17-Month-old Son Won't Sleep Through the Night!

Oh my gosh, I somewhat know your pain since my 18 month old had acid reflux for the first 3 months of her life......that was the longest 3 months of MY life. When she came of age I did the Ferber method and it worked for her. The only reason she would cry through the night was because of teething. There is a possibility that your son is so used to being comforted during his acid reflux that it will take a long time to adjust to cold turkey. If he is NOT in pain then there is nothing wrong with cold turkeying at that age. I do have a friend whose child is 4 and she had to take the child to a sleep center!! It did seem to work. So there are solutions and I hope you find one soon....I understand!

This sounds all too familiar. I too had troubles with my second child due to severe acid reflux and not sleeping. Sounds like to me, the little guy is so used to being awaken from the acid reflux, he hasn't learned any different. I was "lucky" enough to experience some allergies with him right after we discovered the acid reflux. We used some over the counter allergy medicine. It made him just a little sleepy. Check with your doctor before trying this though. Don't want to over-medicate or use something that will cause problems with the other medicines. Hope this helps...it worked for us. By the way, I only gave the medicine for about 2-3 nights. After that, he was good to go!

Best Wishes

I wish I did. I have a 3 year old who gets up every night and ends up in my bed. It drives me crazy!

My twin daughters had severe acid reflux and went through the same thing your son is going through. Even though he is off the meds, the reflux still burns when he lays flat on his back in bed. Try getting a wedge. It's a foam wedge that goes under his mattress in his crib to slightly elevate the head of the bed. We did this with my girls and it worked wonders. If they are not laying flat, the reflux doesn't burn so much, and they don't wake up. You can get the wedges on-line, ir at any baby store like baby depot or toys r us. Good luck!

I can sympathize with your delema. My second child, a girl, was/is the same way. She is a very active child and is never still, not even at night. She also very seldom sleeps thru the night and she is 3 years old. I have learned that when she wakes up in the night, I take a small amount of water to her, and then talk to her softly for a bit to let her know Mommy and Daddy are still there, but also to let her know that is still very late and she needs to lay back down and go back to sleep. It doesn't always work, but it helps. Also, you may want to have him rechecked by his doctor to make sure he has "outgrown" the acid reflux. I hope some of this helps.

Hi L. my daughter did the same thing! My Grandmother told me I had to let her cry three nights in a row. I couldn't even go in the room! Let me tell you for a first time Mom this was the hardest thing I ever did! My husband had to hold me down. :) The first night she cried 1.5 hours the second 45 Min and the third 15 min. the fourth she was alseep in 10 min. It also worked with my son.

Good Lick! BK