OP glad you found out. Tell docs 1 and 2 they missed a diagnosis.

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Anonymous wrote:See a developmental pediatrician get screened for autism.

Why is someone threatening autism in every post? This feels like such an unnecessary leap. FWIW, I have friends with autistic children and they were perfect sleepers throughout baby/toddler/childhood.

“Threatening” autism? That’s a bit harsh. I think people mention it because early intervention is key and if they have it you want to get services started as soon as possible.

OP update: he has an ear infection! I’m so glad I listened to my gut and took him to a third doctor.

Anonymous wrote:See a developmental pediatrician get screened for autism.

Why is someone threatening autism in every post? This feels like such an unnecessary leap. FWIW, I have friends with autistic children and they were perfect sleepers throughout baby/toddler/childhood.

See a developmental pediatrician get screened for autism.

Mine just always hated the crib. Had to be dead asleep or he'd scream when being put in the crib. Waking up in the crib resulted in screaming so violently he'd vomit if we didn't respond immediately--and he woke up every 2-3 hours. At 20 months, we threw the mattress on the floor and he started sleeping through the night. it was like some weird switch flipped just be no longer being contained.

He didn't wander at night. Didn't try to get out of the room. Didn't play (although we didn't keep toys in the room, either). He'd go to sleep, then wake up in the morning, sit on the mattress and say "mama, I up!" If only babies came with instruction manuals, right? I would have moved him to a floor bed at 6 months and saved us all a lot of heartache and gotten much-needed sleep.

OP, I make no promises that moving your kid out of the crib will work miracles like it did for mine. But maybe worth a try? Can't be any worse than what you're dealing with now.

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Anonymous wrote:Adding on. I kept telling the pediatrician what was happening, but child was only diagnosed when he ended up in emergency room.

Did he have other symptoms?

My asthmatic kid definitely had a hard time with sleeping than his brother, but he had other symptoms. Pediatricians are notoriously bad at identifying chronic asthma.

No other symptoms we observed. He really didn't wheeze; just kept struggling more and more to breathe, so didn't present like one would expect. The first emergency room visit they finally listened to his chest, put an oxygen mask on him and started meds. The second middle of the night emergency visit and hospitalization, my doctor father came from out of state to bring me a stethoscope and teach me how to use it. I also got a peak flow meter and was able to teach my son how to blow into it.

The pediatrician we saw, also a professor at an ivy med school/teaching hospital, had decided it must be night terrors and he would outgrow it. I'm just putting all this here in case it's helpful to anyone reading.

Yep I would have that looked at AND also now would be the time to evaluate for tonsils and adenoids if a chronically ill sleeper. I wish we would have done that for my first kid because I kept getting told that nursing was the issue so I weaned at 2.5. ANDDDDD it didnt help!
Then COVID happened and we were all just surviving. FF a year or two and the sleep has not improved, he doesnt nap at daycare, he takes FOREVERRRR to fall asleep, fights sleep, etc. He had none of the signs and symptoms except poor sleep duration until his hyperactivity started getting worse around 6. I finally took him to ENT and he had surgery a few months ago after having a sleep study where he had sleep apnea diagnosis. No mouth breathing, limited snoring and it was in specific positions.
Sleeps like a rock now. I look back on almost 7 years of poor sleep and wonder what could have been

OP here - you might be on to something with new molars. I’ll investigate!

Anonymous wrote:Adding on. I kept telling the pediatrician what was happening, but child was only diagnosed when he ended up in emergency room.

I’m so sorry. Must have been very scary!

Anonymous wrote:Adding on. I kept telling the pediatrician what was happening, but child was only diagnosed when he ended up in emergency room.

Did he have other symptoms?

My asthmatic kid definitely had a hard time with sleeping than his brother, but he had other symptoms. Pediatricians are notoriously bad at identifying chronic asthma.

Adding on. I kept telling the pediatrician what was happening, but child was only diagnosed when he ended up in emergency room.