RE: Sleep issues

May 15, 2011

Lucy, Just a quick note about 's sleep issues. My granddaughter has used

a white noise machine to help her sleep since she was a baby. It started when my

daughter noticed that her air popcorn machine would put her to sleep, moved on

to a hair blow dryer. Now it's a white noise machine ($30 at Target).

Good luck.

Jill

From: lucy.williams28@...

Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:09:35 +0000

Subject: Sleep issues

Hello,

My son, , is 10 weeks old and is diagnosed with PMG (caused by CMV). He

sleeps very little. He will take himself off to sleep first thing in the morning

but later we have to use a dummy. He will then often doze about 15 minutes, cry

and spit out the dummy. We then start again. Even with the dummy as the day goes

on he will not sleep at all. He will not sleep all evening and we often do not

get him to sleep at night until the early hours of the morning. Sometimes he is

crying and can't be consoled. Often he will seem to drop off but then be awake

again or cry as earlier but go quiet when given the dummy again. The

paediatrician suggested it was just his age. I am convinced there is more to it

and it is related to his PMG. I have seen posts on here about older children and

sleep but not babies. Does anyone have a similar experience?

I am currently looking into cranial osteopathy at the recommendation of a friend

and my Health Visitor. Does anyone have any experience of this?

Also if anyone reading this can comment on ' development I'd be grateful.

He is doing very well at the moment, smiles, holds his head very well and pretty

much anything else expected at this age. Is it inevitable he will suffer some

lack of development later or could he continue to progress as any baby without

PMG?

Thanks

Lucy

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