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Originally Posted by Buff
Just because your kids slept through the night, doesn't mean that all kids should be sleeping through the night. Kids not sleeping through the night is a very common thing, just because they are a certain age doesn't mean that they shouldn't have problems. All I wanted was some advice to help my kid, not to be informed that I'm doing things wrong. Maybe I have maybe I haven't, all I want is to help my kid get some sleep so my wife and I can also get some sleep.
Its not like he has never slept through the night, he goes through stretches were he does and stretches when he doesn't. Right now frustration with his lack of sleep is high because we have a 7 week old who also keeps us up at night.
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Relax. As you say, every child is different. I am now looking from the outside in. My children are 33 and 30. I was worried about my son too and thought he was not getting enough sleep. But I talked with my pediatrician and he assured me every kid was different so I decided to relax and pick my battles. Trust me, this will not be the hardest issue you will deal with as a parent. I know however that with a 7 week old, you are desperate for sleep.
I will say again, try and relax. Try not to make sleeping a huge issue. If you get up tight, so will your child and when both of you are up tight, it will not help the situation. People have given some suggestions. You said you have tried some. Maybe try some of the others, and like I said before, enlist the help of both of your sets of parents since you have said that they have no issues getting your child to sleep through the night.
And in the end, this too shall pass.
EDIT: I meant to add this. When he has a bad nite or gets into that type of restless routine, try and check what his diet was that day or the day before. Some children are very sensitive to additives (colorants in particular) and preservatives (MSG is another baddie and many chip products contain it). You might find a pattern where certain foods trigger the restlessness in your child. I am saying this because many very active children will have these type of reactions. My son was that way. Chocolate and food colorants were very bad for him, sugar he could handle, but not the rest of the goop. I don't cook with a bunch of that stuff and while they are young, you have a lot more control over that than once they get in regular school. And it might not be something added to food, it might be an actual food group. Many young children have a problem handling berries, so if they have a problem with say raspberries, then raspberry juice packets are a double wammy since the product is then more concentrated.
Also, could he be working on some molars? His cheeks flushed at all when he has restless nights?
