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Tiffany,
My mother says I popped my first tooth at 18 mos. They were worried I didn’t have any teeth at all! Lucas began at 10 mos and has cut several at once at each hard-core teething battle. I feel for you. As long as she’s still eating, that’s a good sign. The teething gel is amazing. Are you close to Boulder? I know they have a Wild Oats and that store carries the Hylands gel. Also, around here I’ve heard of Rite Aid having it, and I’ve found it at Pavilion’s grocery store, not sure if you have that in CO. I don’t know if Whole Foods has it, but you could check. It’s worth looking for, it has the same ingrediants as the tablets, but using both has really helped us out. I have to say, teething has really been terrible for us, I hope it’s not the same for you. The ped gi said if his tummy can handle the Motrin, that it might help more than tylenol since it’s an anti-inflammatory as well as pain reliever. Motrin helps Lucas with teething more than tylenol, but all kiddos are different. It wasn’t until I added the children’s benadryl to the cocktail that it became marginally manageable instead of pure he** for us.
Anne, Kaelyn has had sleeping issues off and on, but nothing like the issues that you’ve had with Lucas. For the most part, sleeping hasn’t been an issue for her (aside from a stretch of bad night wakings). Right now, we’re having problems with her refusing to go to bed at night, but I think that is more stubborn toddler behavior issues than anything else.
I find myself constantly second guessing decisions that we made when she was younger. She started having problems with eczema around 4 months (I think), and I brought up allergy issues. There were several times over the course of her first 15 months when I brought up allergy issues and was shot down. I just wonder if some or all of her reflux was related to allergies. Or if she would have had less problems with night wakings if she hadn’t been getting milk and wheat in her diet. Or, if we’ve hurt her chances for outgrowing any allergies that she’s had. Or, if all of the random illnesses that I’ve blamed on daycare have actually been because her immune system was weakened by repeated exposure to allergens.
Then again, reflux runs in my family. So all of her other issues might have been exactly what they seemed to be at the time, and the allergies are an entirely separate issue. I guess that I’ll never really know.
hi ladies! i haven’t been around much lately but i read this and needed to chime in. there was a time when i was sloooowwwwly introducing foods to the boys where i found that they reacted to gluten as well. they would have explosive diapers, lots of reflux and LOTS of nightwakings. in fact it wasn’t until jack and matt were on a gluten, soy and dairy free diet that they began to mostly sleep through the night. i don’t think it strange at all (even though our first pedi GI did) that gluten could cause such distress to a baby. both boys tested negative (both RAST and skin) to gluten and wheat. later on were able to successfully reintroduce wheat and gluten.
i think that diet can directly correlate with sleeping patterns. i find that on occassion if my boys get into something that they shouldn’t (they are on a lactose free diet- lactose intolerance diagnosed through endoscopy) that they will wake several times that night. it’s not like in the old days where they would have severe reflux at night, it seems to me like something is just bothering their tummy and they can’t quite get comfortable.
here’s to peacefully slumbering nights for all!
Now that you’ve written I remember reading posts of yours way back and seeing that wheat was a problem for you. It’s good to hear— really really really good to hear that it was sleeping problems for you and that they cleared up. Lucas has never had ezcema, or the kind of diapers I hear about, or any other real symptoms beyond night wakings, being energetic and “wired” all day until a very late bedtime, trouble with napping, and the allergy ring under his eyes. Oh, and he had a mucousy runny nose which i attributed to teething on and off for six months and it’s now mysteriously gone with the gluten free diet. We are currently on a dairy, soy and gluten free diet and it seems to have helped a LOT. The gluten seems to have been a missing link for us. It’s also good to hear that your kids didn’t test allergic and that you could re-introduce foods later. THANKS so much for writing!!
I’m still waiting to see the sleeping fully clear up, it’s been a week of gluten free for us, and he’s eating his fingers all day with teething, so it’s hard to know….but the sleeping is much improved and I’m hoping for steady improvement beyond this…we can always hope, right?
Thanks again for giving your story.I tried making the sandwich bread from the Gluten Free Pantry and really like it. I’ve been toasting it as Christine suggested– and putting peanut butter or whatever else on it and it nearly tastes like the bread I’ve been eating my whole life!
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