Tips on how to sleep train 8 month old standing up in cot

[LillianFullStop]

DD is 8 months and is sitting up, crawling, and 2-3 weeks ago has started standing up in the cot. As you can imagine sleep has gone out the window. At first, she didn't know how to sit down from standing position so we would rush in as soon we saw her standing to avoid her falling over and hitting her head on the side of the cot.

She now knows how to sit down from standing but still does not know to lay back down to sleep.

Tips on how to teach her how to settle herself to sleep when she can get up? The last couple of times we've tried just repeatedly laying her back down it's taken so long, she gets overtired and we end up just holding in our arms her until she falls asleep. We try not to do too much shushing and rocking just literally holding her to keep her still. Even in my arms she intermittently tries to sit upright even after she's calmed down and closed her eyes!!!

It does pass. We used to lie DD down quiet after a bit hoping she'd be too groggy to sit back up.

Down quietly
Gah!

DD1 did this it was a nightmare! I think it's one of those things you just have to ride out until the novelty of it wears off.

Even if she can sit back down, try and give her lots of practice in the day, e.g. when she stands up, put a toy she likes on the floor somewhere she has to sit or lie down to reach.

With DD I just kept lying her back down and saying "lie down and go to sleep" like a broken record. I think physically restraining them can sometimes get them more frustrated.

I hope the phase is over soon!

This is a bloody hard phase, but it is normal for sleep to go crap through this stage.

If she's following instructions, tapping the mattress and telling her to lie down might work. If not, just repeatedly lying her back down - gently, quietly and without any fuss.

I would then physically hold her still in the cot. Spread your fingers wide and with one hand hold her hands and place your other hand over her legs as she lies in the cot.

I find a wide hand pressed firmly (but not in a way that hurts) on the back helps soothe and keep them lying down.

What about putting her in a sleeping bag to sleep? Both my boys slept in one and never got up to stand in their cot.

I am watching this with great interest. Dd is at the same stage. She wears a growbag for bed but can still stand in it. She screams and screams if I lay her back down and holding her still just makes her angry 😡.

It took over an hour to get her off tonight.

I really hope it is a phase and it will pass soon! neurotic the sleep bag worked for 2 nights until like winks DD - she has worked out how to get up even with it on!!

Fate she is following some instruction like "clap your hands" and "hi five" so I think I will try to work on the "lie down and sleep" phrase.

Failing that I will try keeping her down - although given how she does a helicopter spin to get up while I'm trying to hold her down while changing her nappy I don't know how successful it will be on DD

I've tried increasing her pre bedtime wind down time (bedtime bottle in the room instead of outside and reading a longer book to make her drowsier) and she went down a bit easier but still needed to be held.

It will be an interesting couple of weeks for sure!!