Standing up in crib before nap - intervene if happy?

My 10 month old is currently standing up and biting her crib rather than actually, you know, napping. My question is, if happy, do you intervene or just let them do their thing until they lay down and nap themselves? My partner tends to always go in if she's standing up and give her a hug and pop her back down on her back. She's currently showing no signs if tiring or stopping 😅

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I think if my LG wasn’t crying I would leave her to be honest and see what happened. We don’t have standing up in her crib yet, but when we put her down at night often she rolls around and is awake for a bit and then gets herself to sleep and we just leave her unless she cries.

My LB is doing this and the only reason I go to him is because if I leave him standing up he just wakes up and it’s game over 🤣

I think I would go in and lay them down if they were crying but if not then leave them to do their thing. Although I think if they are doing this then maybe they aren’t tired yet? Xx

I just leave my kittlenone if she's happy. Most of the time she will lie down herself when she's tired and fall asleep

i just leave mine alone, hes up and down constantly for about ten minutes, happy as larry and then eventually he will just lie down and go to sleep. i go in if he cries but thats about it

Thanks all!

My baby is doing this and unless he’s crying I’ll leave him to it and he usually will go to sleep eventually! Otherwise if he’s crying he will not sleep so I have to intervene

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