- Sleeping issues

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Hi -

I have no knowledge of the Nutrivene products or the

GFCS diet but I do have a medical question for you.

Have you requested a sleep study or a test for GERD

(acid reflux). Freddie went through the same waking

(all his toddler years) has until we had the

sleep and GERD tests. Once the tests were completed we

were able to get resolve for Freddie's sleep issues.

nna

Mommy to Freddie 5yrs

Full Inclusion Summer Kindy

On To Summer Water Sports !!!

--- <ninepreciousgiftsfromgod@...> wrote:

> Hello! is 22 mos., and has been on Nutrivene

> for nearly three

> months. He now has his 4 top teeth (we survived

> somehow), and he is

> on the other side of a 4 week cold/brochiolitis. He

> still has a

> slight bit of nasal congestion hanging on. He can

> breath okay, it's

> just a little noisy. However, even with no real

> excuses, his sleep

> at night doesn't seem to be improving. He has

> ((almost)) never slept

> through the night, like from 10 to 6 or from 11 to 7

> in his entire

> almost 2 years.

>

> I know there are different stages of sleep and that

> we waken and

> settle ourselves back to sleep two or three times in

> the course of a

> night. He may be " spoiled " from the extra attention

> he received from

> us in his early months due to his CHD and the

> challenge of getting

> enough calories into him so that he would grow. We

> picked him up and

> fed every time he woke up and woke him for feedings

> if he didn't

> waken on his own. He doesn't suck his thumb or use a

> pacifier, so

> his comfort when he awakens is the breast. I'm

> working on putting

> him to bed when he is sleepy but not yet asleep, so

> he can learn to

> settle himself to sleep. And I'm working on not

> picking him up the

> first time he wakens in the night, so that he can

> learn to resettle

> himself, even if it means that he must cry awhile.

> This is doubly

> hard, because his crib is in our bedroom, as we've

> run out of space,

> so my husband's sleep is being disturbed also.

>

> What I don't know is whether this whole sleep issue

> is behavioral or

> if there is something else going on. As far as I

> know, he does not

> have any sleep apnea issues. He has problems with

> constipation, and

> it may be intestinal/ bowel discomfort that is

> disturbing his sleep.

> Sometimes, he moves his bowels in the middle of the

> night or very

> early in the morning. But even when he isn't

> constipated, he doesn't

> sleep through the night, so I don't think that's the

> only issue.

>

> @ Nutrivene suggests that I cut back or

> eliminate dairy and

> gluten from my diet, since is still nursing,

> to see if that

> helps the constipation. I don't consume a lot of

> dairy, but I do

> consume a lot of whole wheat. I always thought

> gluten intolerance

> led to loose stools, so I wasn't even aware it might

> be a factor.

> She also pointed out the iron added to baby cereal

> might be a

> problem. I thought I was guarding his health by

> giving him Earth's

> Best Organic whole grain cereals... pureed baby

> foods and baby

> cereal and yogurt is all he will eat! So, how do I

> get enough food

> into him if I cut out the yogurt and the cereals? We

> have nine

> children and can't afford expensive alternatives, so

> I need some

> simple suggestions. We do have a Vita Mix, and I do

> make a thick

> carrot/fruit drink that I feed him with a spoon

> sometimes. The Vita

> Mix is still kind of new to us, so I'm sure we

> aren't using it to

> its potential... we aren't even aware yet of its

> full potential. I

> know some of you have your kids on a special diet.

> mentioned

> the GFCS diet. Is the diet Carol's and

> others are on? She

> is going to send samples of probiotics and

> Magna-Calm. I'm so glad

> there are people out there who really do want to

> improve the quality

> of our kid's lives, and the quality of our

> sleep-deprived lives as a

> result!

>

> GOD's BEST!

>

>

>

>

>

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