Hi all, I have tried to go back through all the threads to look for more information, but I am getting lost in the many threads, there is WAY too much stuff !! It's all so fascinating and just so full of facts, you're all amazing!
Anyhoo..... I have a 17.5 month old DD (and a 5.5 year old DS) and I have been wondering for a while if my DD could have some food intolerances. She doesn't really have any symptoms other that a teensy bit of eczema during the colder months (easily managed with QV cream) but she is a shocker of a sleeper still, at her age. She wakes every 2 hours on a good night, and we have lots of much worse nights.
Up till very recently I have just assumed it was becasue we co-sleep and she is waking up to nurse. But just lately I am looking at her waking a bit differently and have noticed that she doens't seem to want to nurse immeditately. She will wake with a cry and then whimper and moan, while writhing and moving around a bit. After about 30 seconds or so, she will then start to ask for mama and boobie. Once I lift my shirt for her, she snuggles in and nurses, but sometimes she will still whimper a bit even then. Sometimes (if the moon and stars are aligned right ! lol) she will then go back to sleep without nursing, she just whimpers and stirs in her sleep. She sounds so unhappy, it breaks my heart!
The reason I am asking here is, I have been toying with the idea of night weaning her, as I am really feeling the strain of nearly 2 years of no more than about 3 hours continuous sleep a night! I am a bi*ch to my dear son, and am so cranky because I am tired! BUT I don't want to put my DD through the stress of night weaning her if she has other issues going on. I'd rather get to the bottom of hte reasons for her waking first.
Man, this is a bit rambly sorry.
Ok, so what I am asking is...... do you think that frequent night waking in an 18 month old could be a sign of a food intolerance ?? Should she have more symptoms than that??
I took her for allergy testing last week, and the lady did "vega testing" where they placed a metal 'rod' under my DD's arm and then touched her toe with a probe. They then placed small vials of the possible allgergin into the machine and they judged her reaction by the sounds the machine made. Sorry, I didn't ask too many questions about it and now wish I had. She came back as positive for yeast, wheat and gluten, and also lactose. She was also a bit acidic and I was told to avoid 'red' foods.
I am trying to get together a bit of an eating plan for us to try this all out, but I am drowning under too much information. I am researching all the time and just confusing myself. If you have any thoughts for me, I'd greatly appreciate them !! I am also very interested in your stories, if frequent waking was in your LO's history and if food elimination helped.
Thanks so much for reading this far!
Anyhoo..... I have a 17.5 month old DD (and a 5.5 year old DS) and I have been wondering for a while if my DD could have some food intolerances. She doesn't really have any symptoms other that a teensy bit of eczema during the colder months (easily managed with QV cream) but she is a shocker of a sleeper still, at her age. She wakes every 2 hours on a good night, and we have lots of much worse nights.
Up till very recently I have just assumed it was becasue we co-sleep and she is waking up to nurse. But just lately I am looking at her waking a bit differently and have noticed that she doens't seem to want to nurse immeditately. She will wake with a cry and then whimper and moan, while writhing and moving around a bit. After about 30 seconds or so, she will then start to ask for mama and boobie. Once I lift my shirt for her, she snuggles in and nurses, but sometimes she will still whimper a bit even then. Sometimes (if the moon and stars are aligned right ! lol) she will then go back to sleep without nursing, she just whimpers and stirs in her sleep. She sounds so unhappy, it breaks my heart!
The reason I am asking here is, I have been toying with the idea of night weaning her, as I am really feeling the strain of nearly 2 years of no more than about 3 hours continuous sleep a night! I am a bi*ch to my dear son, and am so cranky because I am tired! BUT I don't want to put my DD through the stress of night weaning her if she has other issues going on. I'd rather get to the bottom of hte reasons for her waking first.
Man, this is a bit rambly sorry.
Ok, so what I am asking is...... do you think that frequent night waking in an 18 month old could be a sign of a food intolerance ?? Should she have more symptoms than that??
I took her for allergy testing last week, and the lady did "vega testing" where they placed a metal 'rod' under my DD's arm and then touched her toe with a probe. They then placed small vials of the possible allgergin into the machine and they judged her reaction by the sounds the machine made. Sorry, I didn't ask too many questions about it and now wish I had. She came back as positive for yeast, wheat and gluten, and also lactose. She was also a bit acidic and I was told to avoid 'red' foods.
I am trying to get together a bit of an eating plan for us to try this all out, but I am drowning under too much information. I am researching all the time and just confusing myself. If you have any thoughts for me, I'd greatly appreciate them !! I am also very interested in your stories, if frequent waking was in your LO's history and if food elimination helped.
Thanks so much for reading this far!
I could've written this myself. I know exactly what you are talking about. That is our nights most nights here and it is mentally and physically exhausting. Most nights when I am in the midst of being sleep deprived I too think that way, but then I remember that this is the only comfort my LO has and the reality of it for us is that it would not make our situation any better since the reason he is up is because of his scratching with the eczema.
