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Sleeping standing up

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Parsnips88 · 23/02/2023 13:44

Hi all,
My 16 month old has slept pretty well for months now. However in the last few weeks her sleep has gone to shit, and she seems to have forgotten how to fall asleep independently. In the last few nights she stands up as soon as we put her in the cot, and stands up for hours, leaning her head on the changing table to sleep. We thought she might eventually give up and lie down but the girl has stamina. I wouldn’t worry if she was actually getting decent sleep but after a while she wakes and cries every few minutes before falling asleep again. We have been in to lie her down and she’s standing before were out of the room again. We’ve tried to staying with her but she just lies there awake, or wakes up quickly as soon as we leave. Last 2 nights she has stood for 5 hours. Last night I tried to get her to lie down at around midnight but she wasn’t interested so she came into our bed, which is exactly what we’ve been trying to resist, but I’m conscious she needs proper sleep! Has anyone had any experience with standing like this? Will she eventually realise she wants to lie down? I feel so sorry for her resting her head on a wooden changing table…

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LapinR0se · 23/02/2023 13:46

I’m trying to picture your set up. If you move the changing table, would she still find something to rest her head on?

Nimbostratus100 · 23/02/2023 13:49

can you move the changing table?

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Parsnips88 · 23/02/2023 15:00

Sorry should have been clearer, she is mainly resting her head on the end of the cot, which is about an inch wide. The changing table is next to it and the same height so just gives her more to hold on to. I guess we could move it slightly further away but like I said, she’s mainly resting on the bar of the cot.

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SalviaOfficinalis · 23/02/2023 15:04

Babies are crazy.

My DS used to stand up in his cot as soon as we put him in, but then he would lie down after we’d left to go to sleep. He did go to sleep sitting up once.

I don’t know what to recommend really… seems like something she needs to figure out, only she can lie herself down and stay there.

I would move the table as a first step though.

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Parsnips88 · 23/02/2023 16:54

Babies do be crazy. She knows how to lie down, and it cannot be comfy. But yet she has impressive stamina and would probably stand all night if I let her

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LapinR0se · 23/02/2023 19:55

I’d say let her do it, and she will quickly grow out of it. The more you interfere and start lying her down and taking her to your bed, the more of an issue the whole thing will become.
Maybe in the day play a lot with putting her dolls or teddies to bed and lying them down, tucking them in, saying how comfy they are etc.

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