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Post by jelanismom on Jun 10, 2008 16:18:27 GMT -5
I have had it with my precious little man of the house....he has forgotten how to sleep, he was up till past 1am. I was trying for 3 hours to get him to sleep. Today he acts like he's well rested, go figure. I have to get him back in a normal sleep routine, so no more naps allowed, that might do the trick... also need to get Melatonin and see if that works. Here's an interesting article about the sleeping patterns of children with Ds... www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/aaos-cwd050708.phpDawn
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Post by Ericsmomma on Jun 11, 2008 4:31:19 GMT -5
I thought I'd read this article since its 5:30am and Eric is awake....
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Post by Chris too on Jun 11, 2008 7:50:48 GMT -5
Interesting study. I wish they'd had more kids in it, though. There are great sleep strategies that are age-dependant in a book called The No-cry Sleep Solution. She goes way beyond the routine & no-cafeine. It's a smorgasbord of proven methods for improving sleep in children. It has helped me in a big way. I'm just lucky with Stevie - she's the best sleeper I've ever had. She started right out with 9 hours steady at night & has never looked back. She sleeps about 11 hours at night and has a 1-2 hour nap every day. But I have had my poor sleepers - with my 4th, I was a basket-case. He went to sleep easily enough, but woke every 45 minutes throughout the night He would not self-sooth, he would not take patting for an answer. He had to be held & nursed to return to sleep - at 13 months old, he was quite the tyrant. I found the book & slowly over about 3 months, we found our way to sleeping through the night and longer nap-times. I think that during that time, I must have begun to feel more wakeful, because Will's little brother came along not long after I used sleep strategies on him from day one
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Post by carolyn on Jun 12, 2008 9:56:11 GMT -5
I feel like, hey, ask any mother and we could have TOLD you our kids are horrible sleepers. John has no snoring/apnea issues, he just has a terrible time falling asleep and wakes many times during the night. He doesn't always get up, he doesn't always bother anyone, I just know he is generally sleep deprived because of his lack of deep sleep. He has used melatonin for years to help him get to sleep, but now refuses to take it- he picks it out of the food or reese cup- we have fooled him for years but he is just too smart. I would like to try the slow release- any ideas or experiences? I feel like I have all summer to experiment, and would love to get this worked out by school time.
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