Teresa - posted on 02/04/2009 ( 10 moms have responded )
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My 8 mo. old has learned how to pull himself up to standing in his crib. Lately, after our nap routine (nursing, rocking, reading/singing) I lay him in his crib in a drowsy state like I normally do, but right away he wakes to a very alert state, crawls to the edge and climbs up. Then, he starts "talking," bouncing, and eventually crying at varying degrees of intensity - he hasn't figured out how to get down even though we've been practicing during the day, and even if he did lay back down somehow, he's so alert and upset at that point that he wouldn't fall back asleep anyway. I've tried going back in and laying him back down and giving him a pacifier but that only makes him furious. I've tried taking him out of the crib and going through the soothing process again - sometimes it works on the 1st or 2nd try, sometimes not at all and we just end up skipping the nap altogether. By doing what I'm doing, am I going to mess up all the work I've done to get him to nap in his crib without crying? Or am I doing fine and is this just a developmental phase that will pass? Any advice from moms who have gone through this would be SO encouraging right now. :-)
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