Re: How much sleep?-bedwetting

[Guest guest]

I took my son to the Chiropractor for bed wetting. He did an adjustment on his

lower back (nerves connected with the bladder). My son hasn't wet the bed since

and it's been a year. He also suggested that we avoid dairy before bed. I've

also heard that dairy sensitivity can cause bed wetting.

Taffy

( ) How much sleep?

This is interesting.

always takes a long time to go to sleep and wakes early (which is good

because wakes earlier so eventually I can get back to bed for a short

while!). But once he's gone he's gone!

He's currently sharing with (he really needs his own space and is a

major part of why we're moving) and he seems to manage to get to sleep before

and sleep through any of ' nonsense.

But he's never been dry at night (at 8.5 years) and we think it's because he

sleeps so deeply once he's asleep.

He snores like a train too and we had a sleep study done as his father has

sleep apnea. They didn't find apnea as such but that his oxygen levels drop a

fair amount when he's asleep.

So even if there isn't sleep apnea they might not be getting enough O2 while

sleeping and so not getting the rest they need.

Interestingly ,the middle one, talks constantly - even as he's going

under water in swimming lessons. He talks in his sleep, yells and screams and

falls out of bed almost every night as he's so active in his sleep.

's positively normal in his sleep habits in comparison!

Now if only we could teach to sleep through...not an unbroken night in

20 months!

Eleanor, mummy to (8.5, AS), (nearly 6) and (20 months

old).

[Guest guest]

Hey Taffy,

Any idea where I could get more info on the link between dairy and

bedwetting?

My 20 month old is cow's milk protein allergic - and also allergic to soy -

the 2 combined are a MAJOR headache!

But both and wet the bed. We've never seen any signs of CMP

allergy with although really only gained weight properly

when he was on a hypo-allergenic formula between 6-13 months. No one quite

knew what that meant, incl the dietitian we were working with but now I'm

wondering...

Maybe the fact that 's reflux was never really under control as a

baby was due in part to a sensitivity we never picked up on. I don't think

allergy is the whole cure for the kids' reflux as is dairy and soy

free and still very clearly needs his anti-reflux meds. But it might help a

little!

Thanks,

Eleanor, mummy to 8.5, AS

nearly 6,

20 months.

( ) How much sleep?

>

> This is interesting.

>

> always takes a long time to go to sleep and wakes early (which is

good because wakes earlier so eventually I can get back to bed for a

short while!). But once he's gone he's gone!

>

> He's currently sharing with (he really needs his own space and

is a major part of why we're moving) and he seems to manage to get to sleep

before and sleep through any of ' nonsense.

>

> But he's never been dry at night (at 8.5 years) and we think it's because

he sleeps so deeply once he's asleep.

>

> He snores like a train too and we had a sleep study done as his father

has sleep apnea. They didn't find apnea as such but that his oxygen levels

drop a fair amount when he's asleep.

>

> So even if there isn't sleep apnea they might not be getting enough O2

while sleeping and so not getting the rest they need.

>

> Interestingly ,the middle one, talks constantly - even as he's

going under water in swimming lessons. He talks in his sleep, yells and

screams and falls out of bed almost every night as he's so active in his

sleep.

>

> 's positively normal in his sleep habits in comparison!

> Now if only we could teach to sleep through...not an unbroken

night in 20 months!

>

> Eleanor, mummy to (8.5, AS), (nearly 6) and (20

months old).

>

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