[sunnybunny]

What do you do when your baby is movng all around the bed? DD is just learning to crawl (in a scooting backwards fashion), and tonight it was hell to get her to sleep. She just kept rolling over into her stomach and twisting around and trying to crawl. I know these night wakings happen more when they are learnign something new.. what can you do to keep them from moving right out of bed? Or getting her to sleep when she'd rather play and move?

 

[Subliime]

When my dd first started to learn to scoot, she would wake herself up at night practicing. Now, that is how she gets herself to sleep believe it or not. I would lay her down just like I always do right before she was completly asleep and she would start scooting around all over the bed with her head down and eyes closed. My dh and I just lay in bed with her, silently giggling, and watching her scoot around until she is out.

Sorry, I don't have any suggestions though. We just had to wait it out until she quit practicing in her sleep.

 

[rzberrymom]

When DD learned to do this, I taught her to back off the bed safely--they pick it up REALLY fast. If your bed is too high, you could temporarily take it off its frame and put it directly on the floor. Then I completely babyproofed the room so that it was safe for her to explore if she made it off the bed. And then DH and I "played dead" when these wakings happened--if we didn't move a muscle, she would usually resettle within 15 minutes or so (but if we started moving and talking to her, she was up for 2 hours).

The good thing is that it was always just a phase and would pass quickly.

 

[Charming Opal]

I got bedrails when DD started crawling around the bed, my husband and I also play dead when she does this in the middle of the night, or early morning. She picked up really fast that both of us weren't interested in playing and would usually settle down afterwards.

 

[nighten]

They practice mobility in their sleep. Just wait til she starts standing and trying to walk in her sleep!

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It helps to just lay your hand on her tummy or back, and quiet shushing when she starts rolling -- try to keep her from waking if you can, since it's easier to get them settled before they wake then after they've fully awakened.

We've got a SnugTuck bolster on my side of our bed and it's fine for nighttime, but we stopped leaving her in our bed for naps alone once she started getting more mobile. You could put bolsters on both sides though and/or put your bed on the floor. Otherwise I'd move her to a safer area for naps, and get a bolster for your side of the bed for nighttime.