8 Month Old Standing up in Crib

My daughter went through this as well and in a couple of days he should figure out how to get himself down. I tried to speed up the process by "teaching" her how to fall down onto her bottom. During the day when she would pull herself up to standing using the coffee table or a chair, I would pat her bottom gently (to let her feel where she would be landing) and then pull her down to a sitting position. We would do this a few times as a game and soon she figured out how to get herself down. Hope this helps...

We just went through this too! I agree with Monica H. in regards to the death grip and knuckle reflex and I would say that a week of that should do it. Watch him while he's awake and see if he can get down after pulling up on the sofa, chair or anything else. If he can do that, he can get down from standing in the crib. After you know he can do it, don't go in to him when you know he's standing. He'll scream for your attention, not because he needs you. Find something else to do until he calms down, lays down and falls asleep. You'll feel guilty and it'll suck just like it did when you first started letting him cry it out.

We let our son cry it out and this method also worked for us...even when he threw all of his pacifiers out of the crib and ended up with a short nap. He quickly realized it wasn't worth it to stand or get rid of his precious binkies. :)

We went through the same thing with my daughter. It's great when they can get up but poor things don't know how to get back down so they are "stuck" there ;) I agree with the others on teaching him how to get down. When it comes to sleeping, you may have to go through a brief period of going in every few minutes and laying him back down on his back so that he knows it's sleeptime and not playtime. It may take a week or so for him to figure it all out but he will. Good luck.

I remember going through the same thing, my son is 3 now so of course I'm on to bigger problems. The method that worked for me was to go into the room and lay him back down. I would never say anything, because it was his routine time to sleep. Once he learned to get back down, I would go in there only once and lay him back down. If I didn't answer his cry he would then lay himself down and go to sleep. I hope this helps.

This is a great oportunity to start showing your son how to learn something new. You will have to show him how to let go of the crib (they have a death grip and can't release their hands easily) by touching the outside of their hands on the knuckles. This is a reflex and should help him to release his hands. Then take his hands and put them on the slats of the crib and show him how to "walk down" the sides of the crib and lie down. You may have to do this for a few days and then let him try to do it on his own.

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My son has been doing this since he has learned to pull up, and before that, he would sit up. We have never CIO... we actually still swaddle him (9 months later!!!) and that is his cue that it is time for bed. If he gets out of thr swaddle he immediately stands and cries. We reswaddle, lay him down, and stroke his forehead until he falls asleep.