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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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 wrote: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?

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 wrote: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?

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.

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.

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?

How much outdoor time are you doing every day?

I would never, but if you want to give it to them ask their doctor first.

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.

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).

Short term use is fine according to our ped.

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.

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.

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.

Does anyone tried this? I want to resest my little one’s bedtime but unsure about long term effects.