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Our six month old daughter gets up many times per night and struggles with going back to sleep. We've read many sleep books and tried many methods and nothing seems to work. We are now interested in sleep consultants in the bay area. Does anyone have any new recommendations? sleep deprived
We are looking for a sleep specialist or consultant to help us address our sleep issues with our 15 month old boy. Is there anyone who has used a sleep specialist recently who they would recommend? a very tired mama
We went to see Meg Zweiback (836-1450) when he was maybe 8 months old because he had to be held for a large part of the night to sleep at all, would wake as often as 20 times, never slept longer than a couple hours at a stretch. We met with her twice (and had daily phone consults in between our meetings) and he got to be a much better sleeper.
Our schedule got really out of wack for 3 weeks and the baby regressed pretty seriously. When he was 11 months old we took him back to Meg and she gave us different advice that also worked. (Initially we tried doing the same thing we did the first time around but it wasn't working. When we went back, she told us he was at a different stage developmentally so we needed to do something different.) Now he is back on track and is sleeping even better than before. He usually wakes up once around 3 or 4 to eat and otherwise sleeps about 8-6:30.
It only took 2-3 nights the first time to get him sleeping well. The second time it took a little more than a week. The process was painful (lots of crying) but well worth it for all of us.
Good luck.
Has anyone used Meg Zwieback recently for their older child's
sleep (lack of) issues? If so, did you find her approach tailored
to your family situation/parenting methods? My 5 year old is
completely off the old sleep rhythm of his fisrt 4 years
(straight through for 10-12 hours - no kidding). We've tried
different approaches over the past year, including taking care of
his sleep apnea. I'm not ready to do a medical sleep study just
yet because it seems his sleep cycle/rhythm just needs to get
back on track. Thanks in advance!
TJ
Our 18 month old baby has never slept through the night, has a
history of ear problems, and has recently escalated waking up
from 2-3 times a night to more like 4-8 times a night. Our
attempts at ''sleep training'' have yielded 2 hour crying jags and
no better sleeping. Our pediatrician recommended pediatric nurse
practioner Meg Zwieback for possible consultation, which of
course is not covered by our insurance. I have tried all the
suggestions from the sleep problem advice posts, to no avail.
Anyone have feedback on Ms. Zwieback on sleep issues like this?
I know she handles many different behavior problems. I would
like to hear about her methods, successes, and whether it is
worth the money, probably about $500 out of pocket for three
visits at least....
Sleepless and desperate
Basically, Meg's advice was to first, keep a log on our son's sleep and eating habits. Then we had to determine whether he was waking at night (every 3-4 hours) due to hunger or habit. If hungry, Meg said to feed!- this was determined by the number of hours in between feeds based on his age, weight, and feeding patterns, in addition to our family's needs (a sleep deprived mom with post partum depression). Then we established soothing rituals to prepare him for sleep and put him down awake -if he fell asleep nursing, no big deal. If he cried, we would wait a determined period of time and then go in and comfort him. Meg worked with our comfort level to establish all of these criteria- she did not give us a one size fits all formula.
Of course, teething, stress, and develpomental changes demand flexibility. There have been a few bumpy nights along the way, but most nights our son sleeps from about 7:30pm, wakes to nurse at 4-5am, then sleeps again until 7am.
Hope this helps. grateful for Meg's help
Hi -- I'm considering consulting with a specialist about my baby's sleep issues. He seems to be having more difficulty than is ordinary (he's certainly having more difficulty than my daughter did), and the situation is not good for him or for the rest of the family. Despite our efforts at sleep training and other methods, he is incapable of organizing his sleep. He has a great deal of trouble going to sleep and staying asleep, waking every ten minutes or so during naps and every hour or so at night. I know that Stanford has a sleep clinic that includes pediatrics. I'm wondering -- has anyone ever used the Stanford clinic? Or has anyone used a specialist closer to home and gotten good results? I'm not even sure what sort of specialist we need -- medical doctor, nurse practitioner, alternative medicine -- so any recommendations are welcome. Thanks so much. Sleep Deprived in Oakland
We're looking for someone who can help us deal with our son's sleep issues. We've received conflicting advice from our pediatrician and other professionals, but it doesn't seem to matter anyway since he still has a tough time sleeping through the night, and he seems unable to put himself back to sleep by himself (and sometimes with our help). Does anyone have recommendations for anyone who specializes in sleep disorders? (And yes, we've read four books and tried everything from attachment style to Ferber and beyond - with no success.) Thanks in advance.
RE: 8 month old standing in crib, exhausted
We worked with a very intuitive baby coach named Sarah
Swales, 652-0774. If you want to get away from the
one-size-fits-all formulas, I highly recommend inviting Sarah
over to meet you and your child. She picked up on things
about my son's sleep style that I wouldn't have noticed, and
she offered me and my husband great support.
We had major sleep challenges (including standing in the
crib), and we've worked through them all in gentle baby
steps with Sarah's help. We met with her 3 times and spent
a few hundred dollars in the process. Totally worth it.
Other people in my moms' group have consulted with
Sarah, so I know for a fact that she is not giving us all the
same solutions.
EM
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