ANY ideas at all...

I've posted about this before but I am getting so desperate. I just need ANY suggestions of who we can see about this.

So far we've seen:
Doctors
Paeds
Plunket
Cranial Osteopath
Naturopath

My girl has been awake for hours most nights for months. She gets on her hands and knees and rocks and makes a loud "mmm, mmm" sound. She keeps doing this for 1 to 3 hours in the middle of the night, usually from midnight up until 2.30 or 3am. She is wide awake when she does it. We've tried the safety sleep but she just moves her body up and down in it and continues with the whole thing. I know it sounds like a very autistic behaviour but she doesn't do it outside of her cot and is a very socially interactive girl.

I've tried moving rooms & using earplugs but I can not sleep through this. Every night I'm awake for hours first because she is so noisey and then because I am down right freaked out about why she is doing this.

ANY suggestions at all would be valuable. I am so sleep deprived (+ now have concern about this new pregnancy). Tonight is it 2.30am and she has been going since before 12.

They say it is strange but that there's nothing they can do about it and as she is developmentally on track it must be ok.

She was awake for 4.5 HOURS last night!!!! I have only had 1 hour sleep.

Good idea. Scary to think my daughter could need a psychologist though! She has a wonderful home life :(

Have you thought of video-ing it so people can actually see what she's doing?

I like BS's idea though.

Bombshell wrote: have you asked about a referral to Campbell lodge - now Awinitia? (sp?) via your doc - they deal more with behaviours etc and she isnt too young to go....ask doc for a referral s/he will know who i mean. BTW an idea - and not sure if it is helpful or not...is it worth going in when she starts, picking her up and playing in dimly lit room for ten mins and then doing bedtime routine again? OR goign in and starting her music or whatever she falls asleep to at start of night again when she starts this behaviour?

What do they specialise in?

We've tried various methods of going in or leaving her to it and nothing seems to help.

At the start of then night she simply goes into her go-go bag, cuddles her muslin and goes to sleep. We put her down, say goodnight and leave. She never cries or anything, just goes straight off.

or maybe try a warm bath or shower with you? have you moved house or anything? it could maybe b a nervous reaction to something?

good luck though hun!

The other thing is to find out about various sleep clinics - there is one in hamilton for young bubbas, not sure if that would be where you went or if you would go to the general aklnd one. Not sure of anything other than their existance and their success though, sorry!

Most definately wide awake. No doubt about that. If I go in she smiles and laughs and talks.

Yeah but I'm very sure she is awake. She is really really grumpy today after 4.5 hours awake in the night and will probably need 2 naps I guess.

A bit of consolation from me i guess. My best friend - when he was young - would go on his hands and knees and rock. He'd hit his head every time he rocked. His parents couldn't figure out why he did it. Docs couldn't either.

He's turned out fine.

I guess im saying don't worry about it. It'll sort itself out and if it needs addressing then theres time later in life. Try and find ways for you to sleep would be more important than worrying about a habit that doesn't harm her.

One other suggestion: maybe she's having too much sleep during the day? Try to tire her out more.