Sleep changes after baby learned to pull to standing?

Question

Hi everyone,
My little one just started pulling herself up to stand days after becoming proficient in getting into a sitting position and learning to crawl - all literally within a week. While teething. 
Unfortunately, her newfound skills seem to be interfering with her sleep. She used to fall right back asleep after waking, but now she pops up shortly after being put down and can’t be easily settled. Last night she jack-in-the-boxed every 15 minutes from 4-7 AM. 
Anyone have a similar experience?

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Oh I feel your pain! My son was the same, constantly popping back up to standing. He isn't an independent sleeper still, as he needs someone next to him while he drops off to sleep.
So what I do when he keeps standing up is let him play around for 5min while I sit on the floor next to his cot. Then I pat the mattress and tell him to lay down. It can take a couple of rounds of him popping back up then laying down but while he is laying down I do the things he likes. He can rest his head on my hand, or I pat his back, or stroke his head and talk to him. I give him his cuddly too while he is laying down but he isn't attached to it. 
If he pops back up again I stop interacting, aside from patting the mattress and telling him to lay down. This took longer to start with but after the first few days he got quicker at laying down and going to sleep.
If his is up and refusing to lay down for 10min I gently lay him down.
The other thing I do is try to make standing qt night less exciting by doing standing activities during the day. I put his activity cube on the coffee table and let him stand and play with it. Or line up all his soft toys along the couch

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Yes and crawling. But he’s teething also so I feel like he’s uncomfortable. He is restless, tosses and turns. He doesn’t cry or scream but he does seem uncomfortable. I figured probably from all the moving and growing pains maybe.

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When my son started to stand he was in love and would wake up and just stand but would find his way back to sleep. There’s also a 10 month regression that happens so it could all these skills being learnt causing a big of a sleep regression.

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Teething has thrown my girl for a loop. She had 8 total a few weeks ago and was sleeping fine. Now she has more coming in and wakes up crying every 2-3 hours. 😢 We keep cycling the Tylenol and Motrin, but it’s a lot. I can’t wait until these next teeth break through. She’s getting close. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Hang in there! Hopefully, we’ll both be getting more sleep soon.

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Ohhhh yes! My daughter did the same thing a few weeks ago. The worst of it lasted about a week, but honestly she is still not sleeping well. This has been the hardest sleep regression for us to date. So exciting to see her new skills, yet sooo exhausting for everyone! 😅

Sleep changes after baby learned to pull to standing?

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