My Daughter Has Horrible Sleep Patterns

I am no doctor but it sounds like she is having night terrors. I would talk to her doctor and let them know.

Sleep problems cross all age lines.

My oldest daughter had sleep apnea from 3 weeks old - 10 months (forgettong to breath during sleep),night terrors at 5 months old (very unusual for that age), and sleep walking from about 2-8 years old. After her tonsils were removed and we went back for a sleep study they advised us that she has restless leg syndrome. The symptoms that you described sound like what my oldest had before she would get up and sleep walk. It also occured in my youngest and in that case she talked in her sleep before big milestone development. When she was learning to read she would sleep talk and move around alot. Shorlty after she mastered reading. Sounds like your daughter is getting ready to go through some milestones.

.

You got a lot of good suggestions. I would also suggest seeing if a darker room would help as that naturally increases melatonin production. Try making sure there are no electronics turned on in her room also and see if that helps.

I would sugest a secound openion if you have taken her to the doctor.it could mean that she needs a sleep study done.could be a sleep apnea problem, night mares,night terrors I'm not a doctored but used to walk and talk in my sleep and I have sleep apnea.I would have it checked they can give her a breathing machine for apnea.good luck and let me know what you find out.I'llkeep you keep you both in my prayers

Yes.

My younger daughter had profoundly disturbed sleep. At first she never slept for over 90 minutes at a time (usually MUCH shorter). After she began to sleep longer at night, she moaned, thrashed, yelled, cried out for HOURS every night.

However, she also kept dropping off asleep for "cat naps" during the day.

In her case, I really think that if her sleep disorder had been detected and treated in infancy, we would have avoided so many other problems down the line. But I am not even sure what they could have done about it in a baby... especially back then (19 years ago). It would take a book to write all we went through (literally--I am determined to write it). But ultimately, a sleep study did reveal some serious sleep issues, and she ended up needing a combination of pharmaceutical medications, dietary changes, and nutritional supplements. She also ended up needing hormones, but I will always wonder if the stress from the sleep disorder did not start up all the problems which may have damaged her endocrine system. Which came first... ahhh... that we may never know. But from MY perspective, the sleep problem was the first.

I would definitely mention this to the pediatrician. We did, but I guess maybe we didn't make it clear enough that her sleep problems were NOT "normal".

Hmm... you might be interested in this: Sleep: A Critical Yet Under-addressed Component of Health -- http://itsnotmental.blogspot.com/2008/07/sleep-critical-y...

:(

Of course.... maybe your baby's sleep is really normal. It's just that in our case, it wasn't--in spite of what the ped. said.

My 12 month old daughter has the problem of waking up to eat at all hours of the night. She eats all day. I have no idea what to do. As far as the yelling & screaming. My son was that way. I read that it is night terrors. It is different than having nightmares, because they don't wake up and don't remember it. Wyatt has grown out of it for the most part. He might have one every 6 to 8 months now. He would get them mostly if he were really tired when he went to bed. From skipping naps mostly. I hope tis helps.

My oldest had night terrors that started just after she turned 1. We found that giving Motrin before bed helped. It wasn't a every night thing but with time we did figure out that they episodes coincided with growth spurts. They would last a week or so then stop for a few weeks. She is 3 1/2 now and barely has problems now deals with them much better.
Best luck

Hi L.,

I too had a daughter who had sleep trouble. Watch what you feed her at night. Some food or drings might be bothering her.
Try not to feed her too much after 6 PM. This could be keeping her awake at night. What is she hearing around her. Is it good movies or songs. Does she have a soft ligt on in her room. And maybe a sound of music that is very easy to listen to for her.
I always prayed over my children for a peaceful rest and protection from God Our Heavenly father.
I hope I gave you some ideas. And did not put worries in your mind.
She sound like a beautiful child. And she need all your special love. Hold her and look into her eyes and talk to her softly saying I love you my sweet child.

Take care
Vicki W.

Mine sort of did. But I never went into get her and I made sure I put lots of books and stuffed animals in her crib so when she woke up she had something to do. Never had any problems but she still wakes up sometimes because we still keep the monitor in our room. She wakes, reads a book and then goes back to sleep. I think if you never start going into her room when she wakes, that they learn to go back to sleep; that it is not time to get up yet and they learn to self sooth and go back to sleep on their own.

It sounds like you need the Baby Whisperer. Tracy Hogg is the author. She wrote one for infants and one for toddlers. I used her books anytime I had issues with either of my two boys. The books have a few different schedules in them. I would get both books, I know the library has them. Good Luck.