Well, sleep for owl is a lot better - he goes in cot now, and evenings are now great, and we get most of the night at least- but we haven't had a magic fix. Continuing problems:
1. daytime sleeps - if I don't time this right, owl screams for the whole hour before as per instructions I pick him up. A bit trial and error - it seems that the very alert owl needs to be up for at least 4 hours before he can be counted on to sleep in the day. still testing this...
2. breastfeed number and sleep at night. It looks like 6 feeds at the moment means good night sleep, but 5 feeds means not making it all the way through. Problem is, that 5 feeds during the day suits him and us better - otherwise he has to be fed when not hungry, and he vomits some up, and hard to time this around sleeps, and hard to time with brother's nap and going out. Also seems to eat solids better on 5 feeds.
3. Even on 6 feeds 5:00am is all we can count on - not the 6am the Earl childhood nurse suggested. This is the least of our worries though - i think I can live with this if 1. and 2. can be solved!!!
trying at the moment to get an appointment to see nurse again. Any suggestions are welcome.....
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How old is he? You might want to look at mineral deficiencies for the sleeplessness - or something medical. Don't go to a regular GP - try a homeopath or naturopath or any of the doctors listed on the Mindd forum (see my blog for the link). A simple thing to try to begin would be a bath with epsom salts - the magnesium sulfate helps them relax... it's cheap - get it from the chemist - and it can't hurt him, but it might help.
Basically, it shouldn't be this difficult - all kids have their issues, but if there's something consistently hard, you can start to think bigger than just routine/feeds and get some medical help. Also - you are not a bad parent.
Sometimes lack of melatonin causes sleep problems too. Does he show any other difficulties that may be associated?
Good luck!
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