should i let her cry it out?

it actually is very re-assuring that a lot of you have problems with your child sleeping & reassuring to know that most sleep better after 3 yr old.

surprisingly, my child has been sleeping better for the past few nights. only woken once for milk (keeping my fingers crossed). the only thing that i did differently was change the body lotion & add japanese camelia oil on top. maybe that helps her dry itchy skin.....
 
joannek,

Does your daughter snore? She sounds like my son who was a terrible sleeper and would vomit if he went into full tilt crying (or even lots of laughing). Someone suggested to me that it might be his adenoids. I went to an ENT (he was about 3 years old)and discovered that he couldn't breathe through his nose as his adenoids where huge and he had sleep anapnea (sp?).

He would be sick about every 6 weeks because of the lack of sleep. He would alternate between a few reasonable nights of only waking once or twice and then revert to every couple of hours for a while. When the adenoids were removed he slept that night for the first time ever for 12 hours straight and has continued to do so ever since (in fact, the house could fall down and he wouldn't wake). The vomiting stopped as well.
 
thanks for the info, nula. sounds very much like my daughter. and if she's sleeping very deeply, sometimes she snores slightly.

is sleep anapnea meaning breathing would stop for a while when sleeping and suddenly have to take a deep breath to catch up on oxygen?
 
Yes something like that it, they don't get good long deep restorative sleep. They tend to wake up often because they don't get into deep sleep or when they manage it is interrupted by having to get a good breath of oxygen.

My son was restless in his sleep he would sometimes jerk awake (like when you have the falling sensation). I was told that the only reasons children should snore (other than a cold) was due to being over weight or a blockage. Might be worthwhile monitoring it for a night or two to get a good idea of how she sleeps, how bad is her snoring etc in what you would consider her deep sleep.
 
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