Comments on: Q&A: Parents, is it okay to give your kids alcohol in order to get them to sleep? http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/ your kids are on drugs, We can help you. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:00:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: TaKe.Me.DoWn?_Try.iT! http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-913 TaKe.Me.DoWn?_Try.iT! Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:37:49 +0000 http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/#comment-913 I would say in small amounts. Eat something with high carbs. Carbohydrates stimulate insulin which helps clear from the bloodstream those amino acids that compete with tryptophan. Tryptophan is a precursor of the sleep-inducing substances serotonin (neurotransmitter that slows down nerve traffic) and melatonin (affects sleep cycle). Light also inhibits melatonin. The best bedtime snack is one that has both complex carbohydrates and protein, and perhaps some calcium. Calcium helps the brain use the tryptophan to manufacture melatonin. This explains why dairy products, which contain both tryptophan and calcium, are one of the top sleep-inducing foods. Dane I would say in small amounts.

Eat something with high carbs. Carbohydrates stimulate insulin which helps clear from the bloodstream those amino acids that compete with tryptophan. Tryptophan is a precursor of the sleep-inducing substances serotonin (neurotransmitter that slows down nerve traffic) and melatonin (affects sleep cycle). Light also inhibits melatonin. The best bedtime snack is one that has both complex carbohydrates and protein, and perhaps some calcium. Calcium helps the brain use the tryptophan to manufacture melatonin. This explains why dairy products, which contain both tryptophan and calcium, are one of the top sleep-inducing foods.

Dane

]]> By: DreadHead Momma http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-912 DreadHead Momma Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:42:19 +0000 http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/#comment-912 whiskey is to keep the kids quiet when your in-laws surprise you with a visit whiskey is to keep the kids quiet when your in-laws surprise you with a visit

]]> By: Zorro http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Zorro Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:46:17 +0000 http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/#comment-911 I thought the whiskey was for the cough. dang. Who knew I was abused! I thought the whiskey was for the cough.

dang. Who knew I was abused!

]]> By: Allie Q http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Allie Q Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:08:17 +0000 http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/#comment-910 No. Just because people were ignorant and didn't know better in the past, does NOT make it okay now. Kids need to learn how to fall asleep naturally, on their own - not with alcohol or cold medicine or any other stupid things lazy parents do because they can't be bothered to actually parent. No. Just because people were ignorant and didn’t know better in the past, does NOT make it okay now. Kids need to learn how to fall asleep naturally, on their own – not with alcohol or cold medicine or any other stupid things lazy parents do because they can’t be bothered to actually parent.

]]> By: The Flyers Fan (iamrulz26) http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-909 The Flyers Fan (iamrulz26) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:49:07 +0000 http://www.howdoigetmykidsoffdrugs.com/qa-parents-is-it-okay-to-give-your-kids-alcohol-in-order-to-get-them-to-sleep/#comment-909 ... …

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