the complete novelty of standing up in the cot will pass, but it is something they will do when they don't want to go to bed...... but for the novelty phase, i just tried to show her i wanted her to lie down then left her to her own devices....
once they are a bit older and standing in the cot i would just say "night night" and try to ignore the fact that she was standing when i wanted her sleeping..... it can become a game to keep lie-ing them down over and over..... you have just got to kind of do the best you can do and rest assured the phase will pass in a fairly short amount of time, then it will be on to something else to drive you nutty!
I would only lay my babies down once everytime I went in and would leave even if they stood up again. Not making eye contact and saying very little is really important because it takes the fun out of it for them. I was very clinical about it but it was the only way to send them sleep messages rather than letting them think it was playtime.
As Emma said, it is a phase and it will pass. Both my older kids (DS is still in the cot) lay down when put to bed and don't stand up again.
I agree with the other ladies. Lie him down then leave the room, leaving longer each time. They do get tired of it eventually. Don't smile back, you don't even have to say anything, just lie him down again each time.
Once they are a bit bigger and doing it for attention just leave them. Unless they are distressed or climbing out then they will get bored and go to sleep.
I didn't have as much trouble with DS1 standing up as I did with him climbing out of his cot and walking out to show us how clever he was. The same thing worked though...just keep putting him back until he can't be bothered doing it anymore. I thought I was going to go crazy a few times but he stopped doing it eventually.
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but he stopped doing it eventually.
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