nightime crawling for 3 hours - anyone been thru and out the other end of this stage?

[elfgypsy]

hi, my 8 month old has been crawling for about a month, first backward and now this week forwards, she is a nightmare to settle, just keeps pushing up to sitting and then crawling and flopping for anything from 20 mins to 2 hrs, gets angry when I try to hold her in a side position and pat her and fights until I am exhausted and just let her get on with it, last night it was 1am-4am...

She sleeps (Ha!) on a cot mattress beside my mattress on the floor (so she cant fall off in the evenings before i go to bed) and I am trying to night wean her at the moment. Just wondering how long this might go on for and if there are any collective wisdoms out there...

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Why do you think cages cots are so popular?

I can't think of any way of keeping a crawling baby on a mattress - is a cot out of the question?

Put her in a cot,with one side down near your bed?

Is there any reason she can't go in a cot in her own room now?

SHe was in a cot by my bed with the side open but could climb onto my bed from there, i decided I don't want her in another room cos its easier to comfort her if she needs me in the night and I like knowing she is close, the matress has a bed base and walls on 2 other sides so its really the same as having her in an open bedside cot. She was a bit better last night, took her an hour to settle instead of 3. Hope its a sign of evolution...

Hi, my dd was a bit of an early crawler and was having 3am parties in her cot a few weeks ago (crying if we didn't join her). Has stopped that nonsense now she is properly crawling, now we have hourly wake ups with teething pain [hconfused]

I have had 2 good nights after putting pillows between her matress and mine, its working so far and tho she is still waking she is self settling back down again pretty soon after, I am feeding her at 5am ahhhh the bliss of a long stretch of sleep after sooo many months is divine, so, till the next disruption I am gonna enjoy : )