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February 25, 2006 at 2:40 pm #2477

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For the first 8 months of her life, putting Kaelyn to bed at night was a nightmare. Around 8 or 9 months, we did CIO and had an entirely different baby at night after only 3 nights. We were really lucky. We have had issues off and on with nightwaking, but we’ve never really had any issues with getting her to sleep in the first place. For the past week, getting her to sleep at night has been an absolute disaster. We’ll go through our normal nighttime routine, put her down and she’ll usually be fine for 5 or 10 minutes, then she’ll start screaming bloody murder. The screaming is different than her normal, fussy, “I’m fighting sleep” kind of cry. It’s the type of cry that we usually don’t ignore because it means that something is wrong. Except we can’t figure out what is wrong. After the screaming, we’ll try rocking her until she calms down and seems like she’s almost asleep and then put her back in bed. The screaming starts over again almost immediately. It’s been taking 1 to 2 hours to get her to sleep now. After 2 nights, we started to try CIO again to see if it was just behavioral, but after 20 minutes, she was still screaming.

Any ideas? Her eye teeth are finally coming in, but she’s not having her typical nightwaking issues that go with teething. We also reduced her prevacid to 7.5 mg last week, but again, it seems like we’d be having issues with nightwaking. I don’t think that she suddenly needs less sleep because she has been a cranky bear almost every evening this week.

February 25, 2006 at 10:22 pm #2503

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My oldest went through this right before his 2nd birthday. We
never really figured out why this happened but our solution was to sit
in his room with him until he calmed down. The first couple of
nights were hard because he would not lay back down because he was
hoping we would take him out of his crib. I would continue to lay
him down and rub his back. After a couple of nights, he would lay
himself down and wait for me to pat his back. It took about 2
weeks to get our sleep back to normal and he’s been a great sleeper
since. I truly think he was going through a growth spurt and
having some growing pains. About two weeks after this happened, I
was visiting with my friend who is a doctor and she suggested that this
happens right around two. When I thought back, I remembered him
pulling at his legs and curling them under his tummy which he had never
done before.

Hope Kaelyn gets through this soon so you all get your well-deserved sleep. Good luck!

February 26, 2006 at 11:39 am #2518

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Thanks Tricia! That definitely sounds like a possibility. Kaelyn has always tucked her legs up like you described, but she’s been doing it a lot more lately. So maybe it is a growth spurt. Whatever it is, I hope that it ends soon!

February 27, 2006 at 1:13 am #2562

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You could always try to see if upping the prevacid again helps. We use benadryl and motrin cold together with teething tablets when the teething is really bad and this combination has really helped Lucas. the ped said the pain reliever, decongestant, and antihistime were fine to give altogether. You could try that to see if that’s the issue. Motrin might help with growing pains, too, if that’s what’s going on. Hope it improves!

March 8, 2006 at 3:46 pm #3298

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I switched my 2.5 year old from Prevacid twice a day to Prevacid in the morning and Pepcid AC chewable (buy at the drugstore) at night and HE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! He’s never slept through the night before! I’m soo dumbfounded, but he’s less “manic” during the day too. It’s something you could try without having to mess with health insurance. Discuss with your doctor and know that the meds have to be taken at least 4 hours apart for them NOT to interact with each other.

Here’s an exerpt of why the combo works better:

Proton pump inhibitors limit acid secretion in the stomach. In the adult population, proton pump inhibitors facilitate rapid resolution of symptoms and healing of the esophagus in 80-90% of patients. The use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI’s) has been evaluated in the pediatric population. Published studies in adults and children indicate that PPI’s are superior to H2-receptor antagonists and promotility therapy in promoting the healing and preventing recurrance of esophagitis. It has been shown that the weight-based dose of these medications is higher than that used in adults. Recent evidence confirming night-time break-through acid secretion in patients receiving PPI’s may occur. Concomitant administration of an H2-receptor antagonist in the evening appears effective in such individuals.

http://www.aboutkidsgi.org/GERD.html

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March 8, 2006 at 4:36 pm #3305

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My daughter had no reflux but she went through stages of not wanting to sleep, short naps etc. It always seemed to resolve after a week or so. I think if you are still having problems after a few more nights then you might look at reflux issues. Hope things improve.
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