Crib
Cradle, Cot, Bassinet
A crib is a small, safe space built around someone who can't yet look after themselves. In a dream, a crib draws your attention to what something new needs around it: safety, routine and the boundaries that let it grow. Bars on the sides keep a little one safe, and they can also stand for limits that protect you while you're finding your feet. A crib in a home with no baby often points to plans rather than people: something you're preparing for at work or in life.
Dream variations
- Setting up a cribYou're sorting out the practical side of a new start. Prepare the basics and figure out the rest as you go.
- An empty cribYou're holding space for something that hasn't arrived. Keep it open without rushing it.
- Rocking a cradleYou're nurturing something with patience. Steady, repeated care is doing quiet good.
- Climbing out of a cribYou're outgrowing a protected space. Let yourself take the next step, wobbles and all.
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Dream interpretations are for entertainment.