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Standing in cot instead of sleeping!

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Nikkim30 · 12/05/2012 19:27

So DD has always been a nightmare to get to sleep but at least she was laying down so eventually dropped off. Now she just stands in her cot and cries for ages, no matter how many times I lay her back down she just gets up again.
How can I either stop her standing up or just get her to want to go to sleep? I've tried letting her stand whilst I read her a story to let her get it out of her system, and then putting her in her sleeping bag but this isn't working.
Thanks

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hayesgirl · 12/05/2012 19:30

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latrucha · 12/05/2012 19:33

My 22 month old could scream standing for hours without a single thought that I even wanted him to lie down. So I gave up. For a while I patted him to sleep, then I held his hand, now I sit in the room and MN (Yes. That's what I'm doing now or read (with a booklight if necessary).

Each time the thing I as doing, eg patting seemed to be taking longer and longer for him to sleep, I backed off one step and did any lying down of him that was necessary until he adjusted.

DD sleeps in the same room so the less screaming the better IMO. I'm not sure how long it will go on for, but it's working for us ATM.

Would any of that help your situation?

candr · 12/05/2012 19:34

Maybe put her in sleeping bag first and if she chooses to stand then let her but encourage her to lie down. You may have to go back to leave her for a while then go back in and sooth - repeat as required. Have horrible feeling DS will do this when able as prefers being on his feet to lying down

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Nikkim30 · 12/05/2012 19:41

Latrucha - did she still cry when u were in the room? If I'm there she just wants me to pick her up or talk to her. Am trying just letting her cry for a bit then going in and soothing/ laying her back down. That's what I did before she was standing so I guess it will just take longer now. She has a very persistent little personality!

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forevergreek · 12/05/2012 19:47

We did the in the sleeping bag, lie down, go in every 5 mins and re lie down if needed.

They didn't scream though just played around. Would go in every minute and sooth if crying

latrucha · 12/05/2012 20:08

Maybe a bit but not a lot. I can't really let him cry as it is not fair on DD and he's really loud, persistent and really upsetting. TBH it has not been too much of a pain. I'm not the world's most patient person, so it can't have been. You have to do whatever suits you and your child best.

diyqueen · 12/05/2012 23:39

One thing that works for us is making sure dd is completely worn out before putting her to bed, so she has no fixed bedtime but goes when she starts rubbing her eyes and yawning. She will often still stand up (in sleeping bag) but will lie herself down again and sleep pretty quickly. We do lots of activity before bedtime too - rough and tumble play, anything that burns off the last of the day's energy. After that we change into pyjamas and she has milk in a very dim room to wind down, and it seems to work for us... at the moment anyway!

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