20 sleeps

[charlie]

Hi all,
just had to share this. I am finally starting to feel more human I have had 20 sleeps, that is Megs has gone to sleep by 9.30 and not woken up all night till 7.30. I don't know myself.

Now there could be a few reasons why she is finally sleeping, she is older and settling better, she has 5 weeks off school and we have got the diet balanced well at last or it could be the bowl of ready brek she has at story time. Whatever it is, I hope it lasts.

I'm sure she has been waking with low blood sugar as I can set my clock by her at night, 2.30 to 3am she patters upstairs to me and climbs into my bed and is restless for the rest of the night so I think the ready brek is the solution.

Long may it last!!!!!!!!!

[julienc]

This is great news, Charlie!! Keeping my fingers crossed that it continues.

[charlie]

40 sleeps now!!!! I'm a new woman.

[charlie]

interesting development on the sleeping issue. in the summer the paed started Meg on medicine to help her wetting problem. It is called oxybutinin hydrochloride. Now I thought it was just coincidence but about 2 weeks after starting it Meg began to settle earlier and earlier, sleeping through and waking much brighter, her stress levels decreased and her confidence increased. Now at the time we had a family linkworker involved as Megs school attendance was pretty poor and so many late marks it was embarrassing. She had introduced all these routines and reward charts etc which i was following but wasn't convinced. So she was adamant it was management at home that did the trick.

When i saw the paed again in november I asked if it was possible and she said it may if it was settling any bladder irritation. she said we should stop giving it for a week and see if it was having any improvement on the wetting as she still wasn't dry and then reassess from there. Within 5 days we are back to the old problems. she finally gets to sleep at 11.15 (we had got it to 9.30) and can't get going in the morning, late to school and really stressed about everything.

It can't be coincidence surely?? quick give me the pills I need some rest!!!!

[meaniejean]

Wow. That is crazy, Charlie.
Yes, don't you love the comments from the peanut gallery on all our "horrible" parenting?! When Sawyer doesn't feel well and is crazy at home, there is one woman at his daycare that says "well, he's always great here ..." UGH!!!
So, did you say that the meds didn't help the peeing? So strange. Cal is still doing the same. And sometimes the pee smells like maple syrup and sausage. Weird.
Hope you get her back on those pills soon and get some rest!
-Sandra

[charlie]

What sort of sausages do you eat Sandra?? I must admit though her pee accidents do smell very strong and odd

Not sure it did help the peeing so far but she is on a very low dose. They have said to put her back on the same dose for now and go from there.

And yes, I get the, "well she has been fine here" - yes that's cos she just about copes when out of the house then can go crazy manic in the safety of her home. The rest of the time you don't see her when she is bad as she doesn't leave the house!!!!!!!!!!!!?

[charlie]

Hi Deb,
I've brought this thread back to the top for you. I have always had problems with Meg at night, it used to be screaming pains and waking a number of times in the night, then when we solved the pains she would always take a long time to go to sleep and then wake several times and want a cuddle and be really restless till she went back to sleep.

As it was always around 2.30 to 3am I assume it is hypoglycemia. But the not going to sleep has been solved with melatonin which has been a sanity saver for me. She has run out at the moment so is not going to sleep till 10.30 at least then is tired in the morning. But now she is older she does sleep through the night. A mom on the other board has a reason for that, apparently when they get to about 8 their livers are large enough to store enough glycogen to get them through the night. But Meg does wake up very hypoglycemic by the looks of her, roaring like a lion and very pale and lethargic.

Hope this helps.

BTW does anyone know what Sandra (Meaniejean) is up to? She hasn't been on for a long time, guess she found another answer for her kids.

[esmee]

For what it is worth, I was a night owl all through childhood and still am. I often would not go to sleep before 11 pm (all my friends went ot bed at 8 pm) and other parents thought my mother was too lax with me. I also wet my bed until around age 10, when I finally started waking up to go to the potty. Dr. Jonathon Wright says that nocturnal bed wetting is caused by allergy, and I think fructose intolerance would be in the same category.