Fright of my life

yogibear22 · 2023-04-14T21:53:02+00:00

Dd is nearly one and is now pulling herself up in her cot --and on furniture and on everything else.-- Sometimes if she wakes up in the night she'll kneel or stand in her cot until someone comes in to pacify her. Well earlier I thought I heard her stir but it then went quiet so I thought nothing of it. When I went to check later she was asleep, doubled over in the cot in a sitting position with her head on her knees. She must has stood up then got tired and fallen asleep sat up!! I freaked out when I saw her in such an odd position! Moved her back onto her back and she's fine but sleeping for long in that position can't be good for anyone surely? I've never known a baby do this. Have yours ever scared you like this?

Agitatethebumcrack · 14/04/2023 22:58

around 30 years ago DM had an infant she was fostering that did this. I had gone in to check on her and had to lie her down. Freaked me out.
That girl has 3 DC of her own now, they visited DM at Easter!

Hellocatshome · 14/04/2023 23:00

DS sleep walks. He is 16 now and it still freaks me out.

Mushroomofficeglass · 14/04/2023 23:08

Dc1 slept with eyes open for years. I had to warn the babysitter as it was a bit freaky.
Dc2 aged 1 climbed out of cot and landed with a bang, still in sleeping bag to this day (adult now) I don't know how dc managed it.

GrazingSheep · 14/04/2023 23:11

One of mine fell asleep on a horse.

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/04/2023 23:16

Mine would sleep with their eyes half open.

KnickerlessParsons · 14/04/2023 23:18

One of mine fell asleep at the table.

Tiredandbored · 14/04/2023 23:23

My DS used to sit in his cot and then rock himself to sleep. He would rhythmically bang gently off the side of the cot until he dozed off. This meant he regularly fell asleep in a sitting position with his legs spread in front and his chest down almost between them. I always checked on him and gently laid him flat.

I had to warn babysitters as it sounded like he was upset and banging to get out, but it was just his way of relaxing. Really freaked me out at the start.

He's 14 now and occasionally still does this in his bed, but just rhythmically rocking his head against his pillow.

Hankunamatata · 14/04/2023 23:26

I have the best photos of mine asleep in the weirdest positions and oddest places. They had knack of falling asleep standing up with upper body propped on something.

SunnySaturdayMorning · 14/04/2023 23:31

Totally normal. Their bones aren’t formed like ours are; their pelvis doesn’t even properly form until adolescence so it’s nothing to worry about.

Aren’t you keeping a constant eye on the baby monitor though?

HippyChickMama · 14/04/2023 23:35

I once put dd down for a nap and went back to check on her, she was standing at the end of the cot, arms on the changing table next to the cot, head resting on her arms, fully asleep. Ds used to turn himself round in his sleep and I'd find him head down at the bottom of the cot, on his front, bum in the air. When he went into a bed he regularly used to slide off the bed onto the floor without waking up

vestanesta · 14/04/2023 23:35

Both of mine sleep with their eyes open the pair of freaks.

Dd1 used to do a bit of mild sleepwalking and still talks a lot. She's woken me up with her chatter many occasions. She'd often come in and chat with her dad whilst asleep.

His favourite though was when she was about 8. she'd clearly needed the loo but not woken up properly and dh found her curled up on her knees like a snail on the landing outside the bathroom like she had her wee and just dropped almost on the spot. He couldn't wake her up or pick her up normally because she was crouched so tight so he had to pick her up round the waist and haul her like a sack of spuds into bed. She didn't move a muscle.

Itakecreaminmycoffee · 14/04/2023 23:42

Tiredandbored · 14/04/2023 23:23

My DS used to sit in his cot and then rock himself to sleep. He would rhythmically bang gently off the side of the cot until he dozed off. This meant he regularly fell asleep in a sitting position with his legs spread in front and his chest down almost between them. I always checked on him and gently laid him flat.

I had to warn babysitters as it sounded like he was upset and banging to get out, but it was just his way of relaxing. Really freaked me out at the start.

He's 14 now and occasionally still does this in his bed, but just rhythmically rocking his head against his pillow.

Oh gosh my ds did this too - only stopped when his gf started sleeping over at aged about 17!! It used to be so loud sometimes we’d have to go and shush him but then he’d be wide awake and it’d start all over again😂

One dd also used to have night terrors - she’d be screaming and crying hysterically with her eyes open but was asleep - sometimes she’d be having a baby “conversation” with someone who wasn’t there just sort of staring into thin air - I just used to have to pat her back until she went back off but the first time she did it was absolutely terrifying, I didn’t know what on earth was the matter!

TooManyPlatesInMotion · 14/04/2023 23:48

Went into check on ds1 once and he hd excited cot bed and was asleep facedown on changing table. Aged maybe 18 months.

MyBloodyMaryneedsmoreTabasco · 14/04/2023 23:53

SunnySaturdayMorning · 14/04/2023 23:31

Totally normal. Their bones aren’t formed like ours are; their pelvis doesn’t even properly form until adolescence so it’s nothing to worry about.

Aren’t you keeping a constant eye on the baby monitor though?

Not wishing to sound arsey, but is that a genuine question??

DD used to fall asleep in the maddest positions and still tends to look like she's just fallen from a height when she sleeps. Bloody irritating to share a bed with when she was little as she'd sit bolt upright, change direction completely then lie back down.

waysways · 14/04/2023 23:58

SunnySaturdayMorning · 14/04/2023 23:31

Totally normal. Their bones aren’t formed like ours are; their pelvis doesn’t even properly form until adolescence so it’s nothing to worry about.

Aren’t you keeping a constant eye on the baby monitor though?

Well she's not going to be able to keep a constant eye on it is she? Babies move quick

TheOrigRights · 15/04/2023 00:24

I have a photo of my now 14 yo asleep in exactly that position when he was about 1 or so. It didn't worry me at all - babies are pretty bendy.

I never had a baby monitor, I'm not sure if that comment was tongue in cheek.
Small house, I'd hear if either of them needed me. No health concerns that warranted extra vigilance.

My now 24 yo fell asleep eating spaghetti bolognese on the evening we arrived at my aunt's house after a long haul flight. That was sweet.

I can fall asleep quite easily bolt upright in conferences (in my defence this has most often happened after a long haul flight, then straight into evening talks in a warm, dark room - didn't stand a chance!). Also 8 months pregnant during Miss Saigon when there's a bloody helicopter on stage! Football matches, the opera. I think essentially if I stop moving and sit down I fall asleep.

I'm off to bed, I think I might be chronically tired!

PaperwhiteTheGhost · 15/04/2023 00:25

Had my niece overnight at about 18ish months. She was (is still at 6)

a) a massive sleep wriggled

b) obsessed with having a load of soft toys and dolls in her bed.

I went to check on her, popped the hallway light on to keep it dim and the little fucker had made her way down to the bottom of the travel cot and was lying horizontally out of my eye line. In her place was Mummy Shark grinning like a sleep paralysis demon.

I'm not ashamed to admit I screamed as my soul briefly left my body.

MolkosTeenageAngst · 15/04/2023 00:29

SunnySaturdayMorning · 14/04/2023 23:31

Totally normal. Their bones aren’t formed like ours are; their pelvis doesn’t even properly form until adolescence so it’s nothing to worry about.

Aren’t you keeping a constant eye on the baby monitor though?

Not everybody can afford a video/ camera baby monitor, they’re hardly an essential. Maybe the OP uses one of the radio/ sound only monitors to listen out for cries or maybe she lives in small enough house she doesn’t need a monitor to be able to hear the baby crying. Also, surely even parents who have those video monitors aren’t glued to the screen constantly watching every little thing!

SunnySaturdayMorning · 15/04/2023 00:35

MolkosTeenageAngst · 15/04/2023 00:29

Not everybody can afford a video/ camera baby monitor, they’re hardly an essential. Maybe the OP uses one of the radio/ sound only monitors to listen out for cries or maybe she lives in small enough house she doesn’t need a monitor to be able to hear the baby crying. Also, surely even parents who have those video monitors aren’t glued to the screen constantly watching every little thing!

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If you can afford a baby you can afford a baby monitor with a camera. You can get them from as little as £20.

Flavabobble · 15/04/2023 00:40

SunnySaturdayMorning · 15/04/2023 00:35

If you can afford a baby you can afford a baby monitor with a camera. You can get them from as little as £20.

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But why would you need one?

MolkosTeenageAngst · 15/04/2023 00:55

SunnySaturdayMorning · 15/04/2023 00:35

If you can afford a baby you can afford a baby monitor with a camera. You can get them from as little as £20.

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Not everyone who has a baby can really afford a baby! But also, even if parents can afford them I suppose I should have said not everybody chooses to use a video baby monitor. They’re not essential, perfectly reasonable to use a radio sound-only monitor or in a small house where you can easily hear if baby wakes one so a monitor may not be necessary at all.

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yogibear22 · 15/04/2023 07:51

There's always one isn't there...

We don't have a video monitor, we use an ancient one that belonged to my elder dc. And we don't always need it because we live in a bungalow and can hear everything anyway. But this experience has shown we maybe could use one with a video if they are so cheap.

At one I wouldn't sit glued to a monitor all night though anyway and we check dd every half hour or so regardless.

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takealettermsjones · 15/04/2023 07:55

SunnySaturdayMorning · 15/04/2023 00:35

If you can afford a baby you can afford a baby monitor with a camera. You can get them from as little as £20.

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Um... I can well afford a video monitor, I still chose not to get one. Even if I had one, how in the hell would I sleep if I was constantly watching the monitor?

misssunshine4040 · 15/04/2023 11:26

yogibear22 · 15/04/2023 07:51

There's always one isn't there...

We don't have a video monitor, we use an ancient one that belonged to my elder dc. And we don't always need it because we live in a bungalow and can hear everything anyway. But this experience has shown we maybe could use one with a video if they are so cheap.

At one I wouldn't sit glued to a monitor all night though anyway and we check dd every half hour or so regardless.

I never ever used a radio or a video monitor. I woke as soon as they cried and tried to sleep when they slept.
I honestly never felt the need for one?!

HelenaJustina · 15/04/2023 11:31

Mine have fallen asleep in high chairs, on the floor whilst playing etc, it’s very cute!

4DC no monitor. Babies stayed in with us until 6 months and then in nursery with both doors ajar. Never needed a monitor of any sort.