Last night I took First Son to a homeopathic doctor to see if we could help him with his difficulty in getting to sleep when he goes to bed.
The doctor asked a lot of questions about how long this has been a problem and to see if anything had happened to bring it on. He also asked questions about First Son, like wether he prefers sweet or salty things and what his temperament is like. He looked at his tongue and measured his pulse and did all those things.
In the end, he recommended acupuncture, but without needles. It seems that for children, a laser is used instead of a needle. This way, there isn't the pain of actually puncturing the skin, and the laser only has to act for a few seconds, whereas the needles have to be left in for 15 to 20 minutes. First Son had his first treatment right away, and I must say he enjoyed it. It was all very new and very interesting to him. He kept talking and giggling and sometimes he said it tickled, mostly on his stomach. We will go back for a few more weekly treatments and we will see what the results will be. For now, after the first treatment, during which the doctor explained about how the laser was sending messages to First Son's electric circuits, (he liked that - electricity in his body is cool!), First Son went to bed saying that he hoped his body had gotten the message and I must say he did fall asleep fairly quickly. Was it the effect of the acupuncture? Was it a placebo effect because First Son believed it would help him get to sleep? I don't know, but it doesn't really matter. The important thing is he got to sleep all right and it wasn't as hard a usual to get him out of bed this morning.
As a Mommy, it made me feel good that First Son knew he was important and that his difficulties are important enough for us to actively try to help and do something about them. In a roundabout way, I think that First Son had an easier time getting to sleep last night because he felt loved by all the people trying to help him. :o)
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