Sleep or Lack thereof

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Hi,

I do not post everyday but I had a question about sleep. Does

anyone's children have problems sleeping through the night and if so

are they on medication and what medication have you had success with?

My son Evan has BPP and turned 2 in October. He has never slept

through the night but had a decent pattern where he would get up 1x

a night have a drink of milk from a cup and then go back to sleep.

Then it seemed to increase to him waking up 2x a night and then he

was up 4x and cried if I laid him back in his bed. Nothing really

changed during this time and I even tried not giving him a drink

unless he signed for it. He wakes up crying like he is either scared

or in pain. He is usually sitting up or pulled to stand in his crib

when I go in his room. So we got into the habit of him sleeping in

my bed because that is the only way either of us would sleep. I have

tried letting him cry it out but he for 2hrs straight and then was

wheezing afterward. I have never had problems like this with him

before. He is not taking naps either, he just screams.

We saw his neuro on 11/20 and he gave us RX for Trazadone and

Melatonin. Trazadone knocks him out but he is usually up again 4

hours later. I am at a loss for what to do as I have a feeling it is

more than just 2yr old stuff. Evan can soothe himself to sleep when

it is time to go to bed and used to be good when it was nap time. He

has been off the bottle since 18 months.

We go back to neuro this week and are going to re-evaluate

medication and I am going to ask for a new EEG or sleep study so I

can figure out what is going on.

Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

stacy mom 2 Evan 2yrs BPP spastic hemiplegia CP