is there any way to stop this?

[BabyMamma93]

My little boy was a bit slow (IMO) at learning certain things, then in the space of a week he could roll, sit, stand, crawl and talk. so night time is a night mare i know hes tired, he starts to rub his eyes and tickle his head, so i will take him to bed with a bottle, but as soon as he hits the mattress in his cot, BAM hes awake, he sits, rolls, crawls and stands, i dont like to sit there with him because this gets him more excited, so i tend to walk away and sit on my bed, but every night he keeps banging his teeth, he even does it when im there so the only way to stop it is him not standing, but trust me, you do not want to stop him from doing what he wants haha, he throws the biggest tantrums, he sulks, screams gets worked u then hurts him self in the process so either way hes hurting himself, i literally have to let him get it all out of his system then eventually he will sit on my knee against my chest and go to sleep, he fights but he sleeps.
While on my knee he pushes away from me then throws him self back down he even does a little fake cry whilst dropping off..

is there anything i can do to stop him standing up? ive had to put a cot bumper right down the sides because the other night he stood up but he fell and got his leg and arm trapped, seriously he could have broke both arm and leg!!

ive tried being persistant and keep laying him down but it doesnt work, i tried letting him fall asleep in my bed but he just climbed on me & rolled about i tried making him fall asleep in his pram but he woke up as soon as i put him in his cot and did the whole thing again.

please help before my baby hurts him self

 

[MindUtopia]

This is totally normal for the period around 8-12 months. I think pretty much all babies go through it. And I've discovered they also go through it again around 2 years as their is a big developmental jump then too - my daughter has gone from speaking in single words or short phrases to speaking in sentences in the past few weeks and sleep has become a nightmare. The only thing you can really do is just be there, comfort him, keep doing whatever works or if nothing seems to work, keep doing what you've always done, and ride it out. There's nothing you can do to stop him standing and it's just part of development and it's good for him (even at bedtime), but you can just make his cot safe for standing - make sure the mattress is low to the ground so he can't fall out and make sure there's nothing in there he could get tangled on or trip over as he's walking around. We have found that either rocking our daughter til she gets sleepy enough to be laid down awake (then she'll fall asleep on her own no problem, but it's important to get her drowsy first) or lying her down, leaving the room, and coming right back in if she gets up or cries has worked. Sometimes one or the other works better on different days. We try whatever works. At that age, lying her down and leaving the room and then coming back worked best. I don't like the idea of leaving her to cry so we didn't sleep train, but just walking out of the room sometimes did it. If nothing else, standing up, lying back down, standing up, lying back down, etc. repeated for 30 minutes or so was enough to tire her out so that she would sleep, while at the same time she knew I was there and being responsive. Like your LO, there were some days when she just wouldn't let me hold her because she was so tired and worked up and it was really distressing, so just lying her down in her bed sometimes was all she needed. But really, the best advice is just to persist and know that it will pass eventually once he's mastered being mobile a bit more. I wouldn't worry too much about him hurting himself. Babies are pretty resilient and as long as the cot itself is safe, even if he tumbles in the cot (not out of it!), a bump here and there isn't going to do much harm.

 

[BabyMamma93]

yeah i dont want to stop him standing of corse im so proud hes learnt all this so quick, but its such a nightmare, ive tried to hold him till hes drowsy and put him down but as soon as i do he wakes and stands, he then gets more worked up when i keep laying him down, last night he literally looked high he was that tired, but he was fighting it so bad, he finally fell asleep in my arms and stayed that way until 5am.
the mattress is the lowest it will be his head is just over the 'bar'.
my OH is much better at persistence than me, i think thats why he fights so much because we both settle him different. OH can lay him down and eventually he falls asleep, where as i give in and hold him to sleep. both work in the end but maybe this confuses him a little?