Standing up in cot and daysleeps
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Topic: Standing up in cot and daysleeps
Posted By: JessDub
Subject: Standing up in cot and daysleeps
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 8:13am
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So DS has realised he can stand up and play in his cot (and chew his cot too... that's another post).
He has one day sleep for an hour, usually after lunch but past few days, no matter how often I go and put him in lying down position (quietly, no talking, no fuss like at night time) he won't nap. Then he gets overtired and we have taken him out in the car just to get him to sleep. Bad habit forming much? Since the night time routine of going in and lying him down a million times is working ok, what would anyone suggest for a successful day nap in his cot? TIA ------------- 
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 8:43am
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I never found a successful method for naps - so now she naps on the big bed with me while I read a book. It works, she gets the nap she needs. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 9:50am
| I'm a big fan of shut the door and leave them to it. Whenever Daniel discovered something new, I put him down once and shut the door and left him. I think going in and putting them back down is just rewarding them with your prescence. Daniel always persisted longer with any new trick if I went in. Where as if I didn't go in he got bored and went to sleep. |
Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 10:45am
I dont bother laying Brennan back down or id be in and out constantly. I can just see him in his room from here and can see him standing up banging on the wall as i type  He eventually sits down, and then eventually lays down and falls asleep. although sometimes it sounds like he falls asleep standing up and just flops over lol.
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 11:32am
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Natalie plays around before she goes to sleep for her nap, but I just leave her to it. I think the trick might be to put your DS down for his nap before you usually would - that way he shouldn't be overtired? (doesn't always work, I know!) Is he upset when standing up? Or if he's happy enough can you leave him to it? Natalie was often taking 30-45mins to finally go to sleep a while back, but she would just happily play for that time until she got bored/tried enough. -------------  
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 5:37pm
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I do the same as Stacey.
Put him in bed and shut the door, whether he sleeps or not. Caden has always played in his cot before a sleeps ------------- |
Posted By: littlefish
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 8:36pm
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We ended up getting attached sleeping bags from the sleep store - and he has slept thru since then. He can roll over and sit up but can't stand up, and zipping him into the bag is now his cue for sleep, whether night, day, home, daycare or at strangers houses at night (as you get extension straps for a single bed).
I am going to keep using it until we transition him to a bed properly as it has worked well for us. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 9:13pm
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We always used a safety sleep and sleeping bags. I don't think he could stand up in the sleeping bag til he was out of the cot (if he could he never thought to do it, but was strapped down in the safety sleep til around 1 I think). Hes still in a sleeping bag in his big bed and will wait there til we come to get him after a nap and in the morning - has NEVER once got out of bed, even though he can take the bag off now! haha. (i'm wondering when he will realise if hes sitting on the bed without the bag on that he could get out of the room!?!). anyway - its probably too late for a safety sleep, but I'd try a bag and also shut the door and leave him to it. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: Rowsieair
Date Posted: 24 December 2009 at 11:06pm
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Toby can stand up in his sleeping bags. Daytime naps, He does to start with but depending on how tired he is he usually always ends up lying back down and getting himself off to sleep, usually within about 20 mins...recon he gets fed up of standing there waiting for me to go back! Unfortunately different story at night...Since I've been working 4 evenings a week he gets used to DH going in to him all the time and sometimes even getting him back up if he hasn't gone to sleep pretty soon or is screaming the place down trying to get attention (knowing daddy will get him!!).
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 11:57pm
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Callum stands up in his cot too and he can stand up in his sleeping bags (and also take them off. Sigh) I mostly leave him to it, unless he's upset. We use a monitor as his bedroom is upstairs, sometimes he takes ages to go off to sleep but more often than not he will lie down pretty soon after I leave the room. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 9:49pm
Hehehe Taylah is the same, im sure she falls asleep standing/sitting and just flops its so funny the positions i find her in. She has also just started biting her cot too. I went in this morning and the whole way round there are big chunks taken out  -------------  
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HUNTD wrote:Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 10:10pm
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I do the same as all of you. I put DS in his cot lying down, say 'sleep time now, good night' (or whatever), and then leave him to it. I just check on him every now and then and he normally eventually sits down then lies down. It can take anywhere between 15mins-45mins. Sometimes if he is still awake after 30mins I will bring him out to the lounge and let him play for a few minutes before putting him back in his cot again, and normally he is asleep in 5mins.
All this only works if he isn't upset. If he is getting hysterical then I will sit on the floor of his bedroom until he is calmed down then put him back in his cot. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Natalie_G
Date Posted: 07 January 2010 at 3:19pm
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I also shut the door and leave her too it. 90% of the time Arianne is really good and stays lying down and goes to sleep. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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