Laura, my friend asked about the ears too. I am not sure tbh. He is happy atm and doesn't seem uncomfortable. Wouldn't it be worse if he did have an infection?
Dark - Thank you so much for checking in. To answer your questions, we have never had a great sleeper. He always seemed on the low end of sleep needs. For example, before this 2-1 nonsense started he was sleeping 11 hours at night and taking 2 - 1 hour naps during the day. He was rested and happy on this. No matter what I did, I couldn't extend the nap. At about 11 months, everything changed and he refused naps left and right. He put himself on 1 nap. Then we digressed he got wicked OT and we got into a nice rhythm for a month or so where he was taking a 30 minute nap in the morning and then a 2nd nap. That was during the summer and it was nice and smooth for a few months. Although, looking back, I realize now that I let him sleep too much during the day. We were getting about 3 hours sleep during the day and 10 hours at night. At that time, he went to bed at 8 and woke at 6. But as it always does, things went haywire again and it got to the point where he refused a nap with even a 15 minute nap in the morning. That is when we got into a horrible OT cycle that Mashi helped us out of. Now nights are the best they have ever been, but naps are horrible. I can't find the right A to get a good nap.
As for the NW, he wasn't screaming. He was moaning in his sleep until he finally woke and started crying. He was standing, so I knew that he wasn't just going to lay back down. So I gave pain meds and snuggled for a few until he settled and he went to sleep and didn't stir until morning. He doesn't have his molars or his canines and his gums all the way around are swollen and red. Last night when he was miserable, we were trying to get a look in his mouth and we just can't see what is coming through. I was medicating a lot for naps and sleep, but have since stopped since I didn't know if it was necessary or helping. The only reason I did last night, is because of how the night went before bed. He is normally not like that. He has also had a cold, which seems to be easing up. But for a few nights he was waking in the middle of the night coughing or so stuffy that he couldn't sleep.
About today, he woke at 6:15 and I was planning on putting him down at 11:30. I have no rhyme or reason for that. When Mashi was helping me and we got 12 hour nights, we got a few good naps on 5.5 hour A's. But since then, we haven't been able to replicate them. I am definitely open to ideas!
