put her upstairs but there is no heat going up there during the day, the wood stove only heats the first floor). I'm not sure how well she'll do blocking out the sounds in the livingroom but i think it's worth a try (at least i could sit in a different chair or move quitely about in another room). How did you other mom's help your baby adjust to a matress from a wrap (sling, pouch etc). Did you wrap first that lay down? Did you just nurse down? Tell me about your experience switching. How did you help your little one learn (i have no intentnion of forcing her) self soothing techniqes to help themselves go back to sleep when a noise awoke them?? Any ideas welcome! thank you