14 months and still not sleeping through

[Amie]

Thanks for the replies girls.

Ryn - Excuse my ignorance, but what will an Osteo do in this case? I don't know much about them so haven't thought to book in... MG

Hi MG,

Hope you've had some sleep!

An osteopath can help to calm a baby by releasing any physical stresses/strains that might be putting pressure on their central nervous system (ie. the brain and spinal cord). We usually think of pressure/problems with the central nervous system being obvious and serious problems like milestone delays or seizures etc. But there are often subtle signs that the nervous system is a bit off kilter - reflux, colic, poor settling/sleeping etc. These can occur because the "on" and "off" signals for digestion, relaxing, waking and so forth aren't occurring correctly. These may be due to compression of the head/spine during birth (it is a rather squishy ride!) or perhaps something that develops later.

Hope that answers your question, feel free to post or PM

[Smoke Jaguar]

It COULD be the teething and she's just not responding to the drugs.
I'd look into the osteo thing, too, just to rule out anything physical or deal with it there.
It can seem like an even bigger problem when your partner is annoyed and turns to you to fix it - you've got the initial problem as well as the burden of someone else's annoyance to deal with It makes it harder to follow your heart when there's the extra pressure of having to 'fix' it, as if it's something YOU are doing that's causing it.
It may or may not be possible to explain to your partner that it's something you may just have to ride out and that in due course, it won't seem like it lasted for very long.
FWIW, my 22 month old doesn't sleep through - he stirs for feeds, so we dont' exactly wake up, but I couldn't honestly report that as sleeping through. If he didn't sleep in our bed with us and have a boob put into his mouth right away, he'd keep us up, too. DP has learned that we ride the more wakeful episodes out - they are always just phases - and that because of our sleeping and BFing arrangement, it's easier to deal with especially for him (heaven forbid he should have his night disturbed!).

[Mother Goose]

At the risk of jinxing us... things are improving. The second night of restricting her day sleep - she slept until 0230 and went straight back to sleep after her bottle - didn't even need to come into our bed! We've been doing that for a few nights. Last night she had a 30 min nap at 1930 (730) and then went back to sleep about 2130 (930) and slept until 0830 - didn't even wake for a bottle!!! She has been unwell this week - I'm pretty sure that is teething related. She still isn't eating much though - not her normal amount. DH is happier. He can cope with the once a night wake up so long as it isn't prolonged and doesn't result in her sleeping in our bed because then noone gets any decent sleep...

Thanks for your reply SJH... but exactly WHAT does the osteo do? Is it similar to a chiro?

MG