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[quote=Anonymous]My three year old is just going through a transitional time making his sleep not so great (dropped nap recently, moved to big boy bed, stopped needing a pull up at night but still sometimes needs to go at night or has accidents). And above all, he still uses his paci to sleep.

The paci issue is that he physically can’t fall asleep without it. He will be exhausted, but just plays in bed or calls out because he doesn’t realize he can just fall asleep. It’s that big of an association for him.

So I’m wondering if a couple of nights of melatonin will get us over the hump, where he’s just exhausted enough he’ll fall asleep and then not need it anymore.

BUT I was always in the camp of being super anti melatonin because it disrupts their natural hormones. The last thing I’d want is a few nights of great sleep followed by more nights of restlessness or withdrawal (not as dramatic as that but you get what I mean).

I’m going to run this idea by my pediatrician, but was wondering if anyone could offer their experiences with melatonin at this age? [/quote]

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