Re: sleep - try potatoes!!

[Guest guest]

oh, god, Sally, you do make me laugh, that's one smoothie I wouldn't like try.

I've heard about the potatoe thing before. Anything is worth a go...

I'm going to try this one and put mashed potato into Edith's smoothie -- I put all sorts of stuff into it already, she won't noticesally

[Guest guest]

I have been frightened to say in in case I am tempting fate, but Joe

has been sleeping through almost every night for the last 6 weeks,

after a good 6 years of broken nights.

I gave melatonin for a while, this got him off to sleep quickly but

almost guaranteed he would be awake again by 2am. I then halved the

dosage, to approx 1 1/g mg and give it occasionally, when he hasnt

had much exercise during the day. He seems to be able to cope with

this. He is a big nine year old and needs lots of exercise, long

walks, trampoline, swings etc to be able to sleep well.

But the main thing really that I have changed is that for the last

six weeks I have been giving him a bowl of chips 30 mins before bed.

I read a book years ago called The Sugar Addicts Recovery Diet, or

something like that, I forget the author,but she advised eating a

potato last thing at night to make tryptophan (sp?) to release

serotonin, and stop sugar cravings so that you can give up sugar for

ever (I guess you have to want to though, so it didnt work for me!)

She also wrote a book called potatoes not prozac, presumably using a

similar theme.

Anyway I noticed that Joe was trying to pinch his brothers chips and

even though he is SCD I thought I would give him some of his own and

see what happened. A full nights sleep was the result so

understandably I tried again the next night, hey presto.

Worth a try!

x

[Guest guest]

Hey, that is great to hear . And so useful, thanks for posting. Has

it had an effect on his digestion or bms etc? Have you stayed SCD for

the rest of his diet?

one more question: what type of oil do you use for frying (I presume

they are fried in oil?)?

Natasa

>

> I have been frightened to say in in case I am tempting fate, but Joe

> has been sleeping through almost every night for the last 6 weeks,

> after a good 6 years of broken nights.

> I gave melatonin for a while, this got him off to sleep quickly but

> almost guaranteed he would be awake again by 2am. I then halved the

> dosage, to approx 1 1/g mg and give it occasionally, when he hasnt

> had much exercise during the day. He seems to be able to cope with

> this. He is a big nine year old and needs lots of exercise, long

> walks, trampoline, swings etc to be able to sleep well.

> But the main thing really that I have changed is that for the last

> six weeks I have been giving him a bowl of chips 30 mins before bed.

> I read a book years ago called The Sugar Addicts Recovery Diet, or

> something like that, I forget the author,but she advised eating a

> potato last thing at night to make tryptophan (sp?) to release

> serotonin, and stop sugar cravings so that you can give up sugar for

> ever (I guess you have to want to though, so it didnt work for me!)

> She also wrote a book called potatoes not prozac, presumably using a

> similar theme.

> Anyway I noticed that Joe was trying to pinch his brothers chips and

> even though he is SCD I thought I would give him some of his own and

> see what happened. A full nights sleep was the result so

> understandably I tried again the next night, hey presto.

> Worth a try!

> x

>

[Guest guest]

WOW!

, that sounds like a nice easy one. Tom doesn’t like chips so I’m

hoping crisps might have the same effect????? Definitely worth a go, SARA

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Re: sleep - try potatoes!!

I have been frightened to say in in case I am tempting fate, but Joe

has been sleeping through almost every night for the last 6 weeks,

after a good 6 years of broken nights.

I gave melatonin for a while, this got him off to sleep quickly but

almost guaranteed he would be awake again by 2am. I then halved the

dosage, to approx 1 1/g mg and give it occasionally, when he hasnt

had much exercise during the day. He seems to be able to cope with

this. He is a big nine year old and needs lots of exercise, long

walks, trampoline, swings etc to be able to sleep well.

But the main thing really that I have changed is that for the last

six weeks I have been giving him a bowl of chips 30 mins before bed.

I read a book years ago called The Sugar Addicts Recovery Diet, or

something like that, I forget the author,but she advised eating a

potato last thing at night to make tryptophan (sp?) to release

serotonin, and stop sugar cravings so that you can give up sugar for

ever (I guess you have to want to though, so it didnt work for me!)

She also wrote a book called potatoes not prozac, presumably using a

similar theme.

Anyway I noticed that Joe was trying to pinch his brothers chips and

even though he is SCD I thought I would give him some of his own and

see what happened. A full nights sleep was the result so

understandably I tried again the next night, hey presto.

Worth a try!

x

[Guest guest]

I'm going to try this one and put mashed potato into Edith's smoothie --

I put all sorts of stuff into it already, she won't notice

sally

Sass and Rem wrote:

>

> WOW! , that sounds like a nice easy one. Tom doesn’t like chips

> so I’m hoping crisps might have the same effect????? Definitely worth

> a go, SARA

>

> * Re: sleep - try potatoes!!

>

> I have been frightened to say in in case I am tempting fate, but Joe

> has been sleeping through almost every night for the last 6 weeks,

> after a good 6 years of broken nights.

> I gave melatonin for a while, this got him off to sleep quickly but

> almost guaranteed he would be awake again by 2am. I then halved the

> dosage, to approx 1 1/g mg and give it occasionally, when he hasnt

> had much exercise during the day. He seems to be able to cope with

> this. He is a big nine year old and needs lots of exercise, long

> walks, trampoline, swings etc to be able to sleep well.

> But the main thing really that I have changed is that for the last

> six weeks I have been giving him a bowl of chips 30 mins before bed.

> I read a book years ago called The Sugar Addicts Recovery Diet, or

> something like that, I forget the author,but she advised eating a

> potato last thing at night to make tryptophan (sp?) to release

> serotonin, and stop sugar cravings so that you can give up sugar for

> ever (I guess you have to want to though, so it didnt work for me!)

> She also wrote a book called potatoes not prozac, presumably using a

> similar theme.

> Anyway I noticed that Joe was trying to pinch his brothers chips and

> even though he is SCD I thought I would give him some of his own and

> see what happened. A full nights sleep was the result so

> understandably I tried again the next night, hey presto.

> Worth a try!

> x

>

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Hi Natasa

Has

> it had an effect on his digestion or bms etc?

Hmm good question. On his digestion I would say no, pretty much the

same. Bms possibly. He is going most days now which is pretty good

for him. BUT he has a pretty gross new habit which, come to think it,

started about the same time as the chips, in that he sometimes pulls

his poo out with his fingers (sorry to anyone eating right now) then

posts it down the sink. Maybe the two are linked in which case its a

tough call - good nights sleep or unblocking poo from the u-bend?

Have you stayed SCD for

> the rest of his diet?

Not completely. He wasnt pooing enough on pure SCD so I reintroduced

some other grains (buckwheat, hemp flour) to see if the extra

roughage would help. He also has the odd packet of crisps.

> one more question: what type of oil do you use for frying (I presume

> they are fried in oil?)?

Actually I cook them in the oven, par boil them first then dry them,

put them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and drizzle

olive oil over them. I guess any type of oil your child can tolerate

would be ok.

Sally I will be interested to hear if Edith enjoys her mashed potato

smoothie!

Sara Joe has only decided he likes chips in the last six months or

so, so might be worth trying them with Tom every now and again. It is

quite handy to be able to order Joe a portion of chips if we are out

and have run out of food. I dont know if crisps would have the same

effect they are not quite as filling as a bowl of chips but worth a

try!

x

>

>

>

>

> >

> > I have been frightened to say in in case I am tempting fate, but

Joe

> > has been sleeping through almost every night for the last 6 weeks,

> > after a good 6 years of broken nights.

> > I gave melatonin for a while, this got him off to sleep quickly

but

> > almost guaranteed he would be awake again by 2am. I then halved

the

> > dosage, to approx 1 1/g mg and give it occasionally, when he hasnt

> > had much exercise during the day. He seems to be able to cope

with

> > this. He is a big nine year old and needs lots of exercise, long

> > walks, trampoline, swings etc to be able to sleep well.

> > But the main thing really that I have changed is that for the last

> > six weeks I have been giving him a bowl of chips 30 mins before

bed.

> > I read a book years ago called The Sugar Addicts Recovery Diet, or

> > something like that, I forget the author,but she advised eating a

> > potato last thing at night to make tryptophan (sp?) to release

> > serotonin, and stop sugar cravings so that you can give up sugar

for

> > ever (I guess you have to want to though, so it didnt work for

me!)

> > She also wrote a book called potatoes not prozac, presumably

using a

> > similar theme.

> > Anyway I noticed that Joe was trying to pinch his brothers chips

and

> > even though he is SCD I thought I would give him some of his own

and

> > see what happened. A full nights sleep was the result so

> > understandably I tried again the next night, hey presto.

> > Worth a try!

> > x

> >

>