Dealing With Sleep Issues

Last month I was in Denver with my little guy for his sleep study at Children's Hospital. We had a fine time - really! Thanks to the prayers of many, he handled the 25-30 wires affixed all over his body pretty well. He fought the technician at first, then accepted the process of having goop put on, then wires attached, then bandaids and gauze wrapped all over.

Looked like a little mummy, as the picture shows! He slept...well, normally, which is to say he awoke numerous times. The tech said it was a successful study. Hooray!

Autism and sleep disorders seem closely related, or at least it is pretty common for kids on the spectrum to have sleep issues. We've learned to laugh a bit about the difficulties of getting up numerous times a night. We've learned how pleasant we all are when Little Man sleeps well (a rare thing, indeed). We've learned to juice our bodies with lots of caffeine to keep going day to day, hour to hour.

Our followup with the hospital is in a few weeks. We desire some answers. We are ready for him to sleep soundly through the night without medications. That would be nice.