Standing in Crib - Naperville,IL

Ok so the CIO was not good for you but if you keep rocking her she'll get used to that and then need it to sooth herself back to sleep. Make sure its not just teething or an ear infection waking her. If she is standing in her crib and crying go in and lay her back down without saying a word. Give her blankie or passi or whatever soothes her and leave the room. She'll get the message that you mean business and won't be picking her up.

Don't kid yourself she knows how to get down, every kid does. Bend at the waist, drop on your padding.

She has now figured out how to call mom and dad. She sounds stubborn. I have stubborn kids but I never picked them up in the middle of the night so they never caught on it was a good way to call mom.

I wish I had the answer but the only one is she won't stop until it doesn't get the results she wants, you coming in.

She will figure out how to get down by herself soon. In the meantime this is what I have hgave done. Stand by her door, everytime she stands up, immediatly lay her back down. After you lay her down go back outside her doorway where she can not see you. Whne she stands up again, calmly go back in her lay her back down. I would keep doing this until she gives up and tries to go back to sleep. It usually took my kids five or six times before they gave up and decided to go to sleep. It may take longer, but she will eventually go back to sleep. I would not let her cry it out, since she is not able to lay her self down. If you teach her to go to sleep on her own, you will be thankful later!!

CIO is not good for your child and I'm happy you can see that. Here's the scoop about CIO: http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/fussy-baby/science-says-.... This is just a stage that all my kids went through and it will pass soon. Please be patient, comfort her back to sleep, and know that it won't last forever. She really needs you to make her feel secure whether it's 2 pm or 2 am. Parenting is a 24/7 responsibility and it is HARD sometimes. This is just one of many challenges of raising a child. Midwife Mom of 3 little ones

Is she napping too much during the day? Can you cut that back so that she is more tired at bedtime or push her bedtime later?

I don't believe in the CIO either, but don't rush in there at the first little peep.

Lower the crib soon...... she might be a climber.

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She can get back down! She couldn't get up if she couldn't get back down, so please don't worry about that. If pulling herself up to stand is new to her than this is probably why she is doing it so often. My son always had new sleep troubles at each milestone (rolling over, learning to stand, crawl, ealk etc). This should be a passing phase, but please beware that if you continue to to her and rock her back to sleep - you will create a whole new problem for yourselves that won't be such a temporary phase. We always let my son put himself back to sleep even if this meant some crying and fussing. So, I vote cry it out - but "cry it out" for my son has never meant more than 10 minutes so it's hard for me to advise this when I've not handled a real stubborn crier :) However, I do believe that if you try other things (ESPECIALLY rocking her to sleep) - you are going to create a new, bigger problem. If you aren't going to leave her be, please at least give her very minimal attention/interaction in the night time. Is she getting enough sleep? The more over tired my son is the worse he will sleep at night. Counter intuitive as it seems, make sure she is getting 2 good naps a day and getting to bed by 7:30 ish pm. Making them more tired does not make them sleep better at night - on the contrary, it makes it harder for them to settle into good, deep sleep.

Practice standing and sitting when she is awake so she learns how to do it.

No need to rock her back to sleep, either, once you engage her she'll expect you to stay. When she wakes up and you go to her keep the lights off, (having a nightlight is fine) your voice a whisper and gently lay her down, don't pick her up. Tell her "It's time to sleep, good night," pat her tummy gently and leave, closing the door behind you. She'll learn the routine if you're consistent.

this is common during new milestones. this too shall pass. if you feel CIO is not for you dont do it. there is something wrong when we are told to parent against our own instincts. good luck!

Could she be teething? The only time my second would do this was during teething. I gave him a little tylenol and some baby orajel and it did the trick. So maybe try that if you think it is a pain thing going on. My first never showed any noticable teething signs so that was new for me. Also, does she go to bed with any kind of lovey? My baby started to take a small 'baby' to bed. His favorite is this little tigger doll. You don't want it to be anything big enough for her to use to pop out of the crib, but a small animal helped my baby a lot. And definitely lower the crib if you haven't already :D It is probably a phase, a growth spurt, teething, who knows. They go through so many changes the first year. But what I do if I have gone in, checked the diaper, checked the teething situation, made sure there is no fever and have responded accordingly to whatever is needed, then I leave and don't go back, generally, I mean if it were like blood curdling screams that sounded like horrible pain or something, of course I would go, but if sounds like complaining and exhaustion, I don't. That's just me bc they really do learn that you will come and they don't have to self soothe. It's a hard balance to strike. I am not hard core CIO, but I don't let my baby develop a habit of only going to sleep in my arms and I don't think CIO is evil, it's just hard to figure out how to parent at times. I wish you the best and hope you get it resolved soon, I know it can be mind boggling and exhausting!

It is a phase.
Whenever, a baby hits 'new' motor-skills and hits milestones... they do this.
And no, they do not yet know how, to do the "sequencing" of their movements. Thus, they will stand or pull-up and not know how to then sit back down and then lie down, to go back to sleep.

Crying it out, will not help.
Because, again, they do NOT know how.... to do the entire 'sequencing' of their movements, yet, nor do they have it mastered.
Their entire range of movements and coordination.... is not, in sync, yet.

And, they do this, standing up etc., repeatedly. Because it is instinctual and they are 'practicing' their skills. Which are not yet, developed... but just blossoming. It is normal.

It is a phase.

They are not yet all coordinated nor do they have, perfect balance yet over all of their appendages.

Yes, it wakes them and you.
But, until she is older and 'masters' her appendages/coordination and sequencing of her movements... it will be this way.
You have to, help her.... once she is pulling-up and standing, you do need to put her back in a lying down position. They don't know how yet and thus, crying it out is not going to help.

This is normal growing-pains. But is a phase.

Also, they may also be teething at this age. And, hungry. Being that 6 months old 'was' a growth-spurt time. Their appetite, increases as well when hitting new changes and development, they get hungrier. So that can be waking them, too.