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@Vikkie thank you for the tips! Always good to hear from someone who's out the other end of these challenges.
This happened in the next to me crib, so I now moved her full time to her nursery crib and I lowered the cot level. Fortunately, she can't sit up by herself yet and can only reach to stand in a sitting position. If I find she is moving a lot by rolling and trying to pull herself up, I will pick her up and probably walk around the house a few times and put her back - some how this has always worked for both me and my husband. Just a quick cuddle and kiss and pat whilst walking and she is content. I usually put her to bed when she is tired, after a long fun bath (or short) and gently rub her head whilst reading a book until she sleeps. She watches the book and eventually yawns and sleeps still on her back as I try to not let her roll :)
We struggled with this for a couple of weeks and our LG just would not self settle. We had to pat and shush her for almost every sleep. Finally today she has started self settling again. A couple of tips that might help: - teach him how to get back down again in the day. We did this by putting a toy on the floor near baby and encouraging them to get it. - don’t keep lying him back down. It gets so frustrating because he will most likely just get back up again. - you might have to help him get to sleep (by rocking etc.) for a bit until he’s able to lie back down by himself and go to sleep.