7 month old standing in the cot screaming as soon as she is put down

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Hi my baby is seven months old and she is also standing in the cot,tonight she fell back and hit her head on the end of the cot i felt terrible. She hates to be put down into the cot and as soon as i do it she beings screaming and pulls herself up. I dont know how she is going to learn to fall asleep on her own if she is just standing, she is even in a sleepsuit. I am determied to get her into a good sleeping routine but her dad is not keep to do CC and im not sure if im strong enough, I have tried it before and it worked to an extent but this was before the standing. I need help, as soon as she wakes up and realises she is in the cot she is up and screaming again.

Your baby needs to learn to settle herself to sleep.
If she finds out screaming and standing up gets her picked up by you and taken out of her cot, she will continue to scream and stand up.
My friend is in this trap, she hasn't had a full night's sleep in 6 years.

When DD was doing similar I sat by her cot and talked soothingly but dd not pick her up. Once I fell asleep in a chair in her room, then DH took over as I got so tired. He was very good, just sat with her and read a book. Took about 3 nights as I recall till she realised that crying didn't get the desired result.

Yes, you have to be tough, but babies have to learn to sleep. some do it easily, others are more vocal.

My DD went through a stage of doing this but just when she learnt to stand up- I did CC with her when she was 3mo (only lasted a day) and now she always goes down to sleep awake, although not without a bit of crying. I just leave her for 5 minutes, then if she's standing up I lay her down again, leave her 5 minutes again, lay her down, By this time she's worn herself out and goes to sleep. Miggsie is right though, you have to crack this one or you could have years of bad sleeping habits. Good luck, she will get it and everyone will be happier for it.

our baby started doing this just as we started cc (at 9 months - we'd had a hell of a time with her not sleeping) - she hadn't yet learned how to sit herself down again, so i would go in, lay her down and leave again (at cc intervals - we used 3,5 and 8 mins) - yes, it was heartbreaking, but it really did work. then after a couple of months she started doing it again, but by now she certainly knew how to get back down herself, so we just left her to it, going in only to say "we love you, it's ok, go to sleep". we didn't lay her back down. honestly, i didn't think she would ever go to sleep, but she did. and after about 3 nights she learned and now when she stands up in her cot, i know there really is something wrong. i still try not to pick her up - i cuddle her in the cot and lay her down again. i then stroke her forehead until she calms down and then i leave before she is completely asleep. i hope that helps. good luck.

Our son has started doing this as well (9 months).

It's not so bad during the nights but it's the lunchtime nap which is now causing us real problems. He naturally tends to wake up after half an hour and previously, I'd leave him to cry for a few minutes and he'd then go back to sleep. Now however, he's standing in his cot which totally wakes him up and it's impossible to get him to go back to sleep. I wouldn't mind if he woke refreshed - he's still really tired.

Actually getting him to sleep is also now very difficult - I used to put him down awake but this is not now possible as he just stands up.

He seems to be getting progressively more tired and grumpy and last night for the first time, he woke up screaming at 3am and just wouldn't sleep. I'm fairly convinced this is due to cumulative tiredness.

What's the best way to resolve this???

I'm thinking I'm going to have to put him down for naps in his stroller now just so he's strapped down - would this just be encouraging more bad habits??