Standing in the Crib

My daughter is doing something similar too. I would suggest to keep laying him down with whatever lovey that he uses. My daughter has a pacifier and blanket she likes. She is waking quite a bit and getting stuck, but I think consistancy is good. I also notice that at this phase babies seem to fight sleep a little more. I do rock my little one a little to help her wind down. It's a good thing to lay the baby down before they are completly asleep. It helps that they know they are being layed in bed to go to sleep. I hope this helps...just keep laying him down if you can't rock him at the time. :)

hi, my daughter is almost 1 now, and we had a problem actually getting her in her crib until she was about 6 months. and by then she was just starting to sit up and try standing. well, w/in a month or so, she was like your son, and standing, but not quite being able to sit down. we talked to her dr. and she said just to let her stand there and cry. when she's ready, she'll "flop" down and go to sleep, and once she learns how to sit (w/out flopping, or dropping) she's crawl all over and find her spot. so we did just that. the crib is made so that they don't get hurt, and just letting your son fall on his butt (or even flat) when he's ready to lay down (once he's done crying) is fine. he'll learn, he's most likely just doing this like my daughter did, in the stage where they think they're missing something, so they wake up shortly after they fall asleep and just stand there and cry. we made the same mistake to go to her to try and calm her, but it just made things work....if we would have just asked the dr sooner, it wouldn't have taken so long to get her to go back to sleep on her own! good luck, this is a touch stage.

My son did the same thing. There really isn't much you can do other than what your doing. The problem I found was that being able to stand was so new to him and he just wanted to do it all the time. But after some time he stopped doing it when I put him down to bed, I guess the newness of it finally had warn off. Just be patient and one day he will not fight laying down anymore.

All I can tell you is that it is a short phase! I would not rock him to sleep, just put him back down. Eventually he will get tired of standing up and he will quickly learn how to lay down (or fall down, but he's safe in the crib!) Good luck.

H.,

Ahh yes I just went through this with my daughter about a month ago (she is 8.5 months now). The only thing I can suggest is to just keep going in and laying him down. After awhile he will give up and go to sleep. It takes alot of patience and being consistant. She really only did it a couple of days then it passed. They just like to practice their new skill as much as possible. You may even find him doing it in the middle of hte night too. Just go in and lay him back down. I know I wasn't much help but that is what I did with both my kids and it does pass. It's just annoying right now I know.

C.

my daughter started doing the same thing as you described as soon as she learned to stand, unfortunately i was unable to find any way to let her learn how to fall asleep on her own from that point on. i just can't do crying herself to sleep method. as soon as she falls asleep (in my bed, usually nursing) i'll transfer her to her bed. sorry that i can't give you a better advice. just wanted to tell you that the same happened with my baby. to help him learn how to get back down, you can put a pillow underneath him and show him how to sit down, after 2 days my daughter had no prblm to get back down even without a pillow (takes few days for them to learn), but she just did not want to go to sleep in her crib anymore. maybe he just needs help on learning to sit back down. good luck

My daughter went through the same thing. What we did was to teach her how to get down. This can take days or weeks, for us we were lucky, and it only took a day or two. Teach him to bend his knees to get down. Also when he does get stuck standing, help him back to laying down, but don't pick him up to rock him, otherwise he'll associate standing with you coming to get him. Stay consistant and he'll learn that getting up can be fun, but he can also get down all by himself.
Good luck,
D.

Well, what has worked for my son is letting him figure it out for himself, with you nearby reassuring him of course.

He's standing up and crying out for you because you always some. Before, the ritual was to be placed in the crib and that was all. Now, he stands up and hollers out to you and you do just what he thought you did. He's not being mischevious and spoiled at all. Just a scientist. He can certainly learn how to soothe himself with your help. Giving him the confidence that he can. "You're okay. Mommy and Daddy are here for you but, you have to go night night. We'll see you in the morning. I love you." All that sweet stuff. He'll understand...eventually.
Maybe start introducing things he could use as a security object - soft blanket, soft SMALL stuffed animal, maybe some music, or a piece of your robe or Dad's t-shirt. You never know. This way he'll get a piece of what its like to be - independent which is huuuge. When he goes to sleep on his own finally, which will happen really quickly with your consistency and insane love for him you can make a really big deal out of it. Tell everyone how he went to sleep on his own and give him his favorite food and maybe even a small gift. People are often against rewards but, that's real life. Mommy and Daddy don't get to go out or on vacation until they've worked hard to save money. Ya know. It's a cool life lesson in this little struggle.
Good luck and have fun helping your baby grow!

I think many kids go through this. First make sure the bottom of his crib is at it's lowest setting so he can't fall out or climb out (yet). If he stands up after you lay him down, then lay him back down, reassure him, maybe rub his back, but I would stop the rocking or he'll never learn to fall asleep on his own and you'll create even more sleep problems. Then leave. If he stands up & cries, wait 5 minutes or so before you go to him. It'll be the longest 5 minutes for you, but stand fast! When you go back lay him back down, reassure him & then leave again. Repeat as necessary & slowly make the time in between a little longer. Eventually he'll calm down or tire out. It's a form of tough love that may seem hard on both of you, but eventually he'll fall asleep on his own again & that's what you want! Both my daughters went through it in some form, but now they go to bed no problem, so there is a light at the end of the tunnel! Good luck!

Just keep at it. My oldest did this and we just kept going in adn laying her back down. Right now he may cry because it seems like a long way back down to him, but soon enough he'll learn that if he cries Mommy and Daddy come in.
When you put him in bed keep telling him "no standing up" or " go to sleep , no fooling around" things like that.
This worked so well with my youngest that she won't get out of her "big-kid-bed" until someone comes to get her,lol.