I thought I would share something about sleep.
My daughter is 7 but still didn't sleep well, she tended to have nightmares and wake 2 or 3 times many nights.
We already eat hardly any sugar and no artificial sweeteners, so I knew it wasn't that keeping her up. Also I give her calcium, magnesium, potassium and B1 in balance, which also effect sleep.
A couple of months ago I found out protein and sleep are related, I didn't know. I knew kids needed lots of protein to grow but now I looked into how much, way more than I thought.
My 20kg daughter needs 18 to 37 grams a day. That's like a medium sized stake a day.
Also I started checking packets and counting up grams, turns out cottage pie is only about 6 grams of protein per 100 grams, yogurt is equally useless but nuts and cheese are mostly pretty good. You really have to look to get up to 18 to 37 grams a day.
Well today I actually had to wake my daughter for school, not because she had jet lag, not because she had been up 3 times with nightmares but because she slept 11 hours peacefully! It's just about a first ever!
She is also better behaved, calmer, studies better and does not have tantrums (not that she was bad to begin with.)
I got the exact information about how much protein is enough from the site at the end of this post, but basically for every kg your kid weighs you need at least a gram of protein a day.
Lovely to read Kirsteen! If you were not in art you would be in nutrition!Well you actually are in both!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. :)
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