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re: Parenting question - 4 year old
Posted on 2/9/22 at 6:58 am to Displaced
Posted on 2/9/22 at 6:58 am to Displaced
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Also, melatonin
I may be in the minority but this is awful advice. Kids don’t need sleep aids. What it does is lower their natural production.
And maybe worse sets up an addictive nature to sleep. “I have to have my pill or I can’t get to sleep.” Awful idea.
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 7:59 am to Sheepdog1833
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I may be in the minority but this is awful advice. Kids don’t need sleep aids. What it does is lower their natural production.
And maybe worse sets up an addictive nature to sleep. “I have to have my pill or I can’t get to sleep.” Awful idea.
I second this. Tread lightly with melatonin.
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There are some indications that the drop in nocturnal melatonin levels during adolescence parallels sexual maturation processes.42 Accordingly, the decline in melatonin levels has been found to relate to the progression of Tanner stages.43 These observations, together with animal studies showing that exogenous melatonin can suppress GnRH secretion,44 contributed to the emergence of concerns about the possibility that exogenous melatonin supplementation may affect children’s sexual maturation.4
Posted on 2/9/22 at 8:19 am to Sheepdog1833
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Also, melatonin
I may be in the minority but this is awful advice. Kids don’t need sleep aids. What it does is lower their natural production.
And maybe worse sets up an addictive nature to sleep. “I have to have my pill or I can’t get to sleep.” Awful idea.
It may be for most, but kids on the spectrum handle meds totally different than what you may be used to. Sleep regulation is usually next to impossible, but also one of the biggest benefits to temperment regulation if you can maintain it.
I have a condition that shares a lot of outward symptoms as autism and sleep regulation is one of them. I can go weeks sleeping one or two hours per night and wake up ready to go at 1 or 2 am. The longer I go, the worse I get, until I crash for a day or so.
Medication helps me regulate that better, so the crashes come less frequently and I wish I had it for the first 40 years of my life.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 8:35 am to Sheepdog1833
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I may be in the minority but this is awful advice. Kids don’t need sleep aids. What it does is lower their natural production. And maybe worse sets up an addictive nature to sleep. “I have to have my pill or I can’t get to sleep.” Awful idea.
Great post. Melatonin should only be used by older adults whose bodies don’t produce as much as when they were younger.
It’s abhorrent to see so many parents trying to regulate their children’s behaviors with drugs. I understand how trying it is for a working couple or working single parent to manage careers and children at the same time but drugs, excess food and electronics are not the answer. I think this is why we have a couple of overweight generations coming up.
People should think long and hard before having children. They are very expensive, can be psychologically exhausting and require at least an 18-year commitment as a supervisor, teacher, banker, etc.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 8:37 am to Sheepdog1833
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melatonin
quote:Me and my wife have had the backing of 2 different pediatricians and our primary care doctor that says melatonin is harmless and an effective way to get kids to go to sleep.
I may be in the minority but this is awful advice
quote:See above statement. Don't think a pediatrician (this is a very by the book hard case lady by the way) would give us the greenlight if there was any possibility of harm being done.
What it does is lower their natural production.
quote:Melatonin is a not medication. And it does not set up "an addictive nature" as I've used it at various times on my kids, and they do just fine with sleep with or without it.
And maybe worse sets up an addictive nature to sleep.
You want to jump on google and come up with your studies, go ahead. You can find "studies" on just about anything under the sun that is supposedly harmful. But like I said, me and my wife have had a group of doctors all back the idea of giving melatonin at night.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 9:07 am to Sheepdog1833
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Also, melatonin
I may be in the minority but this is awful advice. Kids don’t need sleep aids. What it does is lower their natural production. And maybe worse sets up an addictive nature to sleep. “I have to have my pill or I can’t get to sleep.” Awful idea.
Says someone who doesn’t have kids who will stay up till midnight every night regardless of what’s been tried.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 10:04 am to Sheepdog1833
quote:This isn't true, and studies show that it is safe short-term and most likely long term.
What it does is lower their natural production.
quote:How old are the kids? I think you're giving them too much credit here. Don't make a production out of it and it won't be a bid deal. My 8 and 5 year old have no idea what that little purple pill is for.
And maybe worse sets up an addictive nature to sleep. “I have to have my pill or I can’t get to sleep.” Awful idea.
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