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Name: staceykelley
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i have a little man with autisum he is four yrs old please dont judge me im just trying to do whats right. my son keeps everyone awake at nite which isnt a big deal to me but it is to my daughter who is 6. no matter how many baby gates i put up he still manages to wake her up she has missed so much school because she cant sleep i dont know what to do this has been going on for a long time i was wondering if maybe i should send her to her dads because this is taking such a big toll on her i dont know but what i do know is we cant keep going on like this shes only 6 she shouldnt have to put up with this. shes a very good sport about it all but i just feel sorry for her
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Name: felicia | Date: Nov 2nd, 2006 12:57 AM
Hi staceykelly,

I feel for you, I really do. Is your son an any medication? Personally I wouldnt use it, I have other means to help my autisic son.
This is a really hard situation and solution for you, and I am certanally not judging you! But if this was me (and this is just my opinion) I would probably let her father have her for a little while, until you can settle him. How are you settling him at night? What does he do insted of sleeping?

Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you want to chat further.

Kind thoughts, Felicia 

Name: staceykelley | Date: Nov 2nd, 2006 2:26 AM
yes me and her father spoke today and yes she will be moving with him at night he gets up and screams and crys now he has been doing this since he was about a 21 months he will break over the baby gates he will slam his door repeatedly and scream i have took all the toys out of his room ive tryed everything. i sing to him hold him hug him give him something to eat everything i could possibly think of. ive tryed the baby gate and not running to him when he screams its just really hard hes been doing this for so long. i have no problems getting him to sleep its at 2 or 3 in the morning when he gets up and he stays up till the next night and it doesnt matter what time he goes to bed at its still 2 or 3. my son was on meds but i took him off cause they didnt help him that was over a year ago i just am at a loss of words the proffesionals say do this do that and i do and it doesnt work. but we are gonna figure this out i just dont know of anything else more to try im at a lose for words and very sleep deprived and so is my son 

Name: onlinedizzy | Date: Nov 2nd, 2006 6:03 AM
My daughter is 5 years old and for the last 6 months she has started waking up like your son. she pulls her room apart if we lock her in(nearly broke a window) if not she comes into our room and wakes us up! or plays in the bathroom. Has tried to get outinto the backyard, lucky we had the alarm on. We have tried melotonin which worked well for a few months. but now she has become immune to it(she drank half a bottle!), even gave her a break from it for a while but it still doesn't work for her now. What time does your son go to bed? A friend with an autistic child too, has suggested to me making a routine of her going to bed much later, as the problem is Roslyn not sleeping long enough. I am going to give it a try. I know it seems too obvious but maybe it might work. Good luck. I think your daughter staying with her Dad till you get a routine going is a good idea. Gives you less to cope with. 

Name: felicia | Date: Nov 2nd, 2006 6:57 AM
Hi again,

You really need to look after yourself in there too, make sure you have something for yourself, even if its tiny, just something.

I have my son on a programme from home now, and have seen some great results. I am happy to share with you what I am doing if youre interested. My email is in my first reply.

Kind thoughts,

felicia 

Name: jennmom1 | Date: Nov 11th, 2006 2:29 AM
Hi StaceyKelley,
I have a 4 year old son with autism as well. He used to wake continuously throughout the night and scream, he also had night terrors. I thought i would never get any sleep and when we found out he had autism we put him on a Gluten Free Casein Free diet. Within a week of doing this my son began sleeping thru the night. It's a personal decision but if you decide to go that route and need any help please email me at [email protected] Getting started on the diet can be overwhelming if you don't know what you can feed them and it 's helpful to geta list of foods from someone that has already done the research (especially if your child has texture issues and will only eat certain things.) Good Luck!! 

Name: jacksmom | Date: Jan 28th, 2007 4:16 AM
Jack's story....

After the 12 mos. vaccines my son gradually slipped into autism. He was head-banging, hand-flapping, twirling, lost speech, lost eye contact and he just withdrew.

Now two years later.... no head-banging, no twirling, no flapping, has eye contact and is starting to verbalize again. And... he has Down Syndrome to boot. :) Yes... even kids with DS get autism. Actually they get it at a higher rate.

What helped him? First I give God praise.... our son wouldn't be here without Him and we prayed and I believe He guided us. Second... supplements. Especially cod liver oil. I recommend Green Pastures CLO with the X factor. Check out Dr. Mary Megson's work on the web. http://www.diet-studies.com/megson.html Our Jack healed gradually... but he is healing. I actually had to make myself GET USED TO him not twirling everything any more!

Also check out Dr. Amy Yasko's work. www.holistichealth.com

We give Jack alot of supps - cod liver oil, probiotic, magnesium citrate, tart cherry and recently we added cilantro. He takes some other things too but each child is unique. It helps to find a good naturopathic MD or chiropractor.

Don't give up. There is hope! And... I will be frank here.... many mainstream doctors know squat about how to heal autism. Don't let that throw you. There are people who do know how to help. God bless you! Love, Jack's Mom :) 


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