Thanks for posting Eloise. I don’t mind it at all. I appreciate all comments
You have a point about intolerances/allergies. I have wondered this many times myself. I even had a food journal going on for a few weeks just to see if I could find a connection. But I didn’t find anything. He had good and bad nights even though he was on the same foods. I also cut dairy for a few weeks to try and sort out the eczema. And being dairy free didn’t make a difference for the eczema and the NWs.
I just wonder if there is a food sensitivity, given you have allergies yourself?
I have never had allergies/intolerances to foods.DH and I have always been very good sleepers as babies and toddlers. My allergies are to medications only. It started in 2007 after I took some tablets for migraine. I was fine for all meds before 2007.
you got him checked by your NAET practiioner... did anything show up? Even though I know some are not allergies that have manifested yet
DS is still having the NAET treatment. He has already been tested and cleared for all the basic foods. We still need to test a few food phenomes. BTW is Salicylates a food phenome? Could you please give me some examples of foods which contain it? All the food allergens have been tested more in relation to the eczema but once it’s treated it might also help with the NWs? On the sleep front he was tested for various things and was found weak for Melatonin, Serotonin, Dopamine, Cortisol and Cortisone.He was treated for Cortisol and Cortisone last Friday, tomorrow I will find out if he still needs a booster for it. He was also found to be weak in one other thing sleep related but I can’t remember what it is and I forgot my treatment sheet in my practitioner’s office.
What I am also wondering is, has he always been a touchy sleeper and prone to NW?
I will tell you a bit of M’s story. M has never been interested in sleep. He was very alert as a baby and would not nap much. I found out about BW when he was around 4.5 months old. It took me just over a month to get him on an EASY and he STTN from around 5.5 months until around 9 months.So he had 3 months in his life of good sleep but he has always had EW even when he was STTN. EW is his natural rhythm so I don’t think we can change it much. He had his first tooth at around 9 months which also makes me wonder if his NWs are related to teething. He could be very sensitive to the tooth moving under the gums which means he will have bad nights until all of them come through?
IDK. It is just another theory. Lol
I know the night waking is the single most biggest symptom for food intolerances, followed by irritability and ADHD behaviour (this is for the toddler/child).
He def doesn’t have ADHD. He is very spirited and needs to channel his energy but he def doesn’t have it. I say it with certainty as Psychology is my passion and it will be my profession as soon as I get my doctorate. There is a major debate in Psychology and Psychiatry about ADHD. Many professionals question the existence of this disorder. Some even argue that it doesn’t even exist. Although I do know about both sides of the debate I tend to lean toward the idea that ADHD is a social construct. Some kids might have it but nowehere near the amount of kids that have been diagnosed with it.My guess is that loads of spirited and gifted children are probably diagnosed with it as the parents might not know how to channel/deal with their energy and brightness. The pharmaceutical industry makes billions with Ritalin in the US and UK. Now they are trying to ‘create’ ADHD for adults. Most of the new scientific papers are focused on ADHD in adults. Anyway… I could go on for ages about this. lol
But I will just leave it as DS def doesn’t have ADHD. He does have a lot of traits associated with it but we work with those traits and not against them, eg: not trying to keep him still when he is a very energetic child and needs stimulation, iykwim?!
I’m not sure what you mean about irritability though. Could you please elaborate a bit more on that as I would love to explore that further?
Grants you think you'd rather cut his nap but that's not all that fun either. Whilst we are not getting NW (and I do agree that's no life) we have a chronically tired Spirited kid.
I know... but something has got give and I’m not willing to have very late BTs as this is the only time I have for myself and DH.
I agree with Eloys in that this has been going on so long. What does your practitioner say about the NW?
We are still treating and she is testing him on different things for his sleep .
