RE: Type O nephew who doesn't sleep!

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Type O nephew who doesn't sleep!

My sister is about to go crazy! My nephew, Luke, just turned 2 a

couple of weeks ago and he STILL does not sleep through the night!

He has no nap during the day and goes to bed around 10:00pm. He

wakes up again around 2:00am and gets into the fridge and whatever

else he can find! Then he'll go back to bed for a couple of hours

and be back up again around 4:30 or 5:00. He's up for a while and

then goes back to bed for a short time and is usually wide awake

between 6:00 and 7:00 and is up for the rest of the day! My sister

and brother-in-law are about to go bonkers! She's not entirely sure

what to do. Any suggestions?

Leanne

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In a message dated 1/17/2004 12:00:45 AM Eastern Standard Time,

leannekoren@... writes:

> My sister

> and brother-in-law are about to go bonkers! She's not entirely sure

> what to do. Any suggestions?

> Leanne

>

Exercise, lots and lots of exercise. Play play play. Cut down on carbs big

time. No candy, no soda pop, no chips, no bread/grains, etc. No eating after

a certain time. They'll sleep all night.

Every now and then, I love to give my granchildren carbs (candy, ice cream,

chips, soda, etc) around 10:00 pm and then give them to their parents. My

grandchildren love me.

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I have a little type A who still wakes up every 90 minutes round the

clock at 11 months. I just finished a GREAT book called _The No Cry

Sleep Solution_ which offers long term solutions -no quick fixes,

sorry, but at least they don't just say let them cry in their rooms

alone. (Talk about something that would have gotten a hunter-

gatherer baby eaten by a predator in no time flat) Anyway, the book

says chronic sleep deprivation in babies and small children manifests

itself as reluctance to sleep and constant waking. I have just

started the program, but putting my daughter to bed an hour and a

half earlier is starting to result in more peaceful sleep and longer

more consistant naps.

Also, my son woke up in the middle of the night with his stomach

rumbling until he was about 2 1/2. Their little stomachs just can't

hold enough to make it through the night and build all the bone and

muscle a growing child needs.

-Robin

> My sister is about to go crazy! My nephew, Luke, just turned 2 a

> couple of weeks ago and he STILL does not sleep through the night!

> He has no nap during the day and goes to bed around 10:00pm. He

> wakes up again around 2:00am and gets into the fridge and whatever

> else he can find! Then he'll go back to bed for a couple of hours

> and be back up again around 4:30 or 5:00. He's up for a while and

> then goes back to bed for a short time and is usually wide awake

> between 6:00 and 7:00 and is up for the rest of the day! My sister

> and brother-in-law are about to go bonkers! She's not entirely

sure

> what to do. Any suggestions?

> Leanne

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Good food, of course. Maybe magnesium. For a 2 year old you can get it in the

homeopathic for and can be given any time and as often as needed. Little pills

dissolve instantly on the tongue./

KM

leannekoren <leannekoren@...> wrote:

My sister is about to go crazy! My nephew, Luke, just turned 2 a

couple of weeks ago and he STILL does not sleep through the night!

He has no nap during the day and goes to bed around 10:00pm. He

wakes up again around 2:00am and gets into the fridge and whatever

else he can find! Then he'll go back to bed for a couple of hours

and be back up again around 4:30 or 5:00. He's up for a while and

then goes back to bed for a short time and is usually wide awake

between 6:00 and 7:00 and is up for the rest of the day! My sister

and brother-in-law are about to go bonkers! She's not entirely sure

what to do. Any suggestions?

Leanne

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Red dye is a big culprit for hyperactivity and sleep issues. What I know of

that is anecdotal, and the parents who cut it out suddenly see symptoms end.

Also fruit juices and other sugars can do it, espec. if fruit juices contain

dyes.

Also read " Is this your child? " by Doris Rapp MD for verification that sleep

issues can be tied to food, lists of other symptoms, and other great info.

from a pediatric allergist about how foods affect mood and behavior. It

could be any number of things. Dairy eating is known to cause waking,

especially the type where they wake up and are just happy and wide awake in

the middle of the night. Both of my children suffer from that symptom and

both have problems eating dairy. When I tried re-introducing it recently,

this same symptom reoccurred. Very annoying!

I do volunteer work with a parenting organization (x5 years now) and hear

all kinds of things, I have never heard of a child waking and being so

hungry they make 2 or more snack trips in the middle of the night, at any

age, let alone at age 2. That is a totally new thing for me to hear! I am

stunned!