9mth old son just banded, will not sleep PLEASE HELP

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I am looking for suggestions on trying to help my son sleep with his band on. It

has only been 5 days but it is not going well. He used to take 2 naps during the

day for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours. Now with the doc band on he will only sleep 30mins

the whole day. When we lay him down at night he will pass out because he is so

tired but he will only stay asleep for 30-60 mins and then wake up screaming. We

have not noticed any skin irritations, we have tried cooler clothing and a

really soft pillow under the crib protector but nothing seems to be working. And

we cannot bear to let him cry it out and just leave it on all night. Does anyone

have any suggestions? I spoke to the clinician that did the band for us and she

thought this was odd that he is having sleeping problems? Any suggestions would

be great...Thank you!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I feel your frustrations. My little girl was a little younger with her band,

but couldn't seem to sleep good with her band on. We ended up moving her to bed

with us, and along with a few other tricks she was sleeping great in a matter of

a few nights. We took a really fluffy blanket and folder it to a smaller size

and laid her body on it, except for her head. This seemed to work great, but we

had to lay her down after rocking her to sleep first, so she would stay on the

blanket like that. It helped her head lay in a more natural position, because

the band made her head tilt to forward. Also, I would barely rub and stretch

her neck in the morning to make sure it wasn't bothering her. Then I dressed

her in shorts and a light weight T-shirt, which seemed WAY to light, but she

never ever seemed cold... plus we could always cover her up, but once she got

hot she would wake up screaming just like your son! And no socks on her feet.

Hope this helps! Good luck! And I would always check for red spots, since he

is screaming like that! But then again, my daughter would scream after being

asleep for a little bit and her band fit great- I really just think she was hot.

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> I am looking for suggestions on trying to help my son sleep with his band on.

It has only been 5 days but it is not going well. He used to take 2 naps during

the day for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours. Now with the doc band on he will only sleep

30mins the whole day. When we lay him down at night he will pass out because he

is so tired but he will only stay asleep for 30-60 mins and then wake up

screaming. We have not noticed any skin irritations, we have tried cooler

clothing and a really soft pillow under the crib protector but nothing seems to

be working. And we cannot bear to let him cry it out and just leave it on all

night. Does anyone have any suggestions? I spoke to the clinician that did the

band for us and she thought this was odd that he is having sleeping problems?

Any suggestions would be great...Thank you!

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