I am going completely out of my mind!.. Does your child sleep?
“I am going completely out of my mind!.. Does your child sleep?” These were often the words out of my mouth when Jack was younger. Even as a baby, for Jack, sleep was hard to come by. And if we were able to settle him into some sort of sleep routine it would only take some very small change in routine or environment to completely throw him off sleep again…
My Mum nicknamed him “Half hour Jack”. This was about the extent of his sleep time before his eyes would pop open, and he’d be ready to go again!
I used to wonder what I was doing wrong. Other mothers that I spoke to would agree with the fact that babies are often very difficult to settle, but never to the extent that I would experience.
As Jack grew older things became a little easier, but to this day we still have many nightime wake-ups and difficulties falling asleep (especially if out of routine!!!)
I came across a really interesting news article the other day about a study on the sleep problems of children with Asperger Syndrome. Many of the results rang true for us (the falling asleep ’sweating’ for instance), and the tips to help Aspergers children with sleep were helpful. Check it out and let us know what you think!
Elissa 
children with asperger syndrome more likely to have sleep problems
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
the first known attempt to evaluate the sleep patterns of children with asperger syndrome (as), taking into account sleep architecture and the cyclic …
November 27th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Sleep! Whats that!!
C has never sleot much, just dosnt seem to need it. Even at his grand age of 19 he only sleeps about 4 hours a night.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Sleep is still a bit erratic around here with no predictable pattern, but I remain hopeful that the longer stretches of peaceful sleep will continue to grow.
Cheers
November 28th, 2007 at 2:59 am
Sleep is better around here now. However, my son frequently sweats in his sleep. I didn’t know other kids did that…
November 28th, 2007 at 3:12 am
Hi Bonnie, We often have to change his sheets not because of toileting issues, but because of night sweats… strangely enough it is often worse in winter!