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[quote=Anonymous]NP - sorry for the thread hijack.

Our 3.5 year old, usually a great sleeper, has a horrific cough right now. He's fine in the day but he's up coughing at night, sometimes for hours. HOURS. About every other night, he's woken up coughing and coughed so much and badly for so long that he threw up. It's been over two weeks of this. I brought him to urgent care, they said he's fine, just a virus, or more likely one virus right into another (he just started PK3 and wasn't in daycare, so this is his first time in the Petri dish), gave me the usual "oh no cough syrup, just honey and a humidifier" and I was like "no. We cannot live like this, he's an absolute mess, how can he possibly get better with no sleep, we need something!" They gave me an anti-nausea so at least he won't throw up, and recommended 1 or 2 mg of melatonin.

We tried it last night (cut a 3mg melatonin in half) and it was a million times better.

My question is - I don't want to mess up his natural melatonin production or otherwise mess with his sleep long term. I'm hoping now that he's sleeping he'll be better soon. How many nights in a row can I give him melatonin before I risk damaging his natural sleep rhythms?[/quote]

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