8 Mo Old Sitting up in Her Crib

Hi L.
My son is almost 11 months and when he learned to sit and stand, we had the same problem. Basically, when they reach a new milestone you kind of have to reteach them to go back to sleep. As I have seen with my son, the excitment of this new mileston will die down in a bit. Let her do all of it during the day so that she can get it out of her system (standing, sitting, etc). Now, she'll still do it when you put her in her crib but it will be one or two times and then they pass out.
Stop taking her out of the crib (if you are). What worked for us is to put him down and he would (and still sometimes does) giggle and stand up. We wait a couple of minutes (5 or 10) go back in and lay him down and say Goodnight, it's bedtime. Don't look back when you are leaving the room or they think it's becoming a game. You might have to do this a couple times but by the end of the week, it should get better. If she's waking up in the middle of the night nad standing and/or sitting, do the same thing. DOn't take her out of the crib, put her down say goodnight and leave without looking back.
Good luck!

Hi there, my son did the same thing at around 9 months and my hub would go in to assist him in laying back down a few times. Otherwise, we let him figure it out on his own and in 2 days he was just crawling right into crib, hung out to play some and then would lay right down, no struggle. Some crying tho in those 2 days while they work it out (and you can help w/ laying her down sometimes :). Good luck to you :) N

L.-

I am having the same problem with my 9 month old son. He will roll over on his stomach, scoot backwards until he is sitting up. He then starts to cry b/c he cannot figure how to lie down. I think he thinks it is funny and a game. I usually go in there and tell him it is time to go to sleep and put him on his back. Not sure if it is helping or hurting him by going in there 3-4 times before he falls asleep. Let me know what works for you.

Thanks
J.

She will figure it out. Sit with her, patting her back is good. Work with her outside her crib, on the floor. She will get the idea, believe me. It doesn't really take them that long to figure it out. =)

Yes, it is a very cute phase! And it gets cuter once they can stand in their crib and jump when they see you walk in! However, it certainly does disrupt the sleeping thing! Both my kids did that - my 14 mos old daughter was way worse though. Just keep going back in and putting her back down. Eventually she'll figure it out and soon she will be able to lie down on her own as well. If you think about it, if they are crawling, they are going from the sitting position to crawling - all they have to do is go down a bit further and they are lying down and they figure it out pretty quickly :). Just keep putting her back down when she sits up. If you go get her and put her to sleep, you'll just get her into that habit and all the wonderful things about them going to sleep on their own will disappear :)

Good luck.
Aarti.

Yes, she'll figure it out on her own. The funny thing is that she learned to crawl without first sitting up! Usually they sit up first, then get mobile and move on to other things.

Good luck!

Once our daughter started sitting, standing, crawling...it was some rough nights. It took about 3 months for her phase to go away. She had also always been a great sleeper...putter to sleep, but with the new skills she was a bear. Most people say that it lasts about 3 weeks for each skill, but don't be suprised if it lasts longer. I had to nurse her to sleep for most of the 3 months, but now she is back to sleeping like she used to and putting herself to sleep. She even tells me that she wants her bed by saying "ni, ni, ni".
Take care,
H.