9.5month old standing - no sleep for mum

9.5month old can now pull herself up, and my oh my, her best place to do this is in her cot!!!

Well, she is not sleeping at all now. Last night she fought sleep from 9.30pm to 1am, trying to stand in her cot. I did not know what to do? Reassure her, and lie her back down, stay in the room until she falls to sleep, rock her gently and soothe her to sleep, comfort nurse her....none of the above worked. Yikes.

How long till this period is over with??

That's awesome, thank you! Just had a cuppa and read the attachment, loads of advice for babies at this age going through developmental milestones.

Hugs hun, ooh I so remember this, it's such a mission when they suddenly realise they can stand up! We tried all the gentle techniques but none of them worked. So we tried the going in every 10mins thing... which also didn't work, she just got more worked up every time she saw one of us. In the end the ONLY thing that worked (once we'd tried everything else for long enough that we knew that she knew she needed to lie down to be able to sleep) was simply saying goodnight once we'd put her to bed, walking out of the room and leaving her to it. Felt horrible, especially when she kicked up a fuss for the first little while. (Sometimes for an hour or more) but she eventually got the idea.

Granted, we'd find her in some crazy positions for a while there! I always checked on her when we went to bed and moved her at least enough so I could cover her up. For the first little while I was scared she'd stir, and once or twice she did wake, but I kept doing it and even now she doesn't even stir if I have to move her when I check on her.

Oh yeah - couldn't say exactly, but it lasted a month or so with Bethany I think, cuz that's how long it took us to exhaust all options and find the one that worked :P

Hugs hun, hang in there - I promise it won't last forever!! x

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She actually doesnt want to lie back down. So with your advice, it must be perserverance? Some nights i have let her sleep with me, because i am too tired to battle through the night.

Hopefully she will start to learn that its okay to topple over in her cot, soft landing and eventually go to sleep.

Both my bubs could pull up by 7months, but I used a safety sleep so they couldn't do it in bed. Jake stayed lying down the whole time he was in a cot, even when he was well over 1 and the safety sleep was gone ... and he still stays in bed and yells for us when he wakes up!! haha.

I love safety sleeps!!! (both my kids have been great sleepers by the way).

Once my son started to stand up in his cot when put to bed, I started to wrap him back up! He is now 11 months old and I still wrap him from the waist down for his day sleeps. I find it works a treat as it is just enough of a deterence to stop him from standing up before drifting off to sleep but he is able to get out of it once he wakes up, so can 'play' in his cot once he wakes.