We have a 11 week old who has a crate inside a playpen set up. She naps fine in a bed in the playpen, but doesn’t love the crate. We did a bit of crate training to begin with but she would never voluntarily go in the crate and it didn’t quite sit right with me to shut her in.
I’m wondering if we even need the crate? She sleeps all night on a wee bed, doesn’t toilet overnight and naps there while we are there during the day? I know she may need a crate later on in life for medical stuff but right now, she is comfy and seems happy enough without it. Long term, we’d like her on a bed in our bedroom but right now she’s downstairs in the living room in her playpen.
When we leave, she has a kong or lickimat and then happily settles for a sleep – I am surprised daily by how chill she seems to be and I’m scared to mess with a good thing but she seems happy?
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