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Child with Insomnia?


Posted by Lee Horn on October 15, 1999 at 07:25:56:

For 11 months now, my 3 year old son wakes up at least three times or more a night. I put him to bed at 8:00 and he'll fight sleep for 2 - 4 hours. Then after about 3 hours or so, he'll wake up again often crying, asks for water, to crack his door open, hugs and kisses, says he has a sore throat, or that he's sweating. This goes on all night. Sometimes he doesn't make any sense. His words are incoherent, and he babbles. I usually get him settled down around 4 or 5 am, and then he is awake at 6 every morning. He will not take a nap and is functioning on 4 - 6 hours of sleep a day. He's got horrible dark circles under his eyes, and his disposition has been terrible for the last 6 monthes or so. I've tryed everything. The doctor told me to just keep walking him back to bed and not give in to any of his demands. Now he just stands in his room and screams for hours, with me going to him every fifteen minutes trying to reassure him. I AM DESPERATE!! I'm not only worried about him, but about myself, and all the tension forming between my son, his dad and I.

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