Re: re: baby NOT sleeping!

[Guest guest]

> OHHHHHHhh my gosh! i thought i had written that email under an alias and

> forgotten about it! i think we have the same child!! i have an 11 month

> old who is up every SINGLE hour. Do you think people ever think you are

> exaggerating when you tell them that???? i get looks like " yeah right " .

>

> so...aside from bopping him on the head...i'm at a loss for

> recommendations! i'm just so glad that someone else is having the same

> problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> i'm new by the way...just joined yesterday!

>

Welcome, ! Does he sleep and drink every hour during the day too? Is

there a difference between night and day?

Have what I'd guess would be called a family remedy called turning the baby.

Differentiates night and day. My mother told me to try it 30 plus years ago

with my youngest who didn't sleep a wink her first week home. It'll sound

absurd but it worked so that she was sleeping a few hours at a time and all

night by 4 months old but she wasn't breastfed. Anyway, I don't remember the

direction but I think it is you sit down, with an 11 month old probably on a

bed with your legs out. Put him on his back on your lap with his head

furthest away from you, lift him from around the waist into a complete

somersault toward you so that he ends up laying in your lap the same way he

began. If nothing changes try the other way, head closest to you,

somersaulting away from you back. 11 month old will move more than a

newborn. Newborns need a second person for head support. Only supposed to do

it one time too. Bath with few drops lavender oil in water is relaxing too.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

>

> Yep, I'm that lady whose kids never sleep.

>

Hey there,

My son never slept through the night until he was about 3 1/2. I don't know

if it was coincidence or not but when we completely darkened our bedroom at

night -even covering the light on the fire alarm and clock- it seemed to

help everyone sleep better. I don't know if you've heard of the book

" Lights Out " but it stresses the importance of sleeping in complete

darkness. When my son was a baby I put foil on the windows for a while (I'm

sure the neighbors loved that!) It helped him get his days and nights a

little bit more straight but mainly just know that it will get better in

time. I remember that desperate feeling of having no sleep for a couple

years. Just try to baby yourself when you can and know it will definitely

get better! My son has struggled with digestive problems since he was a

baby and it seems the kids I know with digestive problems tend to be the

ones who don't sleep well. There was a post recently about yeast and

bacterial overgrowth in the gut throwing off cortisol levels in the middle

of the night... something like that. If there is any way you can manage to

support his gut it may help.

Wishing you some sleep,

Kim

[Guest guest]

>My son has struggled with digestive problems since he was a

>baby and it seems the kids I know with digestive problems tend to be the

>ones who don't sleep well. There was a post recently about yeast and

>bacterial overgrowth in the gut throwing off cortisol levels in the middle

>of the night... something like that. If there is any way you can manage to

>support his gut it may help.

>Wishing you some sleep,

>Kim

This is very often true, and the digestive problems often have to do with

allergens in the mother's milk. Usually gluten, casien, or soy. Allergens throw

off cortisol even faster than overgrowth does (and they cause overgrowth too).

Heidi Jean