Is it possible for a baby to sleepwalk?

[mamaloco]

rephrasing the title but same post.

DD2 is 8 months, sleeps through from 19h30 till 5h without waking but will crawl and bump herself/ sit up/ stand up, all that while whinging.
Her eyes are closed, she doesn't seems to connect with me when I go to lay her down again and put the dummy back. She is strait asleep.
She can do that between 2 to 6 times a night (depending how "far" she is crawling).
If I let her be, she will eventually wake up.
Can babies sleepwalk?
Anybody had the same?
Can I do anything? (selfishly to have more sleep, she seems fine)
Any advice?
TIA

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So am I the only one with a baby who stand asleep in her cot?

Your baby is incredible, mamaloco

My DD occasionally does something similar (sits up, crawls around on the bed but with her eyes closed and appearing totally asleep).

Because we normally co-sleep she doesn't get as far as standing up and whining, just crawls into my arms with her eyes closed and snuggles back down to sleep.

It doesn't happen often enough to disturb us fortunately and I barely wake up myself.

DS (11mo) goes through phases of this. Around 8mo was partic bad as he was perfecting crawling, working on pulling to standing and starting cruising!
Starts with a low level grizzle which escalates (would result in proper crying & waking if left too long - we have tried!).

When we go to him, we generally find him either sat up or scrunched up in one of the corners of his cot. A quick gentle reposition & dummy-insertion and he generally starts snoring within seconds. We don't put any light on and have blackout blinds so I can't say if his eyes are open but I'd put money on them being closed.

I think it's to do with them learning new motor skills and affects some babies more than others (and at diff times). DS did settle down from this, but occasionally we have to go in once or twice a night.

No tips I'm afraid - other than pretty sure she'll grow out of it fairly soon. As long as the resettle is quick you should be able to nod back off pretty quick & get a decent amount of sleep cycles in yourself. I went to bed v early when it was at it's height!

Is she in a sleepbag? That might stop her moving around quite so much. DS can't stand easily in his.

Thanks Iggy It was far too hot for a sleeping bag over summer, I have try to put her back yesterday in one as it is getting colder but she wouldn't settled in it. DD1 could pretty do anything in hers anyway but it did help her move a little less (but then she was a very good sleeper).

So if I follow you snuggle when she masters walking that should do it? [hopeful emoticon]
she has been crawling/sitting for months, cruising and standing for a while, and she is not far off walking.
I do go to bed early, but if she grizzles around 2 or 3 am or if DH is snoring at anytime, I can't go back to sleep myself.
Also worried that she will outgrow her cot quite quickly, and would be scared of a toddler wandering at night, if it does develop as sleep walking.

IC

We have no idea where we are going to find DS in the morning. He is in a sleeping bag and can end up in any position in the cot without waking up. He can't stand yet though!

I don't think there is anything you can do to be honest, just wait for it to pass!

My son will sometimes whine and I assume he's woken. I go in and he's on his knees in the cot. I hold his hand and he instantly lies back down and settles. I agree that if I leave him too long he wakes himself up. They're practising their moves!