Celiac And Rls?

[bugsmom]

My son has never been a good sleeper -- lots of night-nursing, crying, and discomfort. Out of necessity for me and my sanity, we ended up a co-sleeping family. It wasn't something we planned, but it was the only way for me to get any sleep that first year (he's 21 months now) and it has turned out to be a great bonding experience. We are not in a big hurry to get him out of our bed -- but the problem now is the kicking. He is always kicking. When he was smaller it didn't matter as much, but the longer he gets and the stronger he gets, the harder the kicks get! I told my partner months ago that I thought our son had RLS and I have mentioned it to other people with kids, but they all say that kids just move a lot when they sleep. I understand that little ones are restless sleepers, but this seems excessive. When I nurse hiim down at night the top half of him is peaceful, but his legs just go and go and go and it seems to keep him from falling asleep. It doesn't matter whether we are in a rocking chair or in bed. And lately we go through about two hours (usually from 3 to 5 am) of nonstop movement. Like his legs want to walk him right out of bed and out the front door. It doesn't seem to cause him any discomfort, but it is causing all of us to lose a lot of sleep. We have been gluten free for about three weeks now and I have seen some improvement in other areas. I am wondering if anyone else has had similar issues? and if I might expect them to change? I have to admit I haven't done much reading on restless leg syndrome except to see that the symptoms of adults may be very different from that of children -- and that diagnosis of it in children is very new.

[Jodele]

My youngest DD is the same way and She move all over the place in the bed. I had her sleeping in her crib by the time she was 3 months on because she moved all the time and I was afriad that she was going to fall out of bed. my dh did not like to put her in the middle he was scared that he would squish her. But all my other kids were good. My oldest slept with me untill she was 2yrs. I know that I move alot during the night. I believe that she and I both have rls. My dh says that I kick him all the time and hit him too. When I had my babys sleeping with me I did not do this. funny is it. I would try to get him to go to sleep in his bed. I would get him a tot bed and say to him this is your big boys bed and sit by him on the floor when he is going to sleep and do not talk to him. Each night get closer to the door. It is hard at first but it will work. You need to remember he will try anything to stay up. You will have to have a system at night you will follow to a tee. He will try to talk to you, cry, get out of bed, and many other things. If it is rls there is nothing you can do for him. I think there is medication but I don't know if little kid can get the stuff. Well hope this helps some.

Jodele

[CarlaB]

I always have had trouble with rls. There is another recent thread that may have some helpful info for you. Mine always seemed to be associated with anemia. Now that I have that under control, no more rls. I also had low blood pressure, which raised about the same time I got rid of anemia, so maybe that contributed.

As a kid it bothered me most when I was awake, I could not hold my legs still or they bothered me. I'd also kick my friends out of bed on an overnight, they'd end up getting up and sleeping somewhere else.

[2kids4me]

It is seperate from celiac if it is RLS.

Here is a good site:

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2 brothers of my husband constantly move one leg when sitting - so I did some research - since my son sometimes does the same thing. But when he sleeps - he usually sleeps like a log and doesnt move much... so we ruled out RLS