nighttime seems to be getting worse...

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Our daughter, Ava (9 mos) has mild right plagio and has been wearing

her Hanger helmet full-time for about 4 days. She seems to tolerate

it well during the day and during naps, and doesn't appear to mind the

occasional on/off routine to check for red marks; plus, her first two

nights in the helmet were fine. But, the last two nights have been

pretty dreadful. Even before the helmet, she was waking up at least 2x

a night to nurse - and I was OK with that b/c nursing for 5 mins would

put her right back to sleep. But she HATES to nurse in the helmet it

seems...she just rolls her head back and forth over and over again and

it makes nighttime feedings (actually all feedings) really hard. When

I try to skip the nursing and just give her a pacifier, she still

cries and screams and rolls her head back and forth. If I pick her up

and fully wake her to soothe her (she is pretty much sleeping through

these episodes) then she's fully awake and smiling and happy. Good

for her -- not good for my husband and I since we both work full time

outside of the home.

I've read the other posts about the foam mattress and am thinking of

doing something like that too. She does sleep with us, so I'd have to

figure out how to fit it in our bed (at least where she sleeps). But

I'd love to hear any other advice you have. My other thought is,

given that she's 9 months and has no teeth yet...maybe it's just

teething and not even helmet-related?? She has on occasion had a few

bad nights here and there over the last two months for no apparent

reason. I sort of tossed those up to teething, but never really knew

what it was.

Thanks!

e (mom to Ava, 1 week in Hanger band)

[Guest guest]

Our son sleeps much better in his crib with the helmet on.......He tosses and turns more with the helmet. He has been wearing it since April 14th - Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com!