The culprit turned out to be food allergies. Once I stripped the triggers out of my diet and cleansed my system, I started sleeping through the night again. The change took all of 3 days for my life to return to normal.
You might want to put her on the candida diet, which contains a whole host of foods you would by at any supermarket. No milk, no bread, no cheese, nothing that contains yeast, sugar, or converts to sugar as it's broken down. It will help shift her engine into a lower gear and allow her to reach deep REM cycles (and you, too!).
For any naysayers out there, if you have never suffered from protracted episodes of insomnia, you would not understand how it damages your health, impacts your ability to function on a daily basis, and wreaks havoc on your cognition. This Dad is hanging on by his fingernails and needs compassion and prayers.
I'm praying for you, Celerity, you and your family.
Thanks for the words of encouragement - it’s really needed sometimes.
Diet has been at the forefront of her treatment throughout her life.
When she first came home crying was “incessant”. (Measurement and charting showed she actually cried for 2 hours of the day.. which when you start charting things like that takes on a different meaning). She cried so much that she stopped breathing for 12 seconds. I’m a new parent, and knew NOTHING about anything so I actually took her to the ER. That started our diagnosis of intestinal / stomach issues.
months later, she’s on Zantac, alimentum, special diets with single proteins. Things got better, but never recovered.
At 8 months old we stopped the Zantac and started bringing her up to a normal diet over time. Right now, she’s getting 2 ounce of Alimentum once a day. So it’s starting to become a normal diet.
Oh, and she actually slept quite a bit last night. I guess some people’s prayers may have been heard !