I your child persists with complaints of pain that is unexplainable, have him evaluated by a geneticist. I complained of weird pains my whole childhood and everyone wrote it off as growing pains but an earlier diagnosis might have saved a great deal of damage to my body. There’s no way anyone could have known but my mom felt so guilty about it that I had to leave a comment.

So do you recommend eating carbs at dinner or not?

Hi, What is this herbal sleep pack can you share it with us?

I’m not personally a fan because there is some controversy about the risk of dependency or of the body reducing natural melatonin production with extended use. That said, I do use a melatonin/magnesium lotion occasionally if needed and while traveling https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Minerals-Goodnight-Magnesium-Melatonin/dp/B00BN9PFUW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=wellnessmama-20&linkId=3f01e80a8b952d678266fcadc7961fd6&language=en_US) but not regularly. Personally, I find that reducing blue light exposure at night and fixing my cortisol rhythms were the most effective ways I could improve melatonin.

I wear then after dark around the house, even when not on the computer.
Child sleep is tougher. It helped ours when we hung blackout curtains and got a sound machine, but we also just had to spend about two weeks being consistent with returning them to bed as soon as they woke up and not allowing them in ours before they got into the habit. Magnesium spray helped the growing pains.
We haven’t had this experience with sound machines, but I know some parents who have this problem.

I take 500 mg mag gluconate (windmill brand) twice daily for migraine prevention. Doesn’t upset bowels at all. Hard to source though. Only one pharmacy in my city carries it…

YES! I LOVE my night guard. If I forget it, I will get up (and risk waking everyone else up, as we have a 15 mo old & 4 yr old in bed too). My dog chewed it up once several years ago, and it was horrible till I got a new one. They are expensive though. I think it was $600 with insurance. I used several OTC ones previously and they aren’t comfortable at all.
Thanks for all the tips… we actually don’t do many of these suggestions already, but several are big changes so we will see how desperate we are for sleep! I did forward it to my hubby.
It’s midnight now & I’m on my phone reading this & hubby has the tv on – that’s his way to sleep. I can’t stand it but just use an eye mask. Our compromise was no volume (I listen to Dream Spiral electric harp at night…)

We use a Himalayan salt lamp from Sprouts or Amazon or a yellow “bug light” bulb from Walmart or hardware store.
These allow you to see without telling your body it’s time to make “wake up” hormones.

Serenity by doTERRA essential oil as. I apply it to the junction of the jaw (in front of ear) and along bottom jawline or wherever it hurts. It’s a blend so no carrier oil is needed.