I got Jackson at 9 weeks old and I didn't use the crate very long. He never ever got used to it no matter what I did or how long I waited for him to scream it out. At night, for the first 3-4 weeks, I put his crate ON my actual bed. So he was laying right next to me. That was the only way he would sleep. Then, I left the crate door open one night (on purpose) and let him curl up next to me and he slept through the entire night for the first time... so from then on, he was in my bed. But I'd say it was the first 3-4 weeks of him sleeping in his crate on my bed and waking up once or twice in the middle of the night. |