getting wriggly babies to (co) sleep

Moo boy is crawling and pulling himself up to stand whenever he can.
Trouble is, when he wakes up at night he fights going back to sleep
and unless restrained by firm hugging will crawl all over us, headbutt
the wall by mistake, try to climb up the sofa.......it all ends in
tears.

I feel bad restrainig him but it seems to be the way to get him back
to sleep, if I lie with him face down for a minute or two that usually
does the trick. But as he is getting older, he is getting stronger
and more wriggly, is there another way? I tried just letting him wear
himself out but it didnt work.

teapot and the moo boy 9mths and a bit

teapot wrote:

I feel bad restrainig him but it seems to be the way to get him back
to sleep, if I lie with him face down for a minute or two that usually
does the trick.

If Caterpillar wakes (usually she just nurses in her sleep, but on the
odd bad night she'll wake even though she's not hungry), that's the best
way to get her back to sleep.

I tried just letting him wear
himself out but it didnt work.

Yes, we did the "crawl aimlessly from one side of the bed to the other,
collapsing in exhaustion every few seconds" thing for a good hour once.
No one was happy. Now we hold her tight, and sometimes she fusses for
a few seconds, and sometimes she just goes to sleep.

Phoebe

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Moo boy is crawling and pulling himself up to stand whenever he can.
Trouble is, when he wakes up at night he fights going back to sleep
and unless restrained by firm hugging will crawl all over us, headbutt
the wall by mistake, try to climb up the sofa.......it all ends in
tears.

I feel bad restrainig him but it seems to be the way to get him back
to sleep, if I lie with him face down for a minute or two that usually
does the trick. But as he is getting older, he is getting stronger
and more wriggly, is there another way? I tried just letting him wear
himself out but it didnt work.

teapot and the moo boy 9mths and a bit

DD often tries to get up and walk around when she wakes up in the middle of
the night, even though she's half asleep. I find that if one of us cuddles
her (and yes, we do stop her from getting up) she falls back to sleep
easily. I find with one arm under her head and the other under her legs I
can prevent her from trying to get up without her feeling "stuck" (if she
thinks she's stuck she will also yell and scream). I also talk softly,
sing to her and remind her that this *is* a cuddle if she's particularly
restless.
HTH
Amanda

I used to lie face down,put my son face down and put my arm across his back
so he couldnt move

"teapot" wrote in message
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Moo boy is crawling and pulling himself up to stand whenever he can.
Trouble is, when he wakes up at night he fights going back to sleep
and unless restrained by firm hugging will crawl all over us, headbutt
the wall by mistake, try to climb up the sofa.......it all ends in
tears.

I feel bad restrainig him but it seems to be the way to get him back
to sleep, if I lie with him face down for a minute or two that usually
does the trick. But as he is getting older, he is getting stronger
and more wriggly, is there another way? I tried just letting him wear
himself out but it didnt work.

teapot and the moo boy 9mths and a bit

teapot writes:
: Moo boy is crawling and pulling himself up to stand whenever he can.
: Trouble is, when he wakes up at night he fights going back to sleep
: and unless restrained by firm hugging will crawl all over us, headbutt
: the wall by mistake, try to climb up the sofa.......it all ends in
: tears.

: I feel bad restrainig him but it seems to be the way to get him back
: to sleep, if I lie with him face down for a minute or two that usually
: does the trick. But as he is getting older, he is getting stronger
: and more wriggly, is there another way? I tried just letting him wear
: himself out but it didnt work.

: teapot and the moo boy 9mths and a bit

Clara got to the point where she would turn completely sideways and
throw her feet and legs up over my arms and shoulders. I just kept
grabbing her feet and shoving them down to the end of the bed.

Niel would throw his feet up in the air and shove the covers down
below my waist. With him I would take a death-grip on the covers
and hold them at my neck. If he succeeded anyway, I would jank
the covers out from under him, replace them on top of us, reapply
the death-grip and go back to sleep.

Larry

Larry McMahan wrote in message ...
teapot writes:
: Moo boy is crawling and pulling himself up to stand whenever he can.
: Trouble is, when he wakes up at night he fights going back to sleep
: and unless restrained by firm hugging will crawl all over us, headbutt
: the wall by mistake, try to climb up the sofa.......it all ends in
: tears.

: I feel bad restrainig him but it seems to be the way to get him back
: to sleep, if I lie with him face down for a minute or two that usually
: does the trick. But as he is getting older, he is getting stronger
: and more wriggly, is there another way? I tried just letting him wear
: himself out but it didnt work.

: teapot and the moo boy 9mths and a bit

Clara got to the point where she would turn completely sideways and
throw her feet and legs up over my arms and shoulders. I just kept
grabbing her feet and shoving them down to the end of the bed.

Niel would throw his feet up in the air and shove the covers down
below my waist. With him I would take a death-grip on the covers
and hold them at my neck. If he succeeded anyway, I would jank
the covers out from under him, replace them on top of us, reapply
the death-grip and go back to sleep.

Larry


death grip, yep, that about sums it up! thanks to everyone for your
replies, I was a bit concerned that applying the death grip was not
very attachment parent but I'm reassured that others do it! Shame
there is no alternative. My mum says he needs to go in a cot.

teapot