Sotos Syndrome

Comments on Sleep

© Walter Gilbert 2001

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These are comments included in the surveys. In some cases they have been slightly edited for clarity. The numbering is for convience of reading only, the numbers do not represent a particular child; that is, comment number 16 on this page does not necessarily represent the same child as number 16 on another page of comments.
  1. first 18 months of life awake 1-7 times per night, after
  2. snores and snorts all night
  3. wakes up early every day 0700hrs no matter how late she goes to bed
  4. very restless, night sweats.
  5. wakes up to 3 times during one night with a loud cry. will not go back to sleep without his mother's intervention
  6. Snores and snorts but sleeps through the night - gets up very early - 5:30 - 6:00am since a very young child.
  7. She will sleep through night now, but when she was younger she hardly slept a wink,but she alwys wakes by 6am no matter what time she goes to bed.
  8. Hyperactive in cot; unable to sleep for long periods without needing attention (eg untangling from bedclothes) Sleep apnoea ceased @ approx 10mths
  9. slept too long during the first three months (very sleepy), was restless at night and snored terribly until at least 24 months.
  10. Had apnea due to the large tonsils and adenoids. Woke up often.
  11. Was monitored for 1st 3 to 6 months no problems
  12. noisy, restless at times, sweats a lot when first fall asleep, mild apnea
  13. Snores profusely
  14. Goes to sleep without problems but has many "disturbed nights": up in middle of night or before anybody else
  15. normal (mouth breather)
  16. Apnea and nightmares
  17. Horrible until pre-puberty, still restless at night but does sleep well
  18. normal — better now that he is older; tires easily
  19. Snores!
  20. normal but very hard to get to sleep in the evening
  21. normal but had surgery for deviated septum and adnoids at age 15; still snores badly but sleeps better
  22. normal but a mouth breather
  23. normal — requires little sleep
  24. Obstructive apnea; solved by adenoid removal
  25. Very light sleeper, won't seleep alone. They won't use meds; needs 10hrs but won't take it; up 1-5 times a night
  26. He sits up in bed in the middle of the night, still asleep