Melatonin, Both kids.....

That's right both my kids take one 3mg-5mg tablet of melatonin at night.  They both take if though for completely different reasons. 

Let's start with my son...

As an infant my son was a horrible sleeper. He was up everyone hour on the hour wanting a bottle. Finally after a month of no one in my house getting sleep. I consulted with his pediatrician. Rice cereal half to whole teaspoon a feeding because he stayed hungry. At night his bottle got 2-3 teaspoons depending on if he actually took a good nap and are less that day due to actually napping.  By time he was two years, his eating was extremely picky and the sleeping seem to get worse. He could wake up at 5 am, if and when he took naps because by then naps were non existent, he could be up until 1 am the following day. Finally at this point in time the doctor put him on a .5 mg of melatonin which helps tremendously. This is also when we found out he lacked melatonin. During the the summer he doesn't have to take much because he absorbs it from the sun. 

Now onto my daughter she takes melatonin because she was diagnosed in 2012 with juvenile migraines. A lot of her migraines would happen either waking up in the middle of the night, woke up in the morning or roughly after school. Basically it boiled down to she got them not only because she's at that age for hormones to play a part but the main reason is exhaustion. 

Now ya know that two kids can take the same medication for two different reasons. 

Off to bed I go. I go back to school tomorrow after a two week leave!!!