Crawling & Standing Hysterically

[Sleepbabysleeppls]

DS 11m has always been a great self settler. Slept through the night until 2 days ago and went off to sleep really easily. All hell has now broken loose.

He’s worked out how to pull himself up in his cot to sitting and now whenever put in it to sleep starts crawling around hysterically crying. He’s just started properly crawling so I’m sure this is developmental but not sure how to handle it. It’s happening at nap and bedtime.

As soon as I put him down in the cot and leave the room he’s up crying. He has never done this, even as a young baby.

Has anyone else been through this and did it just resolve? Currently we are going back in and holding him and shushing him until he falls asleep then placing him back in cot. But will this start to create bad habits?

Depend on your baby if it will create bad habits as you put it. Some will get used to that and want it everytime whereas others won't and will go back to their norm so to speak.

It could be developmental. Separation anxiety. Ot because they want to. Who knows. I would likely say first 2.

If your happy to hold to sleep do it. If not could always try the encouraging to lay down, and shush in cot instead. Or some people opt for CC.

I think he’s sitting up then getting stuck and can’t lie back down again. So starts the hysterical crying and over-tiredness. We’ve had to resettle three times already tonight.

This is unheard of for him. He has always settled himself and slept all night and it literally has started just like that. Praying it’s developmental and will pass quickly. FYI - for the last few wakes we’ve just gone in and lain him back down again and left. He’s then gone back to sleep no fuss, but we can’t keep doing that every hour through the night.

@Sleepbabysleeppls

Sounds totally developmental, sleep regression, any chances bubba is teething also, that could be a reason for sitting up and moving around if uncomfortable and feeling some pain?

My baby started doing this when he first knew how to sit up on his own, he wouldn't go in his cot and lie still he would be up laughing at me and he woke up a lot during the night doing what you've said think it's because he knew how to get up but was still tired and grumpy. I just was persistent and kept lying him back on his back or we'd have a cuddle. Only took a couple of weeks but now easily falls to sleep in his cot again.

My son also went through this phase. It passed eventually and he's gone back to being a great sleeper but I appreciate it's a tough one. It was like you say, he couldn't work out how to lie back down again. All fine now x

Plenty of practise in day from sitting to laying for lo.

I would be getting on floor, sitting then laying to show lo and also showing lo with their body how they should be doing it to develop the new skill.