Any Suggestions on a Sleeping Habits

Updated on April 21, 2009
J.B. asks from Alsip, IL
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I have a ten month old that is a terrible, restless sleeper. She takes forever to fall asleep and constantly wakes up. She will not sleep in a crib so she is sleeping on a queen-sized mattress on the floor with bedrails. She looks like she cant ever get comfortable, and she also jumps in her sleep. She was a relux baby, but she is currently off all meds. Any suggestions please???

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R.A.

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J., I responded to a similar post a few weeks ago. I pasted the repsonse below. Hope this helps.

we had similar, but not exact problems with our two, almost 3 yr old, son. It turned out to be enlarged adenoides. Call an ENT in your insurance network. Or I can highly recommend Dr. Jim Schroeder at Children's Memorial in Chicago (also takes appts out in Westchester). I won't go into details about adenoides and the havoc they can wreck on sleep, but either google it or look in Dr. Weissbluth's book which has a chapter about it.
Our son, had his removed about 3 and half weeks ago and the changes have been wonderful. He had trouble getting sufficient air because of his enlarged adenoides and this can cause sleep trouble. About 30% of children have this problem. It is quite common.

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M.H.

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When my little one is on his back he wakes up a lot. We put him on his belly (now he puts himself on his belly).

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S.M.

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Talk to the dr. about it, and consider having a sleep study done. This will let you know how much "deep sleep" she is getting, and possibly help the dr. to understand what is causing the restlessness.

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J.J.

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Food sensitivities can rear their ugly heads in all forms including sleep problems. I would start by cutting out ALL forms of dairy whether it's in the formula (switch to soy), in her diet or in your diet if you're breastfeeding. If in a few weeks you don't see a difference, move on to eliminating gluten. She can really be sensitive to any food or chemical but there is a list of 8(google top 8 sensitivities) of the top problems makers and that's usually where to start. If she does indeed have problems, she may outgrow them as she gets older.

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