Re: Sleeping with the cast

September 8, 2004

Yes, there is a certain amount of " teaching " them to sleep at night. Easier

said than done!

s.

Re: Sleeping with the cast

Your son has the same birthday as my daughter. I can't believe how

fast she is growing.

Anyway.are you putting a blanket or rolled towel under his knees?

Sometimes that helps. I would let him cry for 5 minutes then go in

and console him. The next time he gets up let him cry for 7 minutes

ect. How many times a night is he waking up? DD has never been a

great sleeper and sleeps from 9-6 but gets up a couple of times in

between. When she gets up before 6 I let her cry a few minutes then

get up and giver her a pacifier. Does he take a pacifier? You could

also try to just give water in the bottle so you don't start any bad

habits of needing the formula in the night for when the cast come

back off. HTH.

Tori 1/30/04 bilateral atypical cf brace 18 hrs

12/7/01 non cf

September 9, 2004

ee,

Did any of the docs mention colic? My neighbors' 2 children had bad colic,

the first one much worse than the second. It sounds absolutely hellish. I

cannot begin to imagine!

For the second child, my neighbor discovered this awesome book which helped

out IMMENSELY. She is certain his colic was much improved and shorter in

duration because of the strategies she used from the book. The title is

escaping me but as soon as I hit send I'll remember...

Best, Joanne W.

Message: 6

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:06:12 -0500

Subject: Re: Re: Sleeping with the cast

As for lack of sleep and a screaming baby all night all I know to say is

that

for the first 4 months of Everett's life all he did was scream. All day.

Every

day. No matter what. There was a 2 week stretch where I never saw my own

bed,

no lie. I'd be up on the sofa with him all night, walking the floors,

whatever,

night after bloody night after bloody night my God it was the worst time of

my

life and my dh would find me asleep in some of the weirdest positions where

I

crashed holding on to the baby and there he'd be, still crying and me asleep

holding him for a moment. Sometimes if I turned on my breast pump the

gentle

sound of it's motor would lull him to sleep a while, other times the swing

worked, but mostly he didn't sleep, he screamed until we all cried with him.

We

went to doctors for him, " what is wrong? " and they'd tell us, " he's a

baby " ......... He turns a year old in a few days, and it seems like he

cannot

be a year old. Basically we lost those first 4 months, we didn't get a baby

until he was 4 months old if that makes sense. He still wakes up a lot at

night, but it's nothing like it used to be.

s.

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September 9, 2004

ee,

Did any of the docs mention colic? My neighbors' 2 children had bad colic,

the first one much worse than the second. It sounds absolutely hellish. I

cannot begin to imagine!

For the second child, my neighbor discovered this awesome book which helped

out IMMENSELY. She is certain his colic was much improved and shorter in

duration because of the strategies she used from the book. The title is

escaping me but as soon as I hit send I'll remember...

Best, Joanne W.

Message: 6

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:06:12 -0500

Subject: Re: Re: Sleeping with the cast

As for lack of sleep and a screaming baby all night all I know to say is

that

for the first 4 months of Everett's life all he did was scream. All day.

Every

day. No matter what. There was a 2 week stretch where I never saw my own

bed,

no lie. I'd be up on the sofa with him all night, walking the floors,

whatever,

night after bloody night after bloody night my God it was the worst time of

my

life and my dh would find me asleep in some of the weirdest positions where

I

crashed holding on to the baby and there he'd be, still crying and me asleep

holding him for a moment. Sometimes if I turned on my breast pump the

gentle

sound of it's motor would lull him to sleep a while, other times the swing

worked, but mostly he didn't sleep, he screamed until we all cried with him.

We

went to doctors for him, " what is wrong? " and they'd tell us, " he's a

baby " ......... He turns a year old in a few days, and it seems like he

cannot

be a year old. Basically we lost those first 4 months, we didn't get a baby

until he was 4 months old if that makes sense. He still wakes up a lot at

night, but it's nothing like it used to be.

s.

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September 9, 2004

ee,

Did any of the docs mention colic? My neighbors' 2 children had bad colic,

the first one much worse than the second. It sounds absolutely hellish. I

cannot begin to imagine!

For the second child, my neighbor discovered this awesome book which helped

out IMMENSELY. She is certain his colic was much improved and shorter in

duration because of the strategies she used from the book. The title is

escaping me but as soon as I hit send I'll remember...

Best, Joanne W.

Message: 6

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:06:12 -0500

Subject: Re: Re: Sleeping with the cast

As for lack of sleep and a screaming baby all night all I know to say is

that

for the first 4 months of Everett's life all he did was scream. All day.

Every

day. No matter what. There was a 2 week stretch where I never saw my own

bed,

no lie. I'd be up on the sofa with him all night, walking the floors,

whatever,

night after bloody night after bloody night my God it was the worst time of

my

life and my dh would find me asleep in some of the weirdest positions where

I

crashed holding on to the baby and there he'd be, still crying and me asleep

holding him for a moment. Sometimes if I turned on my breast pump the

gentle

sound of it's motor would lull him to sleep a while, other times the swing

worked, but mostly he didn't sleep, he screamed until we all cried with him.

We

went to doctors for him, " what is wrong? " and they'd tell us, " he's a

baby " ......... He turns a year old in a few days, and it seems like he

cannot

be a year old. Basically we lost those first 4 months, we didn't get a baby

until he was 4 months old if that makes sense. He still wakes up a lot at

night, but it's nothing like it used to be.

s.

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September 9, 2004

The Happiest Baby On The Block? or some book like that? Some doc's said it

was colic; some said his feet; some thought we were over-reacting. Oh, one

thought it was acid reflux and the baby was put on various medications; some

even made the matter worse! Then he got thrush three times during all this....

Part of it he was tongue-tied and we couldnt' find a doctor who would fix that

until he was 4 months old - we believe it affected his ability to eat to

fullness. A few doctors even agreed with us, but refused to clip it for him.

The change came when we found a doctor who would clip it, but it took another

couple months I swear for us all to learn how to live again. He was spoiled to

eating every 15 to 20 minutes round the clock (no joke!) and it took a while to

break that habit once he could eat to fullness.

Really the worst of all that was how miserable he was. You could see he WANTED

to be happy, but for whatever reason, he could not feel good. It broke our

hearts. And it was so hard on our other son, trying to explain the baby

couldn't help it and we were trying to fix it but couldn't as life crumbled.

Everett is a really funny happy baby now days, club feet and all.

s.

Re: Re: Sleeping with the cast

As for lack of sleep and a screaming baby all night all I know to say is

that

for the first 4 months of Everett's life all he did was scream. All day.

Every

day. No matter what. There was a 2 week stretch where I never saw my own

bed,

no lie. I'd be up on the sofa with him all night, walking the floors,

whatever,

night after bloody night after bloody night my God it was the worst time of

my

life and my dh would find me asleep in some of the weirdest positions where

I

crashed holding on to the baby and there he'd be, still crying and me asleep

holding him for a moment. Sometimes if I turned on my breast pump the

gentle

sound of it's motor would lull him to sleep a while, other times the swing

worked, but mostly he didn't sleep, he screamed until we all cried with him.

We

went to doctors for him, " what is wrong? " and they'd tell us, " he's a

baby " ......... He turns a year old in a few days, and it seems like he

cannot

be a year old. Basically we lost those first 4 months, we didn't get a baby

until he was 4 months old if that makes sense. He still wakes up a lot at

night, but it's nothing like it used to be.

s.

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September 9, 2004

Wow! Now I remember you mentioned the tongue tied issue... Didn't

realize how traumatic it was for your family!

It seems like some issues get a lot of attention, but not others. I

guess health care workers don't want to worry us about the things

that could go wrong, but some of these issues, while not a big deal,

can cause lots of problems if the parent isn't aware of what to look

for...

> The Happiest Baby On The Block? or some book like that? Some

doc's said it was colic; some said his feet; some thought we were

over-reacting. Oh, one thought it was acid reflux and the baby was

put on various medications; some even made the matter worse! Then

he got thrush three times during all this.... Part of it he was

tongue-tied and we couldnt' find a doctor who would fix that until he

was 4 months old - we believe it affected his ability to eat to

fullness. A few doctors even agreed with us, but refused to clip it

for him. The change came when we found a doctor who would clip it,

but it took another couple months I swear for us all to learn how to

live again. He was spoiled to eating every 15 to 20 minutes round

the clock (no joke!) and it took a while to break that habit once he

could eat to fullness.

>

> Really the worst of all that was how miserable he was. You could

see he WANTED to be happy, but for whatever reason, he could not feel

good. It broke our hearts. And it was so hard on our other son,

trying to explain the baby couldn't help it and we were trying to fix

it but couldn't as life crumbled. Everett is a really funny happy

baby now days, club feet and all.

> s.

> Re: Re: Sleeping with the cast

>

> As for lack of sleep and a screaming baby all night all I know to

say is

> that

> for the first 4 months of Everett's life all he did was scream.

All day.

> Every

> day. No matter what. There was a 2 week stretch where I never saw

my own

> bed,

> no lie. I'd be up on the sofa with him all night, walking the

floors,

> whatever,

> night after bloody night after bloody night my God it was the worst

time of

> my

> life and my dh would find me asleep in some of the weirdest

positions where

> I

> crashed holding on to the baby and there he'd be, still crying and

me asleep

> holding him for a moment. Sometimes if I turned on my breast pump

the

> gentle

> sound of it's motor would lull him to sleep a while, other times

the swing

> worked, but mostly he didn't sleep, he screamed until we all cried

with him.

> We

> went to doctors for him, " what is wrong? " and they'd tell us, " he's

a

> baby " ......... He turns a year old in a few days, and it seems

like he

> cannot

> be a year old. Basically we lost those first 4 months, we didn't

get a baby

> until he was 4 months old if that makes sense. He still wakes up

a lot at

> night, but it's nothing like it used to be.

> s.

>

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September 9, 2004