[Resi]

I'm about due for my monthly sleep vent. I'm hanging in there but he has started something new that can be a little tiring at times.

Ever since he learned how to sit up on his own he has been waking up often and sitting up while half asleep. He rolls over on his stomach and pushes up to a sitting position. Usually he is still half asleep or maybe he is sleeping and this wakes him up. He does this on and off all night while co-sleeping next to me. I will lay him back down or if he is trying to roll over to his stomach I try to stop him from doing so. The reason I try to stop him is because I know he is about to sit up. He has not learned how to sleep on his stomach. He always lifts his head when on his stomach and it wakes him up. He is also crying when I try to stop him from turning over and sitting up. I end up trying to BF him back to sleep or offer his pacifer. The pacifer has been p*ssing me off and he doesn't want it lately in the middle of the night. I do put him in his crib to start out until I'm ready for bed. He can wake up about 2-3 times in a couple hours when alone in his crib. He will be sitting there or standing. I think he is a light sleeper and when he wakes up from turning he sits right up.

Why do you think this is happening? Is it because he learned something new? Will he out grow this? Have you ever gone through this? I do not think there is anything that I can do but wait for it to pass. Maybe he is teething again and is waking up..

[freesiangel]

I don't have any advice since I haven't BTDT, but I do hope he grows out of this soon so you can get a peaceful nights sleep!

[IamMom]

I have no advice Resi and I'm sorry that a new sleep problem has crept up. I'm sure my DS sat up and stuff in his crib in the night when he learned those things but since he was in his own bed I never knew it. And he would eventually just lay himself back down to sleep because he never cried out for us or anything. I'm so sorry.

Personally soothing him back to sleep with breast or paci probably isn't going to help the waking and back to sleep situation. He needs to start learning to put himself back to sleep when he gets up. Just my opinion however most of what you read both crib and co-sleeping says that babies need to learn to self soothe eventually as they grow up.

[KellyJ009]

No advice, sorry, but I can totally sympathize with you. Hallie sleeps in her crib, but she does the same thing. Wakes up for some reason and then immediately sits up. Pretty soon she'll start crying and I have to go in and lay her down. It's a toss up whether or not she will go back to sleep easily or not. She does this a couple times per night. I just wish she would lay herself back down, but I have never seen her do that. Ugh! I definitely feel your pain...it's so tiring!

No advice here either, but I do know how much harder it gets once they can sit and pull into a standing position. I can't imagine co-sleeping with Reid at this point because he tosses and turns soooo much. He is always in a different position each time I go in to peek at him. We nap together sometimes on the weekend and I can barely sleep because he's moving around so much!

[~*Bethy*~]

have you tried maybe putting on some white noise while you sleep? Maybe he is just so startled by something that he is a light sleeper. Going to sleep with some white noise would teach is mind that its ok to sleep through some distraction. You are doing the right thing, when he sits up just gently guide him back down to a sleeping position. Have you tried maybe putting him in the pac n play right next to the bed? He may need to be near you but in his own space to where he can sleep next to a wall, which the pac in play would offer both answers. I hope he resolves this quickly!! hang in there

~Beth

[.Brandi.]

I agree with Beth. Edward used to do this, but he would still be asleep and he would scream and cry. It sounds to me, like he's dreaming. And then wakes up from the sitting up. Edward was unconsolable and all we could do was turn on the lights and talk to him and hold him close. He would fight being held and there wasn't a lot we could do for him. Since he wasn't nursed we couldn't try that, but we did try to give him a bottle but even then he would refuse. I spent 85 % of Edward first year like this with him at night. I think Oliver might be dreaming and/or teething. Does he cry a lot when he wakes up? Is he consoleable??? Will he go back to sleep easily?? I don't have a lot of advice, I just know with Edward we had to just wait it out with him. Preston has had some bouts like that too, but not NEARLY as bad as Edward. I hope you both get some sleep soon Resi. You're a good Mom!!

[**Jenn**]

I agree with the white noise. We always have the air purifier going in the boys' room otherwise the slightest little thing will wake Lochlann up. Liam is a very heavy sleeper so we never went through that kind of thing with him, as soon as he started sleeping through the night (at 10 months) he's been great. Lochlann will still have bouts of waking during the night. Most times he soothes himself but there are times he is just beside himself and can't get back to sleep without me or Ian going in and calming him down. We're thinking he has dreams like Ian does where he'll be asleep but appear awake and act out his dreams. The other night Lochy was crying and Ian went in because he didn't settle himself and he said Lochy was reaching out and clawing at the wall and didn't know who Ian was until he kinda snapped out of it. Then he let Ian get him back to sleep pretty quickly. So this could just be some bad dreams Oliver is having. I do know how tiring this all is. Lochlann had to be nursed to sleep, every single time, until he was secure enough to do it on his own. Yes this took a while, longer than I had hoped, but its what he needed at the time. It does get better and he will learn to do these things on his own. You are doing such a great job with Oliver. Just keep following his lead and your own Mommy instincts and you can't go wrong!

[ShannonMVT]

No advice from me, just my sympathy in dealing with sleep issues.

[Mars]

I have no idea what's up but I hope it passes quickly!

[Resi]

I've just learned to live with what ever he throws my way. I'm sure it will pass. lol.. I don't see myself ever sleeping soundly like I did before having him. He's always going to keep me up for one reason or another!