Any suggestions?
kit_kats_mom wrote: I just need to find out if Katherine is a wierdo, has a problem or if what she is doing is "normal toddler behavior".
This child can not stop moving. When I'm nursing her to sleep a foot, leg, hand, arm whatever, has to be moving at all times. she is also really fidigety when she sleeps. It's like she just can't turn off the motor even when she is asleep. Granted when I take her away from the breast she usally gets still pretty quicky (because she's asleep) but even then she fidgets every 15 minutes or so and often wakes herself up. Could she be hyperactive or something? I'd hate to label her but geez. I love to relax and she just doesn't seem to grasp that concept.  She even does this at daycare.
I've tried warm baths, pre-bed massages (which are challengening since she can't stay still), restraint (she just pushes harder), changing her clothes, changing detergents...am I missing anything here ladies? Any other suggestions?
I would love for her to be able to stay asleep more than 30 minutes at a time.
kimberley replied: sorry i don't have advice for you, just (((((hugs))))) and support. James hasn't stopped moving since he was born!  he is not hyperactive just very mobile. some kids are just more active than others. we have tried massage which worked a little, aromatherapy bath didn't work, not even tylenol when he was sick! good luck.. if you find that miracle cure, please pass it on to me. 
A&A'smommy replied: wow i dont think Katherine is as a weirdo or anything, i do believe i was like that and i still cant hardly be still i have to move a foot while im going to sleep or i get frustrated  i dont know what to tell you....have you asked your ped. about this? i cant amagine that you would be missing anything sounds to me like you have done everything but then again i wouldnt know i dont have a toddler, i hope you get some good advice from some of the other ladies (or daddies). ((((HUGS))))
CantWait replied: Sorry I have nothing to add here either. Anthony is 6 months (big difference I know) and he can't stop kicking me when he nurses. All night if I leave the baby moniter on and he's moving. He's not a very sound sleeper. Robbie, who's 8 is all over his bed too. 
paradisemommy replied: i think my only suggestion is to take her out running after dinner to try and tire her out but then again if you live somewhere cold then you can't exactly do that - i guess that's a perk of living in hawaii 
taven is the exact same way - in fact it takes me a good 1/2 hour to hour to get him to go down..here picture this..i'm laying on my right side - he's nursing on my right side but he moves his body so it's perpendicular to mine, he's arching his back and kicking his right leg back as far as he can and still holding it in the air. i don't know how he HASN'T drawn blood yet but talk about sore boobies..
if not that then he's pinching my other breast with his other hand or trying to crawl on top of me...
so no - you are not alone...i take taven out for a run/walk after dinner to make him tired...it works sometimes but he still likes to fight going down..
Guest_kit_kats_mom replied:
Not a hard time pictureing that at all. K gets herself into that position all of the time....maybe they will be YOGA masters when they get older? 
I take her for a walk every afternoon (we are in FL) and we have increased our route from 1 block to 3. She should be tired. I sure am
amynicole21 replied:
Sophia's mastered that position, too  
K sounds a lot like DH - constantly moving, even when he's asleep. I don't think it means she's hyperactive or that there's anything amiss, though I sometimes have my doubts about DH
DansMom replied: I think it's a sign of a busy, active brain! She's a smarty-pants.
Daddy of Schnoogly replied: Once again, Iain and Kit Kat have achieved synchronocity. This describes him perfectly. He CAN NOT be still. Even when he nurses, his little leg is flailing like he's a dog having his tummy scratched. Sometimes he rolls, sits up, grabs, kicks, and flails in his sleep. And nothing seems to help. Warm baths or walks, and things like that will sometimes calm him down a bit, but it never lasts very long.
So, anyway, Kit Kat isn't unique in this, and ostensibly, according to his ped, it isn't abnormal.
jcc64 replied: Same thing with Corey. She often nurses standing up, on one foot, other foot extended high in the air, only to switch to an equally bizarre position after about 4 seconds. She never, ever stops moving, and she seems positively comatose compared with my middle son (now 8) at her age. He is not hyperactive, is a very good student (although surprise surprise, sometimes rushes too much), a great athlete, and very well liked and socially competent with his peers. No out of the ordinary behavior problems. Just an active kid, period. Don't worry.
MommyToAshley replied: I don't think it is out of the ordinary, as you have already heard. Ashley is constantly rolling, turning, talking in her sleep. She never stays in the same position.
coasterqueen replied: I wish I had some advice for you, but if I did I would be able to get mine to sleep then, lol. She is constantly tossing and turning in her sleep. I swear this is why she is up every two hours.  Hope you figure out something soon 
Schnoogly replied: Nothing to add except it is really annoying isn't it!! When Iain was really sick he sat in my lap and watched Sesame Street. he SAT in my lap! It was the first time he had ever done that.
It takes a good hour to get him to sleep usually. The last 20 minutes he starts thrashing his head back and forth as if to say NOOOOOOO I don't want to sleep!! He can nurse on his tummy by turning his head to reach me. And of course kicking the whole time. Slapping, pounding, pinching. At all other times, he's cruising, crawling on feet and hands (the crab walk) lightening fast all over the house. Oh we are in trouble when he starts walking!! Putting pants or a diaper on? Forget it! I have to hold him and wedge each leg in, and he does bicycle legs the whole time. 
DansMom replied: That diaper changing description cracks me up---whenever you describe Iain, I think of how Daniel would be if I were to wind him up about five notches!
When I'm changing Daniel's diaper, he manages to flip the lower half of his body over while keeping his back and shoulders on the table. He doesn't move constantly to prevent the procedure---instead he freezes in that contorted position so that I can't get the diaper on. When I twist him back in position, as soon as I let go he flips back, just like letting go of a rubberband.
My2Carebears replied: ANgel is the same way. The girl is always moving. So I can relate
kit_kats_mom replied:
That seriously made me crack up
Thanks for the smile. I needed it today.
kit_kats_mom replied:
YUP. Those sitting/cuddly moments are sooo rare in our house. I've leaned to really treasure them when they do occur.
K has just started getting wierd about diaper changes and getting dressed. One thing that helps is if we give her the diaper first and let her name and talk to whichever character is on them. We use pampers and they have sesame street stuff on them.
MomToJade&Jordan replied: Oh Jade has always been weird about diaper changes. She absolutely hates me at that moment. I never thought someone so little could be so strong. I was telling Tavenmommy the other night that I wished I had a thrid arm so I can hold her down with it. Either that or invent a snap on diaper. You just snap your fingers and the baby is changed. I'll go work on that now.
3_call_me_mama replied: I swear that toddler shave jumping beans inside of them or something! Cameron absolutely will nto sit still either. HE rolls adn osses adn turns in his sleep until he is laying across one of our faces and kicking the other one of us during the few hours a night that he is in our bed. Other than that he is on the go all day, sometimes we can get him to sit through a story or about 20 minutes of sesame street or Blues Clues, but other than that he too nurses in the wierd positions and gets himself into pretzel shapes! It baffles me how active they are.
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