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Twitching, restlessness and crying

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Latest post on 20 January 2013 - 10:14

Our LO used to sleep through the night and I would dream feed him his 12am, 3am and 6am feed. He would go to sleep after him 9pm feed and wake up around 6:30-7am for the day.

I dont know if its related but since he had his vaccinations 3 weeks ago everything has changed. At night he twitches and shuffles his head left to right, wakes up and starts crying. We pick him up rock him back to sleep which only takes a minute and hes back in his rocker/cot. Then it happens again after 5-10 minutes. This has been going on all night for 3 weeks and were all so massively sleep deprived :(

Last night when it happened again I put him in bed with me. I had my arm under him as a pillow and I held him close to me from his legs/hips. I could feel all the twitching but in my grip he didnt wake up crying as much. As soon as I'd fall asleep and my grip would loosen he would start crying. This went on all night :(

I have no idea whats going on and whats caused LO night scheduled to become so messed up and he has a fantastic eat, play sleep routine during the day. Now that the maid is here theres no faffing around with mummy and her bad back trying to rock him asleep. The maid gets him asleep as soon as hes tired which is great.

Does anyone have any information or experience of what could be causing this all of a sudden?

I would really appreciate some help as I'm not sure how much loss of sleep me and DH will be able to handle.

EDIT TO ADD: He was struggling with some eczema on his shoulders and back which thought was the cause for him being like this. But now its totally cleared up and this is still going on.
<em>edited by Dubai_City_Chick on 20/01/2013</em>

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 22 January 2013 - 19:43
Well when my daughter was born she twitched a lot, she eventually grew out of it, ,it had something to do with nerves not being completed but was nothing serious. However you're saying it just started....I don't want to scare you or anything but could it be maybe night terrors?when my daughter was about 4 or 5 months she also changed in sleep, she would fall asleep and wake up soon after screaming, until she was about 7 months we just tried to lay her in bed with us and that seemed to work.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 21 January 2013 - 16:37
Oh and don't go the antihistamine route, it can actually be quite dangerous in babies under the age of one.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 21 January 2013 - 16:36
How old is he? Babies go through a sleep regression at 4 months which can be temporary or last a while depending on a few factors, I'm wondering if that is maybe the case? My only other thought is if you are breastfeeding or have started solids it could be a food sensitivity, my wee guy has reacted like this in the past after I have eaten certain trigger foods.
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 21 January 2013 - 14:52
Hi there! It's all still the same unfortunately. We're taking turns between me and Dh looking after him because its just getting too tough at night now. The pharmacist saw the state of us yday and recommended a antihistamine that has a mild sedative to help him sleep. Reluctantly we tried it at the small dose advised and it did nothing! Argh! I threw away the drops this morning.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 21 January 2013 - 13:19
Hi DCC, how old is your LO? Does he still wake up so often crying? Did you take him to the Dr?
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 20 January 2013 - 17:50
This started BEFORE the maid began working with us and she doesnt put him to sleep at night, we do.
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 20 January 2013 - 14:56
He is swaddled, rocked to sleep, has a dummy, white noise you name it. How does one not worry too much when they are getting up every 15 minutes or so ALL NIGHT?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 20 January 2013 - 13:04
How old is your baby? I can't really say if this is realted to the vaccines or not. But from what you write yor baby sleeps better when held tight, so have you tried swaddling baby in a light blanket? Babies, especially very young ones often startle themselves when not swaddled. Also I found with my two children now, that their sleeping changes from time to time, they will be great sleepers for a while and then a developmental milestone aproaches and they will be all restless and sleepless for a while. Teething alsos interferes with a good night sleep. Don't worry too much, but if you do feel concerend and feel something is not right, take baby to doctor to check things out
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 20 January 2013 - 12:04
Anyone?
 
 

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