Re: Sleep through the night just once!

January 10, 2010

You sound like me 3 years ago! Hang in there! My son is still on the trazodone but we used a weighted blanket as well. This helps him stay asleep longer by giving him the deep pressure and security that he needs! You can find them online. I got mine on a site called avestedinterest.com. It helped a bunch. He does still get up once a night for a drink and then back to bed. Also use a little lavender oil spray; it is a natural calming action! -Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by AlltelFrom: "kjonesgirl" <kjonesgirl@...>Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:59 -0000<autism >Subject: Sleep through the night just once! So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

January 10, 2010

I have read that the weighted blankets should not be used overnight. Cause I was thinking the same thing for my son, however everywhere I looked it said only to be used with adult supervision. I asked my OT about this and she said that if he would ever put it on his face/head he may not be able to breathe.

Don't want to scare you but thought you should know what I heard.

Sharon

From: racmac0204@... <racmac0204@...>Subject: Re: Sleep through the night just once!autism Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 11:57 AM

You sound like me 3 years ago! Hang in there! My son is still on the trazodone but we used a weighted blanket as well. This helps him stay asleep longer by giving him the deep pressure and security that he needs! You can find them online. I got mine on a site called avestedinterest. com. It helped a bunch. He does still get up once a night for a drink and then back to bed. Also use a little lavender oil spray; it is a natural calming action! -

Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel

From: "kjonesgirl" <kjonesgirl (DOT) com>

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:59 -0000

Subject: Sleep through the night just once!

So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about

ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

January 10, 2010

I have read that the weighted blankets should not be used overnight. Cause I was thinking the same thing for my son, however everywhere I looked it said only to be used with adult supervision. I asked my OT about this and she said that if he would ever put it on his face/head he may not be able to breathe.

Don't want to scare you but thought you should know what I heard.

Sharon

From: racmac0204@... <racmac0204@...>Subject: Re: Sleep through the night just once!autism Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 11:57 AM

You sound like me 3 years ago! Hang in there! My son is still on the trazodone but we used a weighted blanket as well. This helps him stay asleep longer by giving him the deep pressure and security that he needs! You can find them online. I got mine on a site called avestedinterest. com. It helped a bunch. He does still get up once a night for a drink and then back to bed. Also use a little lavender oil spray; it is a natural calming action! -

Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel

From: "kjonesgirl" <kjonesgirl (DOT) com>

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:59 -0000

Subject: Sleep through the night just once!

So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about

ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

January 10, 2010

Hi,

I don't know if this would help, but I think my son was a little older when we tried this. He would fall asleep with a inexpensive mp3 player with his favorite music. I think it was a zen stone which I found on ebay for less than $20 so if it got thrown or flushed down the toilet , etc..it wouldn't set us back too much. My son didn't mind the little ear buds but he was about 6 I believe.

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:59 -0000

Subject: Sleep through the night just once!

So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

Sleep through the night just once!

So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

January 10, 2010

ï»¿

20 minutes at a time is a good rule of thumb and yes..it needs to be used with adult supervision..

Sleep through the night just once!

So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

January 11, 2010

I never thought of this approach before, very interesting. I really appreciate

everyone's help on this, thank you:-)

>

> From: racmac0204@... <racmac0204@...>

> Subject: Re: Sleep through the night just once!

> autism

> Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 11:57 AM

>

> You sound like me 3 years ago! Hang in there! My son is still on the trazodone

but we used a weighted blanket as well. This helps him stay asleep longer by

giving him the deep pressure and security that he needs! You can find them

online. I got mine on a site called avestedinterest. com. It helped a bunch. He

does still get up once a night for a drink and then back to bed. Also use a

little lavender oil spray; it is a natural calming action! -

> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel

> From: " kjonesgirl " <kjonesgirl (DOT) com>

> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:59 -0000

> <AutismBehaviorProbl emsgroups (DOT) com>

> Subject: Sleep through the night just once!

>

> So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the

wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump!

She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of

melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now

she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot

for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the

past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called

her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm

getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had

just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last

night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband

left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow,

she's up! I was about ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause

if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep

like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging

visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from

you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any

suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

>

January 11, 2010

When Karac got older I also had him type a sort of social story on the computer. Karac can type with two fingers. It went like this: Sometimes at night I wake up and I can not go back to sleep. When I wake up, I must stay in my room. I can put a tape in the TV and watch a movie until I get sleepy. There were three nights during the Christmas holidays when Karac did this. He woke up at 4:00, but he was back to sleep by 5:00 and slept until 8:00.

I know your child is too young for that, I find it always works better to tell Karac what to do rather than what not to do, i.e. "Don't come downstairs; don't wake other people up etc.

Sleep through the night just once!

>

> So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

>

January 11, 2010

When Karac got older I also had him type a sort of social story on the computer. Karac can type with two fingers. It went like this: Sometimes at night I wake up and I can not go back to sleep. When I wake up, I must stay in my room. I can put a tape in the TV and watch a movie until I get sleepy. There were three nights during the Christmas holidays when Karac did this. He woke up at 4:00, but he was back to sleep by 5:00 and slept until 8:00.

I know your child is too young for that, I find it always works better to tell Karac what to do rather than what not to do, i.e. "Don't come downstairs; don't wake other people up etc.

Sleep through the night just once!

>

> So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the wall, through the window and on top of the roof and now I'm about ready to jump! She's been on melatonin, clonidine, and now trazodone w/combination of melatonin. All of these worked for a time until she becomes tolerant. Right now she takes 150mg of trazodone w/ 7.5mg of melatonin. I know it seems like a lot for a 3yr old and you would think this would do it for the night...nope. For the past two weeks Kaleigh's been waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning. So, I called her psych and he upped the trazodone from 100mg to 150mg. She still gets up. I'm getting so tired of this. So, she got up this morning at 2 on the dot. I had just gotten in shortly before because I helped chaperone a teen house party last night only to come home and have to put dinner in the fridge that my husband left out. So, basically dead tired to the world. As SOON as I hit the pillow, she's up! I was about ready to choke somebody. I gave her some benedryl ('cause if I don't she'll stay up 'til who knows when). She finally went back to sleep like way after 3, close to 4am. So, yes, I'm tired today and my red raging visitor is here...bad combination. But anyway, I would really like to know from you all what you've tried for your kiddos to help them to stay asleep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance:-)

>

January 11, 2010

Cool, how innovative. You're right, kids, typical or not, respond better to

postive commands. Good idea, thanks. Yeah, Kaleigh's only 3.5 but something to

think about for when she's older. She doesn't really understand commands right

now. Like,if I tell her to take off her shoes, she won't have a clue as to what

that means. She requires a lot of hand-over-hand right now.

> >

> > From: racmac0204@ <racmac0204@>

> > Subject: Re: Sleep through the night just once!

> > autism

> > Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 11:57 AM

> >

> > You sound like me 3 years ago! Hang in there! My son is still on the

trazodone but we used a weighted blanket as well. This helps him stay asleep

longer by giving him the deep pressure and security that he needs! You can find

them online. I got mine on a site called avestedinterest. com. It helped a

bunch. He does still get up once a night for a drink and then back to bed. Also

use a little lavender oil spray; it is a natural calming action! -

> > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel

> > From: " kjonesgirl " <kjonesgirl (DOT) com>

> > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:59 -0000

> > <AutismBehaviorProbl emsgroups (DOT) com>

> > Subject: Sleep through the night just once!

> >

> > So Kaleigh still doesn't sleep through the night and it's driving me up the