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It’s almost 2 AM and I am AWAKE! \u00a0Why is sleep so elusive sometimes? \u00a0I ponder this in the middle of the night a lot. \u00a0(It would help if someone would discover a cure for snoring husbands!) \u00a0I am not alone, however, in my sleeplessness. \u00a0I decided to make a list of things that sometimes help. \u00a0So if you are not one of the 2% of Sleepless Elite who genetically only need about 3 hours a night, try this…..<\/div>\n
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  1. \u00a0A COLD room – core body temperature needs to decrease 2-3 degrees \u00a0to initiate sleep<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. \u00a0Turn off all light – even flipping your cell phone over, especially if incoming messages light your phone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. \u00a0Soft music may help, but use a timer so an inconsistency in the noise won’t reawaken you<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. \u00a0A medium firm mattress – too soft and too firm are both problems. \u00a0Also, a mattress is really only good for about 10 years \u00a0 \u00a0 before it starts to break down. \u00a0Of course, your mattress may last longer if you don’t sleep as much!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. \u00a0 If you cannot sleep and have been lying awake for an hour, get up and do a simple chore or two, and then try again<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. \u00a0 Avoid caffeine (a no brainer)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. \u00a0 Finally, Thanksgiving is coming, and with it turkey! \u00a0Turkey has tryptophan, an amino acid that promotes melatonin \u00a0 production \u00a0and melatonin\u00a0 promotes sleep!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                Alright, I have done my “middle of the night” chore. \u00a0Time to try and sleep again……….<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                It’s almost 2 AM and I am AWAKE! \u00a0Why is sleep so elusive sometimes? \u00a0I ponder this in the middle of the night a lot. \u00a0(It would help if someone would discover a cure for snoring husbands!) \u00a0I am not alone, however, in my sleeplessness. \u00a0I decided to make a list of things that sometimes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5WySj-4T","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}