This is driving me crazy! Now that she’s figured out how to pull to stand she does it INCESSANTLY after being put down to sleep. No matter how tired she is, as soon as she’s laid down in her cot she’s pulling herself up at the bars, and despite wearing a sleeping bag and being tucked in she now manages to work her way all the way up to standing. I lay her down, then she does it again. Over and over and over again. As I type this I have been at it for 45 mins already, probably laid her down more than 20 times, and she is showing no signs of stopping. While she’s on the way up she’s crying, then if she finally manages to get all the way up on to her feet before I lay her down she stops crying instantly and looks very pleased with herself, then tries reaching for things beyond her cot like the wire from the video monitor. I’ve been sitting next to the cot and lying her back down, tried this either as soon as she starts pulling or once she has made it all the way up. Neither seems to work.
I’ve read advice which says lie them down every time, let them stand to get it out of their systems then lie them down, leave the room and let them figure out how to lie back down etc., but a lot of the other threads I’ve found are babies who stand and then cry when they get stuck standing, but my baby is happy standing and cries when I lie her down again. I also can’t really leave her as she isn’t massively steady (sleeping bag doesn’t help) and keeps bumping her head either on the way up or when she loses her balance and tumbles back down. Right now she’s got a red forehead from bumping it. I have even got so frustrated I’ve raised my voice and said ‘stop it!!’ :(
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9mo pulling to stand in cot & won’t sleep
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FedUp196 · 02/01/2021 11:47
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