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Comfort not

As helloheather has pointed out, Nate is having a very difficult time sleeping. And while she is up with him every hour or so, I generally wake up and then go back to sleep. Sometimes I will get up before her and try and comfort him but, with one exception, he rejects this and becomes more and more distraught.

I wish I understood why he was having so much difficulty staying asleep. I know that, right now, part of the problem is teething. He's getting at least two molars and a possible third tooth in at the same time. That cannot be fun.

And if his not sleeping were not enough, Nate still rejects almost all foods with textures. He simply will not tolerate anything but puréed "Stage 3" style foods. And perhaps we are sending the wrong messages, for when he has tried "chunks" of even easy to chew foods, not only has he coughed but has gagged and choked. This has caused us to whip him out of his chair to try and help him clear the object out. I wonder if such a reaction on our part is causing him to reject these foods outright. But what can be done? I cannot simply stand by while my child, with a panicked look on his face, gags.

Both behaviors are very stressful to me, though I believe the food-aversion will resolve itself over time. But the sleep problems, given that he has /never/ slept more than a few hours at a time since his birth, seem insurmountable. Nothing we have tried has helped in the least.

I look at the up-coming family camp out and the trip to Denver with much trepidation.