Pulling up in crib..EEK

[Anonymous]

When in a sitting position in crib, Ian has been able to pull himself up to standing for a couple of weeks now. Well, for the first time this morning, I woke up, rolled over, and saw him laughing at me standing proud. So it means he can roll, get up, and pull himself up from laying position. While I’m very proud of the little fella, I’m kind of spooked. So we immediately lowered the crib and thought it would help, and it has as far as, he can’t pitch himself out now. BUT, all he wants to do now is get up and stand-no napping. He’s clearly overtired right now falling asleep but won’t do it.

So I know this is a new skill and this time too shall pass but any suggestions on the following;

-What should I do, encourage him to lay down (he just keeps screaming and pulling himself back up)?

-Do I help him get back down if he cant (not sure about that one yet but if it comes up)?

-I know if I don’t keep putting him down and he stumbles or falls asleep, he sure enough will bump his head on crib and start screaming…how do you handle that?

Any tips on this are soooo appreciated. Or any additional notes you can think of I haven’t brought up, I’d love too. We’re already so behind on his schedule today and I don’t think we’ll fit all the feedings in with the darn timings on meds. ARGH. Also, he still had small fever this morning so want to check it again before 11am if we need to have his ears looked at again (they told us to call today). Although, I shouldn’t complain. It is SO nice to have problems like pulling up and ear infections for a change rather then reflux or allergies.

THANKS.

Tracy (Ian’s Mom 9-26-05) Elecare and Prevacid

[Anonymous]

LOL – our kiddos are so similar. Marisa has been pulling up on other
stuff for ages but only started in the crib about a week ago – she’s
pretty short and couldnt’ reach or figure it out for a little while.
For her naps I often have to lay her back down up to 5 times before she
falls asleep – even if exhausted first.

I’ve found it does help if she gets a LOT of practice during her awake
times – we pull up on everything, crib, couch, chairs, toys, etc.

I tried to wear her out as much as possible and then put her in crib
relaxed after story, cuddles, Sesame Street, etc. If she pulls up, I
wait until she cries and then I go in, lay her down, tell her it’s
naptime and leave. Same thing repeats a few times sometimes but she
eventually does grab her blanket and go to sleep.

I’ve heard you can try to teach them how to get down by showing them
how to slide their hands back down the rails and sit down – but it
doesn’t work for us – M just stiffens up and won’t do it – so I guess
eventually she’ll just learn to get down on her own.

Just do the best you can with the meds timing – if it’s a bit off today
I’m sure it’s still better than nothing. Hope his ears are OK!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Karen. My dh says he’s seen him get back down on his own but who knows. Right now, we’re still at the stage of “I want to stand up all the time.” It’s been now over an hour and he’s still screaming in his bed because we keep putting him down saying No (in a firm not mean way). He just would rather play and I know he’s exhausted. We also just spent about 1 1/2 hour prior to nap standing and pulling up playing.

This is so frustrating! All this screaming is terrible for his ears right now.

Tracy

[Anonymous]

Marisa can’t get down on her own – so she stands and plays and bites
the crib rail and then cries when she’s tired and can’t figure out how
to get down.

Honestly, I wouldn’t put him down unless he’s crying – you’ll only
frustrate him and turn it into a game. It will eventually lose it’s
appeal/newness and wear off – you may just have a few rough days in the
meantime.

I’ve found it also helps if Marisa is NOT too overtired when she goes in – the more overtired, the more she seems to pull up.

[Anonymous]

This is going to be so awful. I swear he’ll spend over an hour just standing before he’ll finally fall asleep. Just eats up so much of the day. By the time he wakes up, he’ll have aready missed a feeding and onto another one. It doesn’t bother me at night but naps…

I know what you mean about overtired, but he wasn’t when he first went down this morning and he still did it for over an hour so who knows. It’s too new I guess.

Tracy

[Anonymous]

I know but it’s probably only going to be for a few days – it’ll settle down…

[Anonymous]

Tracy,

None of my friends could believe it but my first, Liza, NEVER stood up in her crib!! I had it made with that kid. She slept 12 hrs per night from 2 months old and never gave me a day’s trouble when it came to sleep. When I put her in her bed she layed down and went to sleep every time.

Ellie did what Ian is doing. Karen’s right, the novelty will wear off pretty soon. Right now he’s so excited about his new skill that he wants to practice it constantly. Also, it allows him to assert himself a little because you lay him down, and he can stand back up. WOW!

What I did with Ellie when she went through this stage was start her nap time a little earlier because I knew that she was going to be standing up in her crib for a while before she finally got to sleep. So then it wouldn’t be too much later than she normally went to sleep. I felt bad about it because she’d be in bed 1/2 hour earlier than usual but it seemed to work and eventually the standing up thing lost it’s appeal and I could start keeping her up until she was tired again.

This too shall pass!

Christine

[Anonymous]

I went through this with Sarah, but not so much with the standing up as the rolling over and not being able to get herself back. I would let her struggle with it for a bit and see if she could eventually go to sleep and stop crying. If not, then I would go in and very matter of factly put her back in a sleeping position and then walk out- not talking, no eye contact, very quickly in and out. Eventually she figured out how to move herself around her crib and stand up and get down and roll over both ways and there was nothing we could do to stop her. We’d just let her stand there and fuss until she eventually gave up and went to sleep.

[Anonymous]

Had this problem with both of my kids, only lasts a week or two though. I would go in and lay them down and eventually they learn how to do it themselves. So annoying when it happens at 3am though…

[Anonymous]

Well last night was fun! (ha, ha)…Ian was up practicing standing and he was half asleep every time. Kind of like his body didn’t know what to do in his crib anymore-sleep or stand. I was watching him from my bed (at 4am LOL) and he sleepily would roll over sit and stare at the bars and cry. Same when he finally pulled up. I’d put him back down because he wouldn’t (and I have officially confirmed with my own eyes-he actually can get down by himself) and he’d roll to his side and go right back to sleep. But sure enough inside of minutes, repeat scenario. He was so sad when he just sat in front of the bars crying! He was sooo confused. Kind of cute..AND..exhausting. But he did sleep until 7am so yeah!

[Anonymous]

Oh poor Ian! Marisa only does it before or after naps or when she wakes
in the morning – but not middle of night so far. And she definitely
can’t get down herself…

[Anonymous]

Oh, you lucky girl! Yes, he just went down for his nap and he’s really tired but standing so proud anyways. I’ve decided to follow the smart advice of you ladies and let him go for it unless he cries. Then I give it a couple of minutes before going in. Let’s hope this phase doesn’t last long. I don’t think it’ll be cute much longer. But it was so sad to see him sleep stand.

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