Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Maybe she's having nightmares? Is she verbal at all, or able to communicate things like that? Could also be due to the holiday season, even if her schedule doesn't change (and I'm guessing it has) she could be feeling the stress of people around her or something. Hopefully it will get back to normal in January. Amnesty > Hi Listmates, > > Our five year old daughter has been a pretty good > sleeper (considering that she has autism). She only > goes to sleep after midnight, but then sleeps till > 9:00 or 10:00 am. This works okay for now, since she > attends preschool in the afternoon--we'll have to try > and shift that sleep schedule for next year when we > hope to have her in kindergarten in the morning. > Every week or two she'll have a night or two of > getting up at 1:00 am and staying awake till 6:00 am > or so and then fall back asleep until 11:00. Her room > is childproofed and she has two safety gates on her > door. She usually just plays in her room until she > falls back asleep. However, these past four nights, > she has been up from 1:00 am to 6:00 am, crying > constantly. There doesn't seem to be anything we can > do to console her. I have an appointment with her > pediatrician today to make sure there isn't anything > medically wrong. I don't thing so, because she is > perfectly fine during the day. In fact, she's had a > run of great days (even on little sleep). Has anyone > experienced this sort of night time crying? I'm > thinking we're going to have to ask the pediatrician > for some sort of sleep medication. We were hoping to > avoid medication, but we can't keep this up. Any > advice would be great! > > Thanks, > Sheryle > > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 you may want to consider melatonin instead of meds, my dd has a great nights sleep with just a 1/4 piece of a tablet In Autism_in_Girls , " Amnesty " <amnestyb@y...> wrote: > > Maybe she's having nightmares? Is she verbal at all, or able to > communicate things like that? Could also be due to the holiday > season, even if her schedule doesn't change (and I'm guessing it > has) she could be feeling the stress of people around her or > something. Hopefully it will get back to normal in January. > Amnesty > > > > > Hi Listmates, > > > > Our five year old daughter has been a pretty good > > sleeper (considering that she has autism). She only > > goes to sleep after midnight, but then sleeps till > > 9:00 or 10:00 am. This works okay for now, since she > > attends preschool in the afternoon--we'll have to try > > and shift that sleep schedule for next year when we > > hope to have her in kindergarten in the morning. > > Every week or two she'll have a night or two of > > getting up at 1:00 am and staying awake till 6:00 am > > or so and then fall back asleep until 11:00. Her room > > is childproofed and she has two safety gates on her > > door. She usually just plays in her room until she > > falls back asleep. However, these past four nights, > > she has been up from 1:00 am to 6:00 am, crying > > constantly. There doesn't seem to be anything we can > > do to console her. I have an appointment with her > > pediatrician today to make sure there isn't anything > > medically wrong. I don't thing so, because she is > > perfectly fine during the day. In fact, she's had a > > run of great days (even on little sleep). Has anyone > > experienced this sort of night time crying? I'm > > thinking we're going to have to ask the pediatrician > > for some sort of sleep medication. We were hoping to > > avoid medication, but we can't keep this up. Any > > advice would be great! > > > > Thanks, > > Sheryle > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _ > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 you may want to consider melatonin instead of meds, my dd has a great nights sleep with just a 1/4 piece of a tablet In Autism_in_Girls , " Amnesty " <amnestyb@y...> wrote: > > Maybe she's having nightmares? Is she verbal at all, or able to > communicate things like that? Could also be due to the holiday > season, even if her schedule doesn't change (and I'm guessing it > has) she could be feeling the stress of people around her or > something. Hopefully it will get back to normal in January. > Amnesty > > > > > Hi Listmates, > > > > Our five year old daughter has been a pretty good > > sleeper (considering that she has autism). She only > > goes to sleep after midnight, but then sleeps till > > 9:00 or 10:00 am. This works okay for now, since she > > attends preschool in the afternoon--we'll have to try > > and shift that sleep schedule for next year when we > > hope to have her in kindergarten in the morning. > > Every week or two she'll have a night or two of > > getting up at 1:00 am and staying awake till 6:00 am > > or so and then fall back asleep until 11:00. Her room > > is childproofed and she has two safety gates on her > > door. She usually just plays in her room until she > > falls back asleep. However, these past four nights, > > she has been up from 1:00 am to 6:00 am, crying > > constantly. There doesn't seem to be anything we can > > do to console her. I have an appointment with her > > pediatrician today to make sure there isn't anything > > medically wrong. I don't thing so, because she is > > perfectly fine during the day. In fact, she's had a > > run of great days (even on little sleep). Has anyone > > experienced this sort of night time crying? I'm > > thinking we're going to have to ask the pediatrician > > for some sort of sleep medication. We were hoping to > > avoid medication, but we can't keep this up. Any > > advice would be great! > > > > Thanks, > > Sheryle > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _ > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 you may want to consider melatonin instead of meds, my dd has a great nights sleep with just a 1/4 piece of a tablet In Autism_in_Girls , " Amnesty " <amnestyb@y...> wrote: > > Maybe she's having nightmares? Is she verbal at all, or able to > communicate things like that? Could also be due to the holiday > season, even if her schedule doesn't change (and I'm guessing it > has) she could be feeling the stress of people around her or > something. Hopefully it will get back to normal in January. > Amnesty > > > > > Hi Listmates, > > > > Our five year old daughter has been a pretty good > > sleeper (considering that she has autism). She only > > goes to sleep after midnight, but then sleeps till > > 9:00 or 10:00 am. This works okay for now, since she > > attends preschool in the afternoon--we'll have to try > > and shift that sleep schedule for next year when we > > hope to have her in kindergarten in the morning. > > Every week or two she'll have a night or two of > > getting up at 1:00 am and staying awake till 6:00 am > > or so and then fall back asleep until 11:00. Her room > > is childproofed and she has two safety gates on her > > door. She usually just plays in her room until she > > falls back asleep. However, these past four nights, > > she has been up from 1:00 am to 6:00 am, crying > > constantly. There doesn't seem to be anything we can > > do to console her. I have an appointment with her > > pediatrician today to make sure there isn't anything > > medically wrong. I don't thing so, because she is > > perfectly fine during the day. In fact, she's had a > > run of great days (even on little sleep). Has anyone > > experienced this sort of night time crying? I'm > > thinking we're going to have to ask the pediatrician > > for some sort of sleep medication. We were hoping to > > avoid medication, but we can't keep this up. Any > > advice would be great! > > > > Thanks, > > Sheryle > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _ > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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