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Can Metopic Suture Ridge Cause Sleeping Problems And Crying?
I have a son with a metopic suture ridge that has just formed. He is 11 months old. He, in the last 3 months, has stopped sleeping through the night. He now wakes up crying every 1-3 hours. Are these possibly related? He used to sleep 10-12 hours every nigt.
Thu, 24 May 2018
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The metopic suture is one of four sutures on the infant's skull. The sutures ought to remain open until 2-3 years of age. There is no relationship that I am aware of between these sutures and sleep problems. At your son's age, separation anxiety can result in increased bedtime resistance and problematic night wakings. All infants and children normally arouse briefly 4-6 times through the night. Babies who soothe themselves back to sleep have brief arousals rather than prolonged night wakings. The ability to self-soothe is associated with being put to bed while drowsy but still awake and without sleep onset associations (being rocked, held, bottle fed or breast fed) that are not available during the night. During nighttime wakings, infants can alert parents by crying. Persistent difficulty in self-soothing is associated with frequent night wakings. Transitional objects (pacifier, blanket, mother's well-worn knotted T-shirt with her scent) are important during infancy. Baby should be weaned from middle-of-the-night feedings and should not be put to sleep with a bottle. 25% to 50% of infants the age of your son have night wakings.
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The metopic suture is one of four sutures on the infant's skull. The sutures ought to remain open until 2-3 years of age. There is no relationship that I am aware of between these sutures and sleep problems. At your son's age, separation anxiety can result in increased bedtime resistance and problematic night wakings. All infants and children normally arouse briefly 4-6 times through the night. Babies who soothe themselves back to sleep have brief arousals rather than prolonged night wakings. The ability to self-soothe is associated with being put to bed while drowsy but still awake and without sleep onset associations (being rocked, held, bottle fed or breast fed) that are not available during the night. During nighttime wakings, infants can alert parents by crying. Persistent difficulty in self-soothing is associated with frequent night wakings. Transitional objects (pacifier, blanket, mother's well-worn knotted T-shirt with her scent) are important during infancy. Baby should be weaned from middle-of-the-night feedings and should not be put to sleep with a bottle. 25% to 50% of infants the age of your son have night wakings.
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