Guest guest Posted January 14, 2000 Report Share Posted January 14, 2000 ruth sleep is something other people have...I hear it is great! gina Re: sleeping patterns >From: Hilandgang@... > >wendy-- > >sleep?! what's that?! lol > > ruth > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2000 Report Share Posted January 14, 2000 , I asked our doctor again today about meds to help Matty sleep. For now, she still wants to hold off and see if we can't figure out why he is having problems. We see Dr. Boles on the 24th of this month, and I think that she is waiting to hear any suggestions that he might have. So, a couple more weeks of this, and then maybe some relief...and some sleep. <lol> The 's wrote: > > > , > > My daughter started having sleep issues when she was about 1 > 1/2 years old. It would take us about 1-2 hours of walking > the floor and singing to her to get her to sleep and then > she would sleep for 45 min to 2 hours. Then we would start > all over again. All night. We were all getting about 4 > hours of sleep total, in small increments. It was > horrible. We started sedating her before bed and it worked > really well. We have been using medication for almost 2 > years now. We have also found that if we keep her up until > 11 or midnight she sleeps even better and longer. Actually > she sleeps best if we keep her up until 1:30 and let her > sleep until 10 or 11 a.m.--that late of a schedule was too > difficult for us though. So we compromise! She now wakes > up once or twice a night and just needs 20 minutes or so of > walking and a low dose of meds to go back to sleep. Very > do-able from our perspective! I'm not sure what we'll do > when she's too big for standing up snuggles, but I figure > we'll work it out when the time comes. Letting her cry did > not work...the meds have saved our sanity and her health I > believe...I think getting enough sleep is important for her > stability. > > We have also found at various times that eating or not > eating has helped her sleep. For a while we were running > her pump during the night and she would sleep better. Now > she sleeps better if we don't feed her all night, just give > her a little of her formula when she wakes up. Too much > food gives her too much energy to sleep--most mito kids do > better when fed during the night though, Laney is a bit odd! > > Good luck! > > , Mom to Adelaine and Baby ? > > -- > The s > , , Adelaine and Baby? > Ann Arbor, MI > http://www.mich/com/~jaj > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > [ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2000 Report Share Posted January 14, 2000 In a message dated 1/13/00 9:58:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, whyten@... writes: << o, a couple more weeks of this, and then maybe some relief...and some sleep. <lol> >> ARRRGGGHHH!!! Hang in there, !!! Kathy C. mom to and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2000 Report Share Posted January 14, 2000 , I've heard the same thing! LOL Would love to try it sometime! My daughter Rose is a poor sleeper to say the least. Even when she is asleep it seems that some part of her body is still moveing or twitching or jerking. Neither awake nor asleep, I don't think her body is ever without some type of movement. Re: sleeping patterns > > > >From: Hilandgang@... > > > >wendy-- > > > >sleep?! what's that?! lol > > > > ruth > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2000 Report Share Posted January 14, 2000 Yes, sleep is something my sister in law gets at least 10 hours of every nite with her 3 healthy children. My 2 children age 6 and 3 have probably slept through the nite a total of 50 nites their whole life. Just venting. Janelle McGuire Mom to 3 with mito and 6 with ADHD. He has had to have his head covered up to sleep since he was a baby. Even a breeze of someone walking by him would wake him up otherwise. I should have known he was ADHD at birth, I had my suspicions, believe me. He walked at 9 months and ran at 1 yr. I complained and complained about his activity. Now, I regret that and then I got a baby who will never walk. One extreme to the other. We should really learn to be happy with whatever we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2000 Report Share Posted January 14, 2000 In a message dated 01/13/2000 8:10:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, gdudgeon@... writes: << sleep is something other people have...I hear it is great! >> At least we aren't alone!!! It is always nice to know there is company in " sleep-deprivation land. " Michele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2000 Report Share Posted January 15, 2000 Janelle, If it makes you feel any better, I have several friends who don't get much sleep with their " normal " kids either--perhaps that is why they are my friends!! -- The s , , Adelaine and Baby? Ann Arbor, MI http://www.mich/com/~jaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2000 Report Share Posted January 16, 2000 Hate to say your not alone. We could move that chat time to about 2 am! We went totaly sleep deprived for about 4 years. Things were really good sleep wise til lately. Its getting back again, and I had adjusted to SLEEP!! Gloria Mom of KRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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