Melatonin for a 3 year old?
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Anonymous
| Does anyone tried this? I want to resest my little one’s bedtime but unsure about long term effects. |
Anonymous
| We used it for a few weeks this past summer with 3yo when moving internationally and adjusting to time difference. Gave 0.5 to 1 mg. Helped and no known impact from occasional use. |
Anonymous
| I used it with my large 2.5yo on an international trip. Ped said it was fine. She was 37lbs at the time. I am not sure I would use it for purposes other than jet lag, but if you are desperate. |
Anonymous
| Just reset the bedtime. Make sure kid is getting a lot of exercise. Be strict. Don’t worry if kid is unhappy. I think that is a better approach than using drugs. |
Anonymous
| Short term use is fine according to our ped. |
Anonymous
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I would not give my child an OTC hormone for something that has a simpler solution. Move the bedtime (and wake up time if necessary to ensure they are getting enough sleep) forward or backwards by 10-15 minutes until you are at the bedtime that you want.
If you give melatonin, give the smallest possible dose. As a grown woman, I take .5 mg (when I need to take it). |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t touch this personally. I used this when I had postpartum sleep issues and it caused a lot of unintended issues for me that took months for me to recover from. I would never give this to a kid unless they had a serious sleep disorder or something and were under supervision of a specialist. |
Anonymous
| I would never, but if you want to give it to them ask their doctor first. |
Anonymous
| How much outdoor time are you doing every day? |
Anonymous
| WTF??? I can’t believe people used it for time differences. Is everyone so lazy or time-poor that they can’t let time differences work themselves out, they have to medicate their tiny child? |
Anonymous
| My 3 year old has autism (diagnosed by a doctor) and his developmental pediatrician recommended 1 mg of melatonin to help him fall asleep and stay asleep. It helps with falling asleep but he still wakes up at night. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with trying it in the short term but I wouldn’t use it longer than a week or two at a time without a doctor’s advice. |
Anonymous
For a 5-day international trip the adjustment period takes as long as the trip itself. My pediatrician approved it and also approved Benadryl as a sleep aid for long flights. Calm down. |
Anonymous
Have you ever moved internationally with a young toddler where you spent a month with your child being evicted from their crib and sleeping on a random temporary rollaway bed in an empty house in a foreign country after your furniture has been picked up, then having the toddler sleep on a motel pull out couch for five weeks after you have to vacate your foreign house, then moving ten time zones and having the toddler have to sleep on a twin mattress on the floor of yet another temporary apartment for three weeks because your new house isn’t ready, and then moving the toddler to a brand new house and another new bed and new room they must sleep in alone? If your answer is no, then do that and lemme know you wouldn’t try — upon your pediatrician’s recommendation — 0.5mg of melantonin for less than a week…. |
Anonymous
Your developmental pediatrician is not the smartest. Melatonin does not help with staying asleep, so I'm not sure why they would recommend it for that. |
Anonymous
Don't you see? PP knows more than your pediatrician lol that is why they have decided to give medical advice online, not because they are a sanctimommy that gets satisfaction out of judging other parents. |