no regular sleeping and other issues

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I've posted about my 22 month old son but not my 5 year old because

his issues weren't that bad. Now he is not sleeping through the

night. He may not have always slept through the night but now he

comes in and wakes me to go lay down with him. He has to sleep on

the playroom couch so he can bounce and relax enough to sleep. He

does this several times a night which is pretty exhausting.

He isn't potty trained yet but is at least telling me when he has a

B.M. by saying diaper. He is always scratching his bottom and hates

his diaper. I've been trying to get him to go on the " big boy potty "

but so far no luck. Does anyone have suggestions for his

interrupted sleep and his irritated skin?

Currently we just have him on his GF/CF diet and had been giving him

Alpha Lipoic Acid with his morning juice along with a squirt of flax

oil. Before school let out for the holiday he'd gotten some cookies

with casein in them so his system was thrown out of wack. He had

some vomiting and watery bm's. We weren't sure if that was due to

the casein or if it was the stomach bug that was circulating through

the school so we took him off everything but his GF/CF diet.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.