RE: Re: Sleep issues and sick days

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We bought Cameron a new bed. It worked for a few months. He slept in it and slept good, every night. About 6 months ago, he went back to sleeping on the floor, and sleeping very few hours a night. Spent $250 on a race car bed, and it only helped for a few months. Frustrating.

Anne

-- Re: Sleep issues and sick days

My son didn't sleep through the night until he was 7. There is huge laundry list of things that I tried. Here is partial list.1. A specific bedtime routine2. Just leaving the lamp on.3. Relaxation tape4. visualization techniques6. Benadryl...when I really need a night's sleep. One doctor told me to give it to every night. I found a new Doctor.He is 12 now and has no sleep issues. Some kids grow out of it eventually...I wish mine grew out of it sooner. I know how sleep deprivation can affect you.You can always call an IEP meeting to discuss how the schoool needs to accommadate him during colds to ensure that your child is getting FAPE. Missing 10 days seems to be the magic number for incidents, but some SD are more responsive then others.> I know alot of AS kids have sleep issues. We have trouble settling Zo down for the night, claims of fears and if he wakes in the night, like he did last night at 4AM he sometimes cannot get back to sleep. Any suggestions??> > Also do you all find you need to keep your kids home from school for minor illnesses like the sniffles. I have had Alonzo home for 3 days now. He was sent home from school sick after having a couple of meltdowns at school. He has had a cold and had already been complaining about his ears to the nurse earlier that morning. The social worker felt and is most likely right that his just wasn't feeling well so it lowered his tolerance for frustration. I have very sniffly coughy kids all winter. I am worried that I am going to end up having him home more than he goes to school the next few months!> > > > > > > __________________________________________________>

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My school is actually pretty good. I will bring it up at our next team meeting (informal, not IEP related...just a meeting of me and all his teachers therapists and social worker), then call an IEP meeting if needed. I didn't even think to discuss it with the school! Maybe they would let him home base school for those extended uckies?? Hmmmm....

catherineladen <catherineladen@...> wrote:

My son didn't sleep through the night until he was 7. There is huge laundry list of things that I tried. Here is partial list.1. A specific bedtime routine2. Just leaving the lamp on.3. Relaxation tape4. visualization techniques6. Benadryl...when I really need a night's sleep. One doctor told me to give it to every night. I found a new Doctor.He is 12 now and has no sleep issues. Some kids grow out of it eventually...I wish mine grew out of it sooner. I know how sleep deprivation can affect you.You can always call an IEP meeting to discuss how the schoool needs to accommadate him during colds to ensure that your child is getting FAPE. Missing 10 days seems to be the magic number for incidents, but some SD are more responsive then others.> I know alot of AS kids have sleep issues. We have trouble settling Zo down for the night, claims of fears and if he wakes in the night, like he did last night at 4AM he sometimes cannot get back to sleep. Any suggestions??> > Also do you all find you need to keep your kids home from school for minor illnesses like the sniffles. I have had Alonzo home for 3 days now. He was sent home from school sick after having a couple of meltdowns at school. He has had a cold and had already been complaining about his ears to the nurse earlier that morning. The social worker felt and is most likely right that his just wasn't feeling well so it lowered his tolerance for frustration. I have very sniffly coughy kids all winter. I am worried that I am going to end up having him home more than he goes to school the next few

months!> > > > > > > __________________________________________________>

[Guest guest]

My school is actually pretty good. I will bring it up at our next team meeting (informal, not IEP related...just a meeting of me and all his teachers therapists and social worker), then call an IEP meeting if needed. I didn't even think to discuss it with the school! Maybe they would let him home base school for those extended uckies?? Hmmmm....

catherineladen <catherineladen@...> wrote:

My son didn't sleep through the night until he was 7. There is huge laundry list of things that I tried. Here is partial list.1. A specific bedtime routine2. Just leaving the lamp on.3. Relaxation tape4. visualization techniques6. Benadryl...when I really need a night's sleep. One doctor told me to give it to every night. I found a new Doctor.He is 12 now and has no sleep issues. Some kids grow out of it eventually...I wish mine grew out of it sooner. I know how sleep deprivation can affect you.You can always call an IEP meeting to discuss how the schoool needs to accommadate him during colds to ensure that your child is getting FAPE. Missing 10 days seems to be the magic number for incidents, but some SD are more responsive then others.> I know alot of AS kids have sleep issues. We have trouble settling Zo down for the night, claims of fears and if he wakes in the night, like he did last night at 4AM he sometimes cannot get back to sleep. Any suggestions??> > Also do you all find you need to keep your kids home from school for minor illnesses like the sniffles. I have had Alonzo home for 3 days now. He was sent home from school sick after having a couple of meltdowns at school. He has had a cold and had already been complaining about his ears to the nurse earlier that morning. The social worker felt and is most likely right that his just wasn't feeling well so it lowered his tolerance for frustration. I have very sniffly coughy kids all winter. I am worried that I am going to end up having him home more than he goes to school the next few

months!> > > > > > > __________________________________________________>

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When he is on the floor does he sleep?

I believe if the answer is yes, he is SEEKING(again Sensory) a harder surface, or it is the height?

Laurie

We bought Cameron a new bed. It worked for a few months. He slept in it and slept good, every night. About 6 months ago, he went back to sleeping on the floor, and sleeping very few hours a night. Spent $250 on a race car bed, and it only helped for a few months. Frustrating.

Anne

-- Re: Sleep issues and sick days

My son didn't sleep through the night until he was 7. There is huge laundry list of things that I tried. Here is partial list.1. A specific bedtime routine2. Just leaving the lamp on.3. Relaxation tape4. visualization techniques6. Benadryl...when I really need a night's sleep. One doctor told me to give it to every night. I found a new Doctor.He is 12 now and has no sleep issues. Some kids grow out of it eventually...I wish mine grew out of it sooner. I know how sleep deprivation can affect you.You can always call an IEP meeting to discuss how the schoool needs to accommadate him during colds to ensure that your child is getting FAPE. Missing 10 days seems to be the magic number for incidents, but some SD are more responsive then others.> I know alot of AS kids have sleep issues. We have trouble settling Zo down for the night, claims of fears and if he wakes in the night, like he did last night at 4AM he sometimes cannot get back to sleep. Any suggestions??> > Also do you all find you need to keep your kids home from school for minor illnesses like the sniffles. I have had Alonzo home for 3 days now. He was sent home from school sick after having a couple of meltdowns at school. He has had a cold and had already been complaining about his ears to the nurse earlier that morning. The social worker felt and is most likely right that his just wasn't feeling well so it lowered his tolerance for frustration. I have very sniffly coughy kids all winter. I am worried that I am going to end up having him home more than he goes to school the next few months!> > > > > > > __________________________________________________>

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Like everything else, it just depends. He sleeps on the floor EVERY night. I don't think it's the height with his bed because the mattress lays right on the floor. I don't know if it's the feel of the carpet or the hardness of the floor that he likes. The night that he was sick earlier this week, I laid him on the loveseat and I slept on the couch. When I got up to check on him around 2, he was already on the floor. Typical Cameron behavior.

Anne

-- Re: Sleep issues and sick days

My son didn't sleep through the night until he was 7. There is huge laundry list of things that I tried. Here is partial list.1. A specific bedtime routine2. Just leaving the lamp on.3. Relaxation tape4. visualization techniques6. Benadryl...when I really need a night's sleep. One doctor told me to give it to every night. I found a new Doctor.He is 12 now and has no sleep issues. Some kids grow out of it eventually...I wish mine grew out of it sooner. I know how sleep deprivation can affect you.You can always call an IEP meeting to discuss how the schoool needs to accommadate him during colds to ensure that your child is getting FAPE. Missing 10 days seems to be the magic number for incidents, but some SD are more responsive then others.> I know alot of AS kids have sleep issues. We have trouble settling Zo down for the night, claims of fears and if he wakes in the night, like he did last night at 4AM he sometimes cannot get back to sleep. Any suggestions??> > Also do you all find you need to keep your kids home from school for minor illnesses like the sniffles. I have had Alonzo home for 3 days now. He was sent home from school sick after having a couple of meltdowns at school. He has had a cold and had already been complaining about his ears to the nurse earlier that morning. The social worker felt and is most likely right that his just wasn't feeling well so it lowered his tolerance for frustration. I have very sniffly coughy kids all winter. I am worried that I am going to end up having him home more than he goes to school the next few months!> > > > > > > __________________________________________________>