Standing in Crib - Boynton Beach,FL

Updated on April 24, 2011
M.C. asks from Boynton Beach, FL
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My 10-month-old daughter was sleeping from 7pm to 6am in her crib, which is in our bedroom. She would wake up a few times, but always went back to sleep on her own without nursing. Then she learned to stand and now she wakes up all the time (every 2 hours) and won't go back to sleep on her own without nursing and even then it could take an hour or two. I am concerned with letting her cry it out because she falls and could hit her her head. She hasn't quite figured out how to lay back down yet. Any advice on how to get her to lay back down on her own or what to do to help her go back to sleep on her own?

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S.B.

answers from Redding on

She's learned how to stand up and that's a prelude to walking.
It's a new skill. Bound to happen sooner or later.
It's my opinion that she's not hungry. She's just waking and she knows how to pull herself up. It won't hurt her to let her cry a bit. At 10 months old, if she isn't hungry, she can learn that being awake doesn't have to mean the rest of the world is up and rocking.
One good thing about little children is they don't have far to go to get back down. She will learn to use her tushy for that purpose.
Once they learn to grab the rails of the crib to stand, they also learn how to use them to slide back down.
If it's taking an hour or two for her to go back to sleep with you getting her up and nursing her, what could it hurt for you to let her have say, 20 minutes to roll back down on her rump and try to go to sleep?
10 or even 20 minutes can feel like an eternity, but it really isn't and she'll never know how to sleep on her own if you don't let her try.
Keep in mind that babies change sleep patterns with new skills and it's okay. I personally just wouldn't rush in and I would let her have a bit of time.
Some kids wake up, stand up, jabber, roll around....it doesn't mean they need to be picked up. It doesn't mean they need to be "put" back down.
A 10 month old waking every two hours just needs to be given a chance to drift back off. She's not a newborn. She's in exploration mode now that she can stand in her crib.
Just have some patience and really try to let her go back to sleep. Just being awake is one thing. If you know she's not sick or hungry, she needs to figure out that the world isn't up 24/7.
You'll make it through this.

Best wishes.

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L.A.

answers from Austin on

First of all I would consider moving the crib to another room soon.
She can see and hear you, so she will not understand why she cannot get your attention. Make sure the mattress is low enough for her to not be able to also pull up and start to try to escape,. Our daughter could get out of her crib at its lowest setting at 12 months, she was alike a monkey.

It is not unusual for her to have a major change in sleep and eating patterns when she has reached a milestone like standing. It is good to see if she can go back to sleep on her own, just to make sure she is not just startling herself awake and taking an opportunity for a snack.

Once she is in another room, she is more likely to be able to go or fall (sorry) back to sleep on her own out of boredom. If she were to hit her head, with no one there to react, she may just be surprised, without any reactions (many children are responding to others reactions when they fall) and just go back to sleep,. Or if she does bump her head she may cry, but you will know the difference from a startle bump and a hurty bump. A toddlers head is pretty strong (for a reason)

It is going to happen eventually and in reality she should be fine. The moment a toddler starts standing, there is a lot more falling. See if being in another room helps her to go back to sleep,

I am sure you already do this, but when you do get up at night to BF or for any other reason with her her, do not turn on any lights, do everything in the dark or as dark as possible. Do not speak with her, do not sing, or hum, do not look her in the eyes, just do the breastfeeding and lay her down. If you engage her it will keep her awake. If you just make it unexciting, she will be bored.

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J.C.

answers from Anchorage on

I would not feed her, she does not need food she needs to learn that bed time is for sleeping. I would simply keep laying her back down, and if she gets up, lay her back down again. It will make for a long couple of nights, but she will learn what is expected of her and it will be so worth it.

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C.M.

answers from New York on

Lay her down yourself. She'll go back to sleep. Right now, she learned something new and she's really happy about it. So shes too excited to sleep

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S.S.

answers from Miami on

Teach her how to bend back down. Take her one leg and bend it to the mattress so she understands. Do it over and over. She should have learned this already. Do not give in to all that waking up or u will be sorry.

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