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help me solve this problem please

barrjn84barrjn84 member
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LO used to be really good about falling asleep on his own when we put him in his crib.  Ever since he figured out how to pull himself up in the crib he thinks it's time to play whenever we put him in it.  I've tried rocking him until he's almost asleep and he wakes up as soon as I put him down and he pulls himself up.  Any ideas how keep this from happening?
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Re: help me solve this problem please

  • bim38106bim38106 member

    How long has he been pulling himself up? They often do this when they reach milestones like that. They want to practice every chance they get! Usually in a few days (or weeks for some babies ;) the novelty will wear off and he'll go back to falling asleep like normal.

    If you're ok w/ letting him fuss/cry a little, it's probably best to put him in there awake like you used to. He'll stand up, probably fuss or cry. Give him 5 mins to figure out how to get back down on his own and go to sleep. DD never cried more then 30 seconds when we did this! And in 2 days, she went right back to falling asleep like before. If you rock him until he's almost asleep (even though you said it wasn't working anyway ;) you could create new habits to have to break later. So it really all depends on what you're comfortable doing :) GL!

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    Grr. It's taking us a bit longer than PP to deal with this. We tried swaddling again. We wrapped just her arms and let her feet move around. She seemed to really like the 'hug' blanket, but That worked only when she was really tired and gave up quick. Otherwise, she would break out of the swaddle with only a little effort (by design).

    However, that just masked the problem. When we put her down without the swaddle, she'd still do the sit up thing even if she was exhausted. So, we did a little CIO. Now, we let her cry for awhile and go back up, comfort her, let her snuggle with us as we sway, and then we put her back down and she sometimes settles and sometimes doesn't. 

    She still hasn't really taught herself to lay down like we wanted her to do and we catch her sleeping sitting up sometimes.

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  • ZacksBrideZacksBride
    for us, when ds started standing, he would go to sleep ok, but would wake up periodically during the night and go straight to standing.  like pp said, if its a new milestone, they tend to just want to do it all the time.  for us, we are ok with cio, and would let him be...occasionally, we would go in and lay him back down on his belly (how he sleeps) and rub his back until he fell back asleep (usually took about 15 minutes) after 2 days he was back to his norm.
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  • barrjn84barrjn84 member
    Thank you for all the advice.  We are okay with letting him CIO but he cried for an hour (with us checking on him every 15 min) last night and I finally gave in and it took him quite a awhile to settle down because he was so worked up. 
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