14 month old standing in cot/taking a while to go to sleep

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My DD is 14 months, almost 15 months she has recently started walking unaided and standing up in her cot!!

When I put her down for a nap it can take 30mins-1hr for her to fall asleep, she stands in her cot throwing her dummies out (then cries because she doesn't have a dummy with her 🤦‍♀️) she shouts her name at the top of her voice. I go back in and lay her back down, settle her say "night night" and leave. But this continues for ages!!

Is it because she has learned to walk that's she's doing this? She has 1 nap a day usually 1-3pm. She wakes in a morning at 7-7.30am, I've tried looking at awake windows and for her age it's around 5 hours...but I've tried giving her lunch earlier at 11.30am and putting her down for a nap at 12.30pm but the same happens?!

Is this something I just have to get through with her??

This is totally normal. Just be consistent with her. Honestly OP, I would be surprise if there’s anyone whose little one hasn’t done this.

My son did this when he first started standing. Go in lay her down. Don't say anything. Repeat as many times as required.

Mine gave up naps at 12 months. Some children don't need them unfortunately.

My sister could climb out of her cot at nine months, so keep an eye on your DC!

It's a usual stage that many children go through when they learn to pull to stand in the cot.

The quickest way to resolve this is to stay in the room. Any time baby makes any attempt to stand, lie back down immediately. The key is to respond immediately (which is why you need to be in the room). Try to catch baby before they even get to standing - so catch baby in the phase of going from lying to sitting up, immediately lie back down.

It may well come across as a game at first. Just be consistent. Sit up, lie back down, up, down, up, down, up, down. Don't you be the one to give up first. Keep on going. If you need to be firm to stop messing around, hold your hand firmly on baby's chest/side/back when lying down for several seconds to get baby to settle.

Then just keep going.

Once you eventually get to the stage where baby will stay lying down for a few minutes, step away. If up again, go back and start again. Once settled, step away. Then step away again and so on until you are waiting in the doorway to keep an eye on baby settling. If, at any point, baby goes for getting up, respond immediately to lie back down and keep repeating.

Should take 1-2 weeks to be accepted, 3 weeks to become normal routine.