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<blockquote data-quote="ready2run" data-source="post: 523761" data-attributes="member: 11339"><p>The first thing to try with trouble sleeping is probably melatonin. He is pretty young so i would probably ask for a doctors blessing before trying it, although it is a natural horomone and much safer than anything else for sleep as far as i know. We used to use that with difficult child, and still do sometimes. we started with 1 mg. i buy the chocolate strips because they all seem to come in 3mg and they were easy to rip, plus kids don't like pills. we don't use it often anymore, difficult child still has sleeping problems but he falls asleep from his other medications and gets a good 6 hours in. he still wakes up WAY too early though. i often get up a 5am with him and he has already been up playing for some time. there are some natural things that can help with some kids, my 5yo has greatly benefited from a morning dose of Jameison Omega 3 Calm. It helps my daugter too, but she refuses to take them and i'm not fighting her on it. She is 13, so we pick our battles with her wisely...lol. That is the only one i found that had the right levels(i forget what they were now) Our psychiatrist had recomended we try it for difficult child, it didn't help him but she said it was safe to try on all the kids if i wanted so that is what we did. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>You have seperated the one with the most issues, and that's a good start. we have an alarm on difficult child's door but since you are avoiding doors you might be able to find some other type of beeper or something to let you know if he is out of his room. i'm not sure what is available. that has given me the peace to sleep at night again. i still sleep with my other boys though, i worry about not hearing the beeper but i always do. another good thing to start doing is putting anything that could be dangerous, pointy or whatever and lock it up. poison and things you don't want messed with, for instance i lock up my make-up and perfumes. we have a lock on the basement door and the utility room, have locks high up on the outside doors. i keep my knives in the upper cabinet which is locked, plus skewers, scissors, graters, ect. we sold our sword collections(what a bummer that was!). i have a kitchen pantry shelf in the bathroom and EVERYTHING goes in there except soap, 1 roll of tp and towels. it's padlocked. i know it seems extreme but in the long run it will save you so much stress, and money, plus you will always know where to find them! keep coming back, there are alot of experienced people here with alot of great knowledge to share. i would not have been able to make the little progress i have with difficult child if it were not for these peoples advice and i think i would have lost my mind long ago!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ready2run, post: 523761, member: 11339"] The first thing to try with trouble sleeping is probably melatonin. He is pretty young so i would probably ask for a doctors blessing before trying it, although it is a natural horomone and much safer than anything else for sleep as far as i know. We used to use that with difficult child, and still do sometimes. we started with 1 mg. i buy the chocolate strips because they all seem to come in 3mg and they were easy to rip, plus kids don't like pills. we don't use it often anymore, difficult child still has sleeping problems but he falls asleep from his other medications and gets a good 6 hours in. he still wakes up WAY too early though. i often get up a 5am with him and he has already been up playing for some time. there are some natural things that can help with some kids, my 5yo has greatly benefited from a morning dose of Jameison Omega 3 Calm. It helps my daugter too, but she refuses to take them and i'm not fighting her on it. She is 13, so we pick our battles with her wisely...lol. That is the only one i found that had the right levels(i forget what they were now) Our psychiatrist had recomended we try it for difficult child, it didn't help him but she said it was safe to try on all the kids if i wanted so that is what we did. (: You have seperated the one with the most issues, and that's a good start. we have an alarm on difficult child's door but since you are avoiding doors you might be able to find some other type of beeper or something to let you know if he is out of his room. i'm not sure what is available. that has given me the peace to sleep at night again. i still sleep with my other boys though, i worry about not hearing the beeper but i always do. another good thing to start doing is putting anything that could be dangerous, pointy or whatever and lock it up. poison and things you don't want messed with, for instance i lock up my make-up and perfumes. we have a lock on the basement door and the utility room, have locks high up on the outside doors. i keep my knives in the upper cabinet which is locked, plus skewers, scissors, graters, ect. we sold our sword collections(what a bummer that was!). i have a kitchen pantry shelf in the bathroom and EVERYTHING goes in there except soap, 1 roll of tp and towels. it's padlocked. i know it seems extreme but in the long run it will save you so much stress, and money, plus you will always know where to find them! keep coming back, there are alot of experienced people here with alot of great knowledge to share. i would not have been able to make the little progress i have with difficult child if it were not for these peoples advice and i think i would have lost my mind long ago!! [/QUOTE]
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