10 month old standing up crying

[Haz1516]

Hello there,

I was wondering if anyone had any advice. My little one was having two consistent naps a day since around 8 months, and was generally going down happily without issues. At night he was waking once for a feed, which was fine.

Now suddenly, literally the day he turned 10 months, he just doesn't want to sleep! Every time he seems tired, I try and put him down and he just keeps pulling himself to standing up and crying. If I keep on laying him down (although he can lie down for himself) then sometimes in the morning he will give in and go to sleep, but afternoon I've been having to rock him in the pram. He was doing it at 4 this morning too. Every time he really cries, which is horrible.

I don't think he has a tooth coming through at the moment. He had all 4 of his top ones a few weeks ago, and it didn't really disrupt his sleep too much either. He has started standing unaided for little bits recently too.

Had anyone else had this? Should I keep trying with naps?

Thanks for any words of wisdom.

Oh my big one did this. The little loon was just so happy he could stand up he did it at all sorts of silly times. He’d almost do it automatically so stand up and then cry as he was so tired. Daft thing. It did stop as quickly as it started I’d just go in lie him down with a cuddle and resettle. They do sometimes do this when they learn new skills. Just wait until they’re talking in their sleep!
Thankfully my 9 month old is way way off standing so I have a few more months of sleep before she tries the same trick I think. Famous last words.

Not sure when your naps are but you could also try moving towards one longer nap in the middle of the day! Sorry missed that bit. Every baby is different that way but if he isn’t tired perhaps move in that direction and see if it helps.

Thank you! Yes I'm hoping it's just a developmental phase thing. I try rubbing his back, singing too him etc, but he just keeps trying to stand up again.

It's funny because when he was younger he used to struggle so much with being tired and would get so upset after about 2 hours awake, but now I don't know what he's running on! I think when we have a quiet day at home I'll try doing 1 nap in the middle of the day, see if we have any more success!

Still having a really tough time. Today he took 2x30 min naps, screamed before going down for both, and cried for about 20 mins before bedtime. I think he was probably overtired.

Tomorrow I will try one nap, but it seems crazy as he only dropped to 2 naps at around 8 months, and up until a week ago was going down so easily and napping so well. Now I'm dreading every time. He doesn't seem to show tired signs any more though.

Oh man that sounds tough I’m sorry. How long is he awake before you pop him down?
It’s such a fine line isn’t it between overtired and tired enough for a sleep

Thank you. Generally sometime around 3-3.5 hours. Before this all started we were doing about 2.5 hrs before nap 1, 3 before nap 2, and 3.5/4 before bed which was working really well.

At 10 months it’s unlikely that your DS is ready to drop to one nap. I think you’re probably right that it is linked to learning to stand unaided. My DD did something similar around 7 months when she was wanting to learn to crawl. I’d find her scream-crying on all fours, rocking back and forth in her crib trying to figure out how to move forward. It made nap time HORRIBLE for about two weeks, but then she figured it out and her sleep went back to normal.

I don’t think there’s much you can do beyond what you’re doing, and trust that things will settle in a few days. Maybe try to have some extra “quiet time” for a few days so that he’s at least getting some rest and not being overstimulated, to make up for the missing hours of sleep.

Hang in there!