we've just been to the paediatric chiropractor, and Aadi had an adjustment. His neck was quite stiff and sore, and there was a vertebrae a bit out of place right near the nerve centre in the brain stem that governs sleep. Hmmmm.... could have been like that from birth, but fortunately it hasn't affected BF or development, which is often the case in that sort of problem. What the chiro said made a lot of sense, especially in that often when kids have a sore neck (and no vocal skills to communicate it), they'll keep moving a lot when they're awake as it helps ease the pain. Well, Aadi never stops moving! And also, since he's most probably in pain when he's been lying still while sleeping, when he reaches the end of a sleep cycle instead of moving into the next one and staying asleep, he feels discomfort and wakes up screaming and quite often moving. He is often crawling and standing before he's actually awake, and tends to bang into the end of the cot in his hurry to get somewhere with his eyes closed! Anyway, I feel a lot of relief after talking to this doctor, and hopefully Aadi will too. We have a couple of follow-up appointments, but we'll be monitoring how things go over the next few days for signs of improvement. Fingers crossed. I would hate to find that he has a hernia or anything internal requiring surgery, since DP had surgery to repair a hernia in October the year before last and he was a terrible sook about it! The GP has already checked for that, tho, so it's ok.
Mis - about the possibly inherited mania... yes, it's possible. And on top of that, both my dad and DP's dad are intense, hyper people too. DP and I are the odd ones out in our families, in that we're quiet, placid, and in my case anyway, sensible! My mum's just a bit of a basket case, and needs to be perpetually doing things and busy, and if she feels like a martyr then that's even better. I hope, tho, that Aadi is like his father in that he was a monsta child until about 3, then calmed down dramatically. Oh, but that was the age he moved to Africa... crap. Scratch that!
I got 5 txt messages from friends to watch Insight on SBS last night. It was about sleep, or what the lack of it does to you. So I watched it (so rarely watch tv anymore). I found it interesting to hear from a doctor at Westmead that sleep deprivation in small children can often present as ADHD symptoms. No advice though! oh well.that what we're doing will work soon.
Hope you're all having a toasty warm day. It's icy here.
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I'm sorry to say that Cam is also another good sleeper...we put him down about 7.30pm, and he wakes about 6.30am (give or take 30mins). Though he lately he has stirred about 3 and 4am (sometimes needs a little settling) but usually goes back down til the 6.30am.
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