Standing in Crib :/ - Henderson,NV

Unfortunately.....you leave him alone and stop going in there. You are reinforcing a habit that has nothing to do with him standing in the crib but rather him knowing you are going to come in there and see him or console him if he's screaming and standing up. Trust me, this guy will tucker himself out and his little legs will not even want to be standing anymore when he does. He will simply sit down and hopefully stop the carrying on and soothe himself to sleep like he should. He's 10 months old now. It's time to institute the tough love and let him work it out. He's safe, he's in a comfy place that is meant for calm and sleeping. He needs to be getting himself to sleep on his own and no more nighttime tactics to get you back in the room for visits. I hope you realize that this is what he's doing. If he can get up....he can also get down. And he will. No more night visits. Cold turkey this and I swear that he will stop all the middle of the night drama in about 3-4 days. Simply put him down for the night and do not go back in to his room until morning. It's not harsh....it's teaching him to sleep. You need sleep too. You can do it, Mom.

Are you teaching him how to get back down when you go to him? When mine did that, I would spend a lot of time throughout a couple of days showing them how to bend their knees and sit. I would make it a game during play time until they got it. It is certainly frustrating but doesn't last very long thankfully. I am not one for letting a baby cry, especially when they need you, but maybe let him stand for a bit before helping him down if he isn't too upset. Maybe his little legs will tire faster that way.

I agree to teach him how to get down. You are doing the right thing. He'll learn to do it on his own before too long.

In response to some posts why would a mom want to teach their baby that mom won't help them? That is what we're doing when we let him cry and cry and not help him learn how to get down. When we help our babies learn instead of leaving them to learn on their own we're teaching them that they can trust which is a major developmental step to be learned at this age. When the ability to trust is not learned as a baby a child will have difficulty their whole life.

He'll figure it out in about a week.

3 kids and the first two NEVER stood in their crib? Do they stand now?

Show him how to do it. He will figure it out. Will take a couple of days. Nothing else you can so. They all go thru this.

teach him how to let go & "fall" gracefully. Adding a "boom, down goes the baby" makes it fun!

or wait a week or two, & he'll learn on his own....

& holy cow! Your kids never stood in the crib. Crazy! My sons were doing this as soon as they learned to pull up on furniture....at a much younger age. They were both active &....yes, they screamed until they learned to control their "fall" & gained the trust/faith in their ability to manuever successfuly.

He will figure it out. Not to seem obovious here but make sure his mattress is at the lowest setting. A baby's head is the heaviest part of the body and he could easily fall out of the crib.

Standing leads to climbing, get ready..

The best thing to do, is to let him figure it out on his own..

I know this is not easy at night, but during the day, he will scream and scream and eventually either he will let go or slide back onto the mattress.

No way to stop the standing.. Once they learn a trick, you just have to lead them into figuring out the next step..

Leave him alone when he starts to scream. He needs to figure out how to get back down himself.
Both of my kids figured this out pretty quickly, once they realized that I wasn't rushing in when they got mad.

I must be thick in the head, but I can't visualize what the problem is.

Do you mean your baby can stand up, or pull up to a standing position, while in the crib, but cannot sit back down?

Or do you mean he cannot 'get back down' as in he can't climb over and out the other side of the crib and then he's completely out of the crib?

I've raised 5 kids and never heard of this predicament. My youngest daughter walked at 10 months, and the others climbed out of their cribs well before 10 months.

What's interesting is that he's mad about it. I think if it's as simple as learning to sit back down, just teach him by lowering his bottom by guiding him a few times. He'll figure it out.

Why can't he just sit down? When his legs get tired they will give out and down he'll go...hopefully he won't be hurt but just figuring it out.