Sleep "desperation"----please help---any suggestions?

smiling76

OK ladies-- so I posted a couple of weeks ago that DS2 was having some weird issue that a few hours after he went to bed he'd wake up wide awake---leaving his room and would take anywhere from about 1-3 hours to get back to bed.  Some nights it's ok--he does better--but he's still doing this majority of the week.  It also takes him about 45 minutes to fall asleep in the first place. 

I took him to the pedi to get his ears checked again and she said they are totally fine and that he has all his teeth so not teething (I was really hoping for 1 or the other--how horrible that may sound!!). 

So I just have no idea!!  I almost think he has some sensory issues because DS1 does and they show so many similarities in that dept.  I talked to the pedi about melatonin and she suggested not to take it since there really aren't long-term studies on it.  So I just don't know what else to do.  Lavender oil isn't working.  Our routine is the same very night---nothing crazy--fairly relaxing---and we go to bed the same time (within minutes) each night--which we start the routine of bath at 7pm and then he's in bed around 7:40--but not asleep until closer to 8:30 because he won't stay in his bed and/or can't fall asleep.

PLEASE.  I'm DESPERATE.....any suggestions?????? 

PayolaCrayola

Sorry Im no help but my DD is doing the same. Maybe its an age thing? They are almost the same age. I am also taking her to the DR today to have her ears checked out and stuff. Basically trying to rule out anything physical. This morning she was up at 2 a

smiling76

PayolaCrayola:

Sorry Im no help but my DD is doing the same. Maybe its an age thing? They are almost the same age. I am also t

PayolaCrayola

My DD has been having crazy meltdowns this past week and it seems almost constant to me. The only time she is happy and ready to go is at 2am lol I posted in the AP forum though because we bedshare and always have. I am going to change that though afte

Netty_3

If it's sensorial...maybe a white noise machine or fan in his room to drown out other noises.  I know I have to have a fan to sleep and for it to be really dark. We use one in LO's room too, because his window is towards the street, and while it's no

smiling76

Netty_3:

If it's sensorial...maybe a white noise machine or fan in his room to drown out other noises.  I know I have to

genekelly

We just went through a horrible sleep phase that lasted ~8 wks.  DS had been STTN 3-4x a week and all of a sudden would no longer easily take a nap in his crib and was waking up multiple times a night and hard to put back down.  After trying

Jenny952

Oh my goodness, that does sound crazy!  My DD is younger (17 months) and hasn't gone through that, but when she was teething a few months ago, she was awake for several hours at a time at night.  It was really exhausting.  She would wake ar