How to deal with baby standing in crib sleep regression?
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Anonymous
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Oy. 7.5 month old DD was napping and sleeping through the night like a dream for about 6 weeks and then suddenly started pulling to stand.
Now it is like she has a deep instinct to need to stand up constantly. She is in a sleep sack and still stands up immediately after being put down. She can’t get herself down or doesn’t try to. Now we are having to resort to old ways of putting her down completely asleep which I feel will mess up all the good sleep training. My older kid never did this and I’m stumped about what to do next. I’d love and appreciate all advice from those that have successfully dealt with a similar issue. |
Anonymous
| Time to give up the sleep sack. This will give her the ability to lower herself down more easily and safely. |
Anonymous
| Help her lower herself down once, then let her be. She will get tired and lie down eventually. And she will learn how to lower herself down. Don’t pick her up, just let her figure it out. The sleep regression will pass. All 3 of my kids went through this. |
Anonymous
| My son went through this at 10 months. It felt like a major disaster at the time but I think it resolved in one week or a little less. He would pull up to stand and get stuck, or just want to stand through his entire nap and scream. Eventually we resorted to just lying down next to him at nap and bedtime until he fell asleep and either transferring him once asleep (bedtime) or just staying in there with him (naptime). After a week the novelty of standing wore off and he resumed falling asleep pretty quickly. It will pass. |
Anonymous
| also, I'm the poster at 21:57, and I disagree with the PP who said you need to give up the sleep sack. I don't understand what difference that would make. |
Anonymous
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Oh, it is BRUTAL when they first learn to stand in the crib. But this will pass very quickly. No need to ditch the sleep sack. I put DC down once, and then lay down next to the crib and told her it was time to lay back down. It took her 2 hours to figure out how to lay back down but once she figured it out, it was never an issue again.
For a while, she was dozing off while sitting up and jerking awake. It was a rough night but that whole regression lasted maybe a week. |
Anonymous
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Thanks everyone. Op here and it’s definitely getting worse, not better. But we’re only on day 2 of this.
Today I put her down for her 9am nap and she’s still awake now at 10:50. It’s like she can’t control the impulse to need to stand up. She did finally pass out around 10am but woke after 10 mins bawling and standing again. I’ve gone in and helped her get down countless times. Is it cruel to let her cry it out standing when she hasn’t figured out how to get down yet? I don’t know what else to do, skip the nap for a couple days so she’s extra tired? |
Anonymous
| Sounds weird but there are baby PT videos online to teach you how to teach your child to sit down. Also used these to teach her to sit up because she was up for hours trying to sit up by just flexing ab muscles. Videos taught me how to teach her to use her little arms and she got the hang of it quickly and was then able to sit up without frustration. Worked for us hope it works for you! |
Anonymous
| Teach the baby how to sit down from standing during the day. |
Anonymous
You'll have a tired and cranky baby for a few days, but she'll figure it out soon, I promise! At this age, I'd be careful resorting to the old tricks. Just tell her it's time to nap and leave. Do one check in if you think that would help. |