Anyone else’s toddler sleep sat up?

[CreamFirstThenJamOnTop]

DS is 18 months and thankfully he has been sleeping through the majority of the time since 11 months.... unless poorly etc.

This week he has started sitting up to sleep! He’ll lie down initially then get cross and sit himself up, then stay like that. We’ve started calling him a Weeble as he’ll wobble about a bit but just stays like that fast asleep. A couple of nights ago he was sat up ALL night, it was so weird.

I’ve popped up once or twice to try lying him back down when he’s asleep but he got cross, so now I’m leaving him as he’s happy enough. But it’s just so weird and looks so uncomfortable.

Anyone else’s child do this?!

Hi, I know you wrote this a while ago, but my 14 month old is currently doing the same! How did it pan out for you in the end? X

@CreamFirstThenJamOnTop @Rose84sr
Did this resolve for either of you? Was there anything underlying? Having the same with our 20 month old.

How odd!! I've worked with tiddlers for 15 years and never heard of this before!!

Thanks @Pickles89 - that’s not that reassuring 😂
I’ve googled it lots and seen lots of posts on it though so I’m not feeling too concerned (yet).

I should clarify though, mine goes to sleep flat but will sit up in his sleep? He will just lie himself back down again but I don’t know how to stop it in the first place?
Have read something about possibly sleep apnoea.

@ELW85

Thanks *@Pickles89* - that’s not that reassuring 😂 I’ve googled it lots and seen lots of posts on it though so I’m not feeling too concerned (yet).

Ooo, sorry, I didn't mean to worry you! I'm sure it's fine! Toddlers are just weird creatures! I've had plenty of them fall asleep in their highchairs and stuff, but just never known one who can stay upright all night! You'd think they'd faint!

@Pickles89 - ah mine doesn’t do it all night, just a few times and then lies himself back down again. It’s almost like at the end of a sleep cycle, he’ll sit up sometimes then resettle himself?
I just can’t see a route to a big bed or him not hurting himself which is my concern!

@ELW85 How long has he been doing it for? At 20 months you've a while before you need to worry about a big bed, you could get away with another year at least. It may just be something he grows out of as he matures. At the end of the day we all wake up throughout the night, just grown-ups are better at subconsciously telling themselves to just turn over/get back into that good dream/No-don't-open-your-eyes-you-lemon-it's-just-an-hour-til-the-alarm-goes-that-would-be-fatal!

@Pickles89 - he’s done it for a few months now but not consistently. He stopped for ages then it started again.
Basically he was quite late in gross motor but ever since that ramped up, he’s very active in his sleep.
I’m sure he will grow out of it, but you only feel better about things when they pass don’t you? 😊

Hiya.
I’ve only just seen the posts so sorry for the delay in replying.

DS did this for a few weeks and then just stopped as suddenly as he had started.

He’s quite an active sleeper and changes ends many times throughout the night but doesn’t sit up any more!

Interesting that you mention sleep apnoea as I have that and wear a cpap machine every night, so does my dad…. DS snores so could have inherited this maybe?

@CreamFirstThenJamOnTop oh that might be the connection then!
From what I’d read about it, it stopped when they had their tonsils out a bit later on to give them more room there? But sleep apnoea seemed to be the key…

@ELW85 it just stopped happening in the end. It must have just been a phase. We just left him to it and he laid himself back down. He hasn't done it since!

Thanks @Rose84sr - I hope it just stops for us too!