Re: off topic: Anyone out there with a new infant and a special n...

[Guest guest]

Tamara,

God bless you. You poor thing! I know how you feel and I don't have a tiny

infant to care for. I don't know how you have made it this far--and kept

from killing little Ebony. :-) You are an exceptional person!

I don't know what time you give Ebony the melatonin, but we have learned not

to give my son any of that stuff before 10:00pm or he will wake up in the

middle of the night. Also, I have been told that any time you take melatonin

to sleep, you will eventually need more and more of it to sleep which is not

safe. My only real advice is to see a Neurologist right away and have him

prescribe Clonodine to help her sleep for the time being. Tell him it is an

emergency. You have to get some sleep.

Good luck. Please let us know how you are doing.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/18/01 9:07:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

whcmccain@... writes:

> My only real advice is to see a Neurologist right away and have him

> prescribe Clonodine to help her sleep for the time being. Tell him it is

> an

> emergency. You have to get some sleep.

>

This really does make good sense. I am usually the one who say's use these

meds as the last resort...but under the circumstances it seems like a good

idea. Not only is your patience with Ebony important, so is your ability to

be calm enough to nurture the baby. Also, If she's sleeping better, she'll

be better able to adjust to life with a baby in the house.

Good luck and hope that you all get some rest!

Cherri

[Guest guest]

Tamara

Oh my, I stay awake nights thinking what is going to happen when

my daughter arrives in June. My son Nik is 5 1/2yo PDD-NOS and is use to

being the only little one in this house. I don't give him anything to help

him sleep though. I did a trial and error with about every food and

supplement I give him to find out that he can't tolerate alot of hotdogs and

I don't give him anythign to eat 1 hour before bed time. Some nights I end up

giving him Pepcid-AC tablet to help his tummy calm down.

My husband works 2 jobs so he won't be able to help out alot

when #2 arrives. He is going to take 3 weeks off when she arrives and that in

itself will be a big help for ajustment purposes. I just received my first

respite money and when Nik gets out of school 2 days a week they will come

and help out. Thankfully Nik is in a full day ABA / Kindergarten program

throughout the year, summers included.

Big Hugs to you , Terry.B

[Guest guest]

Yes, i just had my sixth child. My 6 1/2 yr old twin boys are autistic. I

suggest if you have trouble with you son waking up at night use the good

stuff from a health food store--melotonin 2.5mg our boys use a whole tablet

crushed in water. We have been using it about a year or so and they do not

have sleep trouble too much anymore. Before we discovered melotonin they

were both up all night for 6 months straight. It was a killer, you couldn't

get them back to sleep. This stuff works in 20 minutes and lasts for about

4 hours. do not use it to initially put him to sleep only if he gets up in

the middle of the night. it makes the kids feel icky so be there to comfort

him till he's asleep. It is a killer, new babies are tough those first

two months. Both my husband and I are still quite tired. let me know if

you need more support or information. Our supplements from kirkmanlab.com

have helped too. we just started the gfcf diet 6 mos ago too. everything

helps. therapy too.

Re: off topic: Anyone out there with a new infant and a

special n...

> Tamara

>

> Oh my, I stay awake nights thinking what is going to happen

when

> my daughter arrives in June. My son Nik is 5 1/2yo PDD-NOS and is use to

> being the only little one in this house. I don't give him anything to help

> him sleep though. I did a trial and error with about every food and

> supplement I give him to find out that he can't tolerate alot of hotdogs

and

> I don't give him anythign to eat 1 hour before bed time. Some nights I end

up

> giving him Pepcid-AC tablet to help his tummy calm down.

>

> My husband works 2 jobs so he won't be able to help out alot

> when #2 arrives. He is going to take 3 weeks off when she arrives and that

in

> itself will be a big help for ajustment purposes. I just received my first

> respite money and when Nik gets out of school 2 days a week they will come

> and help out. Thankfully Nik is in a full day ABA / Kindergarten program

> throughout the year, summers included.

>

> Big Hugs to you , Terry.B

>

>

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