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Waking every hour - molars ?
« on: August 02, 2006, 12:37:05 pm »
We have been going through a funny phase with DS, aged 21 MO, for a couple of days

He didn't eat much over the weekend, puked all over his daddy on Saturday and went through periods of being lethargic and/or clingy, which is not like him at all. He's been otherwise happy and active overall, despite not enjoying trying a new nursery on Monday and going back to his old one on Tuesday, which he seems pretty relieved with

However, we've had a weird night of waking every hour. At 3 am, he accepted Capol and went down for 2 hours, then it was back to the regular wakings and up at 7 am fresh as a daisy (aren't they tough or what ?  :o)

Could it be 2 years' molars on their way or is there something going on in the background  ? We haven't had fingers in the mouth, runny nappies, etc and frankly he didn't sound as if in pain when waking up.

Sorry if I posted on the wrong board - I just don't know what he's going through at the moment. In the meantime, I'm just being extra attentive to him and try to maintain business as usual
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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2006, 16:33:53 pm »
Your ds is showing some signs of what is called in spanish "Golpe de Calor"  :-[ sorry i don't know the name in English, the literal translation would be Heat Beat or something like it. Basically on summer time (specially this past few years where heat has been awful) kids and elder people might appear letargic and dizzy, throwing up and being upset but not fussy. Symptoms are not related to heat cause the don't appear sweaty but that's the tricky part: body gets so heated up because it is keeping all the warmth from the outside, that is unable to sweat anymore and just gets heated and heated without a chance to release it. The prescription is usually try to keep them as cool as possible, even if you have to spray them with water from an athomizer every once in a while, tons of water and keep diet very low key (just boiled chicken, very few "hard" vegetables as peas and carrots, not the soft type as aesparragus or potatos, grains like rice or pasta are ok but cereal is better to be kept on held) and visit your doctor if he looks feverish.

Another thing could be a stomach bug, which is also pretty common during heat times, cause meals tend to spoil sooner because of high temperatures.

Anyways, Im in no way a health specialist, i just wanted to point out that i think his sleep issues are more caused by a combo of heat/illness in development than the molars, cause he's too young for the 2 year molars, besides you can't see the other symptoms as the itchy gums etc. The Calpol might have worked because he was feverish and that helped his temperature to go down. Keep an eye on him, take his temperature as often as you can, keep his room EXTRa fresh and keep him hydrated (here in Mexico, giving milk and other beverages straight from the fridge is adviced, I don't know if you're comfortable with it).

Along with it, you could try posting in the Health/Medical needs for further advice and call your ped to see if he has more insights on this.

Good luck! and I hope lo gets back to his old self real soon!
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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2006, 21:02:02 pm »
Many thanks for that Florencia ! I have to say that I'm not looking forward to the 2 years' molars appearing just yet  ;)

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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2006, 17:04:41 pm »
LOL... me neither!!!!! i would be pleased to slice apples for him for the rest of his life if that meant that molar pain would be out of our home hehe...

How's lo feeling today? is he sleeping/doing better?
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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2006, 20:26:53 pm »
He only woke up once last night. I think you had a point about overheating, even though temperatures were cooler recently. Thank you again for the insight















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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2006, 12:42:14 pm »
Getting puzzled here  ??? He wasn't up every hour last night, but it was a fair few times  :( The temperature wasn't too high and he was well during the day. The only thing I could think of is that he's going through a phase of learning a lot more new words than he used to. Could it be a development thing and that his mind is restless at night ? Just an idea, don't know if it's a silly one

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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2006, 17:58:37 pm »
Of course it is not a silly thought, lo's get really worked up and turn hard to settle when learning new "tricks". If it is a developmental issue, it would be solved within 2 weeks and you'll just have to remain consistant to your routine and ways to solve night wakings.

I'm still thinking about some illness. Has the ped checked him out lately? just a thought. ANd also, it could very well be that he's getting overtired or is in need of a tweak in his schedule. How and for how long is he napping? does he go down ok for that one? how does he wake in the morning? let's figure this out!

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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2006, 20:59:24 pm »
Well, last night, he was up from 3.30 am to 6.30 am, most unusual  :( There was some scratching going on (he has atopic ezcema ib his legs and arms) but he seemed otherwise fine. I'd be tempted to say that it was being overtired from the previous night. He slept a bit longer this morning, had a 45 min. nap at lunch time and went down at his usual 9.30 pm. I am just hoping that he doesn't have too bad a night today - fingers crossed ! If this funny phase doesn't last more than 2 weeks, we'll ride it, but boy, that's no fun !

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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2006, 17:39:16 pm »
Sounds like typical overtired behaviour going on too. can you post a typical day's routine? It may well be that a tweak will solve the problems that are solving themselves!

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Re: Waking every hour - molars ?
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2006, 18:32:15 pm »
Could still be the molars, Holly's have been pushing through since 22 mo and we're only just startingto see them. They were giving her more hassle a month a go than now and they are breakin gthrough now. They are HUGE so I thinks it lots of pain in the gum, jaw and ear as they all move about.

How about giving him iboprofen insetead of paracetomol, it lasts longer to let him sleep longer
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