I need help regarding my son's restless nights of sleep!

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Hello everyone,

I do not write in very often, but I am always grateful when I do. I

have a question and I need advice. My son Dane is nine months old.

He has been out of the DBB fulltime since early June. He only wears

it at bedtime. He has never had a problem with sleeping, he

starting sleeping thru the night at 8 weeks old, with the DBB on of

course. Here the problem. He started crawling and pulling himself

up about three weeks ago and ever since then, he wakes up several

times during the night crying. He is restless all night long,

tossing and turning. He tries to stand up in his crib, but keeps

falling over because of the DBB. He even fell over once and hit

himself in the forehead with the DBB and got a huge bruise. We are

besides ourselves. Sometimes it's so bad (him waking up every 15

minutes all time long!!!) that I take off the DBB, just so we can

all get some sleep. I KNOW I must stop doing this, but it's the

only way to get him to fall back asleep and stay asleep. I guess

what I am asking is, did your son/daughter also go thru this? And

if so, what helps? How long does it last? Dane is most likely

going to be wearing the DBB for another year and a half, so I know

it's something we must get used to.

Thanks in advance,

Sonja

Dane-9 months

DBB Bedtime

[Guest guest]

Sonja,

Couple of questions... First, how long is the bar? Sleep problems are

often solved with a new longer bar. Then... you have the problem of it

getting caught up in the covers. Is he getting tangled in his

blankets? Darbi started waking more at about 7 mo's - which was about the

time she started pulling to stand. Also shortly after we got her a longer

bar. She was getting tangled in the covers and that was waking her up. So

I now use a blanket that has a cinch bottom (like a sack cinch) and ties up

the front so it's kinda like a sleeping bag for her. She doesn't use the

big covers unless I'm in bed with her (we co-sleep). She stopped waking

with these improvements.

Also, get some pipe insulation at the hardware store and use that to pad

the bar. I use athletic tape to keep it closed up around the bar, and it

helps keep it strong on the bottom because she stands on it all the

time. But that'll save his forehead, and your legs too! He'll get

standing with the bar - you may want to let him wear it during the day for

a few weeks while he's getting the hang of pulling to stand so he knows how

to handle himself at night when it's on. If you do nights and naps, maybe

just do the whole stretch at one time. Just don't take it off in the AM,

leave it on till noon or so. OK, now I'm confused... Is he on 12hr/d or

16-18 hr/day after being released from 23/7 in June? Oh, I see in your sig

line - just bedtime. Curious... why such a dramatic decrease after 23/7?

Others will have more ideas to try. These are just what worked for us when

we had the night waking problem.

Kori

At 05:42 PM 9/18/2004, you wrote:

>Hello everyone,

>I do not write in very often, but I am always grateful when I do. I

>have a question and I need advice. My son Dane is nine months old.

>He has been out of the DBB fulltime since early June. He only wears

>it at bedtime. He has never had a problem with sleeping, he

>starting sleeping thru the night at 8 weeks old, with the DBB on of

>course. Here the problem. He started crawling and pulling himself

>up about three weeks ago and ever since then, he wakes up several

>times during the night crying. He is restless all night long,

>tossing and turning. He tries to stand up in his crib, but keeps

>falling over because of the DBB. He even fell over once and hit

>himself in the forehead with the DBB and got a huge bruise. We are

>besides ourselves. Sometimes it's so bad (him waking up every 15

>minutes all time long!!!) that I take off the DBB, just so we can

>all get some sleep. I KNOW I must stop doing this, but it's the

>only way to get him to fall back asleep and stay asleep. I guess

>what I am asking is, did your son/daughter also go thru this? And

>if so, what helps? How long does it last? Dane is most likely

>going to be wearing the DBB for another year and a half, so I know

>it's something we must get used to.

>Thanks in advance,

>Sonja

>Dane-9 months

>DBB Bedtime

[Guest guest]

Sonja I think letting him wear it some during his play hours might be a good

idea so he learns how to manipulate his actions with it on. They really can

stand, crawl and cruise in it once they learn how. Also, if he uses blankets,

switch to heavier pajamas so there's no blanket to tangle up on. I am curious

too about your DBB schedule - going from 24 hours down to just sleep time; and

you said another year and a half. Ponseti protocol is generally to wear it for

3 to 4 years, sounds like your doctor's goal is only two years or so?

s.

I need help regarding my son's restless nights of

sleep!

Hello everyone,

I do not write in very often, but I am always grateful when I do. I

have a question and I need advice. My son Dane is nine months old.

He has been out of the DBB fulltime since early June. He only wears

it at bedtime. He has never had a problem with sleeping, he

starting sleeping thru the night at 8 weeks old, with the DBB on of

course. Here the problem. He started crawling and pulling himself

up about three weeks ago and ever since then, he wakes up several

times during the night crying. He is restless all night long,

tossing and turning. He tries to stand up in his crib, but keeps

falling over because of the DBB. He even fell over once and hit

himself in the forehead with the DBB and got a huge bruise. We are

besides ourselves. Sometimes it's so bad (him waking up every 15

minutes all time long!!!) that I take off the DBB, just so we can

all get some sleep. I KNOW I must stop doing this, but it's the

only way to get him to fall back asleep and stay asleep. I guess

what I am asking is, did your son/daughter also go thru this? And

if so, what helps? How long does it last? Dane is most likely

going to be wearing the DBB for another year and a half, so I know

it's something we must get used to.

Thanks in advance,

Sonja

Dane-9 months

DBB Bedtime

[Guest guest]

Sonja,

Since your son did not have a problem sleeping with the FAB/DBB on

until recently, have you considered other things that may be making

him unhappy besides the FAB/DBB. One thing that all children go

through is a period of time when they are teething or something else

that is making him uncomfortable. Since he was used to the FAB/DBB

perhaps something else has changed to upset his regular routine.

> Hello everyone,

> I do not write in very often, but I am always grateful when I do.

I

> have a question and I need advice. My son Dane is nine months

old.

> He has been out of the DBB fulltime since early June. He only

wears

> it at bedtime. He has never had a problem with sleeping, he

> starting sleeping thru the night at 8 weeks old, with the DBB on

of

> course. Here the problem. He started crawling and pulling

himself

> up about three weeks ago and ever since then, he wakes up several

> times during the night crying. He is restless all night long,

> tossing and turning. He tries to stand up in his crib, but keeps

> falling over because of the DBB. He even fell over once and hit

> himself in the forehead with the DBB and got a huge bruise. We

are

> besides ourselves. Sometimes it's so bad (him waking up every 15

> minutes all time long!!!) that I take off the DBB, just so we can

> all get some sleep. I KNOW I must stop doing this, but it's the

> only way to get him to fall back asleep and stay asleep. I guess

> what I am asking is, did your son/daughter also go thru this? And

> if so, what helps? How long does it last? Dane is most likely

> going to be wearing the DBB for another year and a half, so I know

> it's something we must get used to.

> Thanks in advance,

> Sonja

> Dane-9 months

> DBB Bedtime

[Guest guest]

Sonja,

I realized early on that Zoe had a pattern: one month good sleep, one month

bad sleep, even now without the DBB on! Friday night she woke 5 times! She's

afraid of shadows. Sleeps with the light on.

She started teething early (4 months) and got all her teeth early. If she

was having a very bad night, before I removed the shoes and bar which only

happened once or twice, I would give her infant tylenol after making sure

she didn't have a fever or something that would need medical attention, like

an ear infection. That usually did the trick. If she woke in 4 hours, I

would give her more and make sure to monitor carefully during the day to

make sure there wasn't something major going on besides teething or other

normal developmental stuff.

She never had an ear infection but pulled at her ears when teething. It took

several visits to the doctor for me to realize that most likely when she

pulled her ears, it was just teething related especially if she didn't have

a high fever...

Hope this helps!

Joanne W.

Message: 12

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:57:48 -0000

Subject: Re: I need help regarding my son's restless nights of sleep!

Sonja,

Since your son did not have a problem sleeping with the FAB/DBB on

until recently, have you considered other things that may be making

him unhappy besides the FAB/DBB. One thing that all children go

through is a period of time when they are teething or something else

that is making him uncomfortable. Since he was used to the FAB/DBB

perhaps something else has changed to upset his regular routine.

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