Re: Won't sleep, too tired for full dinner.

[Guest guest]

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First of all, Stirling has RSS, right? That automatically makes his

appetite go down or be non-existent. What you have to do is try to

find ways around that. Not so easy to do, huh?

Does he have any signs of reflux? Most RSS/SGA babies DO have this

and reflux could make him want to avoid napping because it is

aggravated by being laid flat or not at a high enough angle to

prevent it from burning his little esophagus. Will he sleep in an

infant seat? Have you tried just putting him in the car and driving

him around until he falls asleep? Lots of times the motion will

make babies sleepy. We used to put Max in front of the diswasher on

the floor because the vibrations made him fall asleep despite his

fights not to. Also, if he does have signs of reflux, you need to

bring this up with your doctor to see if there is something you can

do to help. There are things like thickened formulas and foods that

make the food heavier so it stays down instead of creeping back up.

I'd plan some nice car trips and just put him in the carseat and

go. Once he learns that this is a safe, non-hurting place to sleep,

he may nap for you again. I wish I could offer you more.

Jodi Z

[Guest guest]

Hi-

I went through the same thing with my daughter. She didn't start taking naps

until she was over 1. She is now 3 and takes good naps but she never took a

nap when she was a baby. I could not believe that she never slept but that

was her. I was always so tired because she was up all day and slept so good at

night but we were still having to get up and feed her at night so she got rest

and not us. Hang in there, it does get better with time. Our hardest time

was when Laikyn was birth to 15 months.

[Guest guest]

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I don't know if this is common, but it sure seems to be. My son has always

fought naps and now does at school, but not at home.

, Jonah's mom

Won't sleep, too tired for full dinner.

> Stirling has had all of 20 mins sleep ALL DAY, He is 6 1/2 mths old.

> As a result he is now too tired to eat much of his solid food. He has

> had most of a dish of Apricot Custard, but isn't really interested as

> he is so tired.

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> I'm a bit concerned as he often goes most of a day without having much

> of a nap, and therefore doesn't want to feed. He has been taking his

> bottles of Hi-Energy milk fine tho.

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> He has been playing happily for long periods, then gets incredibly

> grumpy because he is so tired and still fights having a nap.

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> Is this common in RSS children/babies? It's often a struggle to get

> food into him anyway- can take an hr or more.

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> Just after some advice on what to do with him.

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> T

> (Shar 3 Non RSS, Stirling 6 1/2 mths RSS)

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