Discovered standing in cot - do we just leave him to go to sleep?

[bluesmile10]

11 mo ds has just discovered that he is able to stand up in his cot and now nap times and bed times have become a nightmare!!!!

He thinks its great fun and highly funny to stand up and then when you go in to lie him down, charge up the end of the cot squealing!!! He then reaches the point where he is over tired and therefore ends up screaming and wont let us put him down, having to rock him to sleep!!!

How do we approach this? Do we just put him in his cot and leave him to scream (he struggles in his sleeping bag at night to sit back down!)? However he does get himself in a right state and I struggle to leave him like that, but I dont want him to get in the habit of being rocked to sleep in our arms!!!!! HELP!!

DD2 is 11mo too and we have the same thing. I just go in everytime she stands up and lie her down then leave as soon as I hear her stand up I go in and lie her down. All without saying a word. The first night it took 72 times for her to go to sleep, last night it was 5 so she is getting the hint. I never leave her screaming - I am in and out of the room every 5-10 seconds! She has always gone down awake or just dozing and I refuse to start rocking now!

My 8 month old was doing the same thing - I spent a couple of weeks having to go in every hour or 2 to lie him back down and pat him back to sleep (or even giving up and bringing him into our bed).

I decided to do a modified Pick Up/Put Down as that had worked when he was younger - basically it's modified as you only pick them up if they reach out their arms to you. If they don't you just lie them back down. You can leave your hand on his back to reassure him, but don't rock/pat/shush etc.

A few nights ago I went in when he first woke up standing and laid him back down - he stood up, I laid him down. I didn't leave the room as there wasn't a chance! A couple of times he reached up to me so I picked him up but the second he calmed down I laid him down. First night - 45 minutes screaming, then he finally stopped getting back up and just lay down crying, so I just sat by his cot with my hand on his back for another 20 minutes til he was properly asleep. Since then, no wake ups He's been sleeping 8pm-6am.

i just ignore my dd and only go in if she is actally crying, she gets bored with it and goes back to sleep.