Thought we were at baseline - maybe we are - but I'm confused. Still dairy and egg free. Always take Enzymedica GlutenEase enzymes when I eat a gluten product (which, by the way, I do eat a lot of 
: ). DD's poop got normal (i.e. no mucous) and is now like actual big kid poop since she's finally starting to eat lots of solids. She is getting pseudo-constipated every few days and cries when she poops and it's quite firm (but not too dry or hard and not pellets or anything) at these times but other times it's just perfect poop 
. She eats lots of fiber (fruits/veggies/oatmeal), drinks lots of water and still nurses a lot. I'm almost 100% sure that her stooling patterns are like they are because she is getting molars (aaaahhhh!!!) and teething always really messes with her system. Anyhoo....back to the main issue. She has a little crustiness behind her ears (this is not new), has painful gas sometimes (I'm assuming this is from the gluten) and still sleeps like she is trying to kill me via sleep depravation. I will say that when we were doing the full on ED which allowed her gut to heal and her poop to return to normal her sleep never got better and she's always had that tiny bit of crustiness behind the ears (I thought it was dried milk for a long time until I finally realized it wasn't). She has obvious teething pain at night which is part of the problem. I'm just trying to figure out if maybe there is something else she is sensitive to. I am hesitant to jump to any conclusions because she takes after my bro a lot, including with sleep, and he was a crap sleeper (still is) and didn't STTN until he was 4. She has the same problems as him. She can fall asleep fine but wakes SO frequently. She is a very active sleeper and often wakes herself up because she's trying to roll over in her sleep but gets stuck, she sits up in her sleep and then wakes, etc. In other words, much of the time she wakes for reasons clearly other than discomfort. And...it's a crapshoot if I can get her back to sleep easily with a few pats and ssshhh's or if she needs to nurse. I can usually tell if she needs to nurse due to discomfort (teething or occasional painful gas). My inclination is that this is not a food issue since when I was on the ED she healed, poop got normal, etc. yet the sleep never budged which makes me think her crappy sleep is not actually food related (although she used to wake in pain frequently, now she wakes for other reasons such as being a monkey in her sleep 
). So....sorry for long and rambling post. I'm just so desperate for sleep and I'm pretty sure it's a combo of monkey-sleeper, teething, sometimes gas, and waking out of habit but I would appreciate some thoughts on the matter in case I'm missing something obvious. Thanks.
: ). DD's poop got normal (i.e. no mucous) and is now like actual big kid poop since she's finally starting to eat lots of solids. She is getting pseudo-constipated every few days and cries when she poops and it's quite firm (but not too dry or hard and not pellets or anything) at these times but other times it's just perfect poop . She eats lots of fiber (fruits/veggies/oatmeal), drinks lots of water and still nurses a lot. I'm almost 100% sure that her stooling patterns are like they are because she is getting molars (aaaahhhh!!!) and teething always really messes with her system. Anyhoo....back to the main issue. She has a little crustiness behind her ears (this is not new), has painful gas sometimes (I'm assuming this is from the gluten) and still sleeps like she is trying to kill me via sleep depravation. I will say that when we were doing the full on ED which allowed her gut to heal and her poop to return to normal her sleep never got better and she's always had that tiny bit of crustiness behind the ears (I thought it was dried milk for a long time until I finally realized it wasn't). She has obvious teething pain at night which is part of the problem. I'm just trying to figure out if maybe there is something else she is sensitive to. I am hesitant to jump to any conclusions because she takes after my bro a lot, including with sleep, and he was a crap sleeper (still is) and didn't STTN until he was 4. She has the same problems as him. She can fall asleep fine but wakes SO frequently. She is a very active sleeper and often wakes herself up because she's trying to roll over in her sleep but gets stuck, she sits up in her sleep and then wakes, etc. In other words, much of the time she wakes for reasons clearly other than discomfort. And...it's a crapshoot if I can get her back to sleep easily with a few pats and ssshhh's or if she needs to nurse. I can usually tell if she needs to nurse due to discomfort (teething or occasional painful gas). My inclination is that this is not a food issue since when I was on the ED she healed, poop got normal, etc. yet the sleep never budged which makes me think her crappy sleep is not actually food related (although she used to wake in pain frequently, now she wakes for other reasons such as being a monkey in her sleep ). So....sorry for long and rambling post. I'm just so desperate for sleep and I'm pretty sure it's a combo of monkey-sleeper, teething, sometimes gas, and waking out of habit but I would appreciate some thoughts on the matter in case I'm missing something obvious. Thanks.
Honestly, cosleeping kids establish habits just like their crib-sleeping counterparts. I'm all about AP, but it is very true that if I'd have CIO'd with my kids they'd probably sleep better. BUT, obviously I wouldn't do that because the bond we form is more important to me than my lost sleep. I will say that when I nightweaned, my kids continued to wake a lot for the following weeks (I gave drinks from a sippy) until they slept completely through the night..
