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11 moth old not sleeping

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tigercharmpink · 20/03/2006 15:08

Hi
I wonder if you could please help i have a 11 month old baby boy when he was born it was discovered that he had dilated kidneys to top this off he also suffers with anaphlaxis allergy to egg and milk and if thats not bad enough he aslo suffers from server facial ecxema. He was breastfeed since he was born till he was 10 months old then he was put on a hypoallergenic formula milk neocate. When i breastfeed him he had three meals a day with around four milk feeds and around two to seven feeds a night hes never been a good sleeper and has never slept through the night, but since i put him on the bottle he droped his night feeds to twice a night which was a big relife but i have noticed over the last couple of weeks that hes getting really clingy and has started waking around seven times a night just crying i try not to feed him as i know he does not need the night feed.
over the last couple of days i have gave him the bottle twice a night ( i only give him two 4oz bottles a night) hes not taking all the milk hes only having around 2oz but is still waking and crying ive tried to leave him but i also have a daughter who is three and just started nusery so its not fair to leave him crying. He seems to stop crying if i pick him up and only me. At first i thought it was just teething but it doesnt happen through the day im really worried that this will get worse.
I have also noticed that he can be asleep in his cot his dad can walk by him and out the room and he doesnt stir. I walked by him last night to go down stairs he was fast asleep as soon as i put my foot on the top stair he started screaming its like he knows when i leave him.
Also i have noticed that if i put him in bed with me he will sleep the whole night without a feed but this is something i really dont want to do he just stirs a bit this is so strange to me i really dont understand it its driving me nuts and im not getting any sleep cause i am scared that i might squash him if i falll to sleep so im up all night just watching him

please give me some advice as to what may be wrong with him or if this is just a phase that hes going through .

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RuthT · 20/03/2006 20:59

i've started am earlier thread on waking at night so can't give you any major solutions. However, it always seems easier when it's not your own problem - so here goes, at least you know someone has read your notes!

It really sounds like he has separation anxiety quite badly. I have read that they can get this when they go to sleep. Maybe your daughter wasn't as bad - so it's more of a shock. Given his health history it was unlikely that he was going to get into a good routine early on (you didn't have a chance from the sounds of it")

They do say whatever you do you must be consistent. Maybe sometimes giving him a bottle, sometimes sleeping with you has confused him?

Agree your strategy with your husband and stick to it. If he is only having 2oz then he really does not need to eat during the night. Can you get your husband to see to him if he wakes up?

Also sounds like you are rushing in quite early because of your little girl, which could mean that he is rewarded with mums attention at night he cries or makes a fuss. Think about what you do to help him settle back down, eye contact, maybe a feed, talking to soothe him, picking him up, rocking etc, using any props?

Take one problem at a time, first get him off the milk feeds either by giving him cool boiled water when he wakes instead of milk then phase that out, then maybe the props...

I am afraid though that almost all the books i've read say at this age be prepared for some tears, even softy approaches.

I am sure it hasn't helped, but rest assured I really do sympathise, there is nothing quite like sleep deprevation

tigercharmpink · 04/04/2006 07:28

Hi thank you for your help i noticed that after a couple of days my son had two of his top teeth and also the stomach bug that is going around. After a week my son was off the night feeds and sleeping through the night which im so pleased about, i just woke up one morning thinking oh my god he hasnt woke me whats wrong as i rush to the cot hes sound asleep, but must admit we all feel a little more tired as now we are getting some sleep. So now we have had a couple of weeks sleep and getting use to it my son decided that last night he would go back to his usual ways so waking at 1.00am this morning after having last feed at 9.00pm i was determind not to give him a bottle i think that the next set of teeth are on the way i just put some teething gel on and settled him back to sleep which he slept till 5.40am took him down and fed him at 6.00am so fingers x these teeth come quick so hes not distressed he seems to be having a really bad time with his teeth but its not forever

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