rooming in for sleep

[Guest guest]

I do the same thing; everyone gets more sleep. i'm divorced tho, so it's

just the child and me.

[private email always preferred as I very often miss notes in the digests]

JoyceW, So Calif, divorced, work FT, Homeschool TWTM;

5y7m old son, 33 wk preemie; HFA or AS/SID/Receptive CAPD/Meltdowns

Verbal/Reader; Good Eater; Feingold 6 mths; almost CF 1 mth; might do GF

[Guest guest]

I had Ebony in with me while I was divorced, but when I met my husband, we

transitioned her to her own bed/bedroom. Even with me though, she would

wake up. Generally, I have more success getting her back to sleep the

faster I get to her. The more time she has to wake up all the way, the

harder it is. It is really hard to sleep with her now though because of the

baby. I am up at least twice to feed him and up until a couple of nights

ago, he was sleeping with us too. Also, when my husband is home the bed is

fairly crowded already...LOL...he's one of those skinny guys who sleep in

the middle of the bed and sprawl and then steal all the blanket too. So I'm

already confined to about a foot of space. It does work a lot better though

to sleep together if you can. It's just not an option for us right now. I

have the baby's first appointment on Monday morning with the pediatrician

and I am going to ask her about the clonidine. We had used clonidine before

switching to zoloft, she was still waking up with the clonidine. But I'm

wondering if we could keep it on hand for those nights she does wake up and

give it to her right away when she wakes up..at least then she would only be

up for an hour at the most instead of 3 hours. Oh well, we'll see what the

pediatrician says. Maybe she'll have another suggestion. Thanks again for

everyone who is offering support and advice. I really appreciate it!

Tamara, mom to Ebony-3 1/2 autistic and -2 weeks

>From: JoyceW10@...

>Reply-To: GFCFKids

>To: GFCFKids

>Subject: rooming in for sleep

>Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 22:41:29 EDT

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>I do the same thing; everyone gets more sleep. i'm divorced tho, so it's

>just the child and me.

>

>[private email always preferred as I very often miss notes in the digests]

>JoyceW, So Calif, divorced, work FT, Homeschool TWTM;

>5y7m old son, 33 wk preemie; HFA or AS/SID/Receptive CAPD/Meltdowns

> Verbal/Reader; Good Eater; Feingold 6 mths; almost CF 1 mth; might do

>GF

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