RE: melatonin

[Guest guest]

Check with your pediatrician, but my son takes 2 mg. of sustained-released

melatonin and it really helps him sleep through the night. We had tried the

regular melatonin at first, although would sleep longer, he would still

wake up during the night. The sustained-released formula enables him to sleep

without waking up. There are several brands- we have used Natrol and Puritans

Pride- both decent brands.

Good luck,

To: @...: christine1223@...: Sat, 2 Feb 2008

08:29:23 -0600Subject: melatonin

my six year old is not sleeping through the night again :-( she's about 41 lbs.

I remember someone saying on this list the max of Melatonin you can give a child

that size was around 3mg. is that right? i have 1 mg. right now and its not

working. Can someone tell me if they know for sure how much i can give her?

Also, my Melatonin expired Jan. 08, do you think i can still use it or should i

get some more. Thanks.

[Guest guest]

: Tori has always gotten 3 ml liquid...or a 3 mg. tablet. Just

remember the tablets are time released. She is 8 and weighs 53.5 lbs.

Liz

melatonin

Hi all. I finally have an appt. with the Neurologist this coming Monday

to discuss Haylee not sleeping through the night. I have used Melatonin

in the past but never up to 3 mg. before and it did not help. Well, at

the beginning of this week i decided to crush up 3mg. of Melatonin and

give it to her before bed and shes been sleeping all night! Do any of

you use 3mg. or higher for your kids? Haylee is almost 7 and weighs 40

lbs. Im still going to keep my appt. becuase you know she will start

waking up again if i cancel