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<blockquote data-quote="Autismkids" data-source="post: 334160" data-attributes="member: 8756"><p>Obviously talk to a Dr before starting anything, but here is our routine...</p><p> </p><p>For DS, dinner, bath, wash hair, blow dry hair/take nebulizer medications/play nintendo ds, take melatonin (I crush 3mg and put on a spoonful of applesauce, but he knows its there), and allegra, put on pjs/diaper, pick out story, beat mom to bed, read, kiss, play nintendo ds again (he'll play for 5ish minutes and put it down and go to sleep).</p><p> </p><p>IF he gets up, I use the bedtime technique from supper nanny- First time he gets up, I repeat "time for bed little man." Give him a kiss. 2nd time he gets up, "time for bed" with no kiss. 3rd and any following times, say nothing. Take his hand and lead him back to bed.</p><p> </p><p>There is a clock out there that you can with a morning time. It'll stay lit a certain color all night, then when it's 7am or your chosen time, it'll change color so the child knows he/she can leave their room.</p><p> </p><p>My daughter doesn't fight about going to bed, but she can't fall asleep at a decent time without melatonin. I don't think melatonin is addictive. And from our experience it's certainly not- daughter took it for 2 years straight, and we stopped it this past november. She had no problems except being right back to not falling asleep at a normal time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Autismkids, post: 334160, member: 8756"] Obviously talk to a Dr before starting anything, but here is our routine... For DS, dinner, bath, wash hair, blow dry hair/take nebulizer medications/play nintendo ds, take melatonin (I crush 3mg and put on a spoonful of applesauce, but he knows its there), and allegra, put on pjs/diaper, pick out story, beat mom to bed, read, kiss, play nintendo ds again (he'll play for 5ish minutes and put it down and go to sleep). IF he gets up, I use the bedtime technique from supper nanny- First time he gets up, I repeat "time for bed little man." Give him a kiss. 2nd time he gets up, "time for bed" with no kiss. 3rd and any following times, say nothing. Take his hand and lead him back to bed. There is a clock out there that you can with a morning time. It'll stay lit a certain color all night, then when it's 7am or your chosen time, it'll change color so the child knows he/she can leave their room. My daughter doesn't fight about going to bed, but she can't fall asleep at a decent time without melatonin. I don't think melatonin is addictive. And from our experience it's certainly not- daughter took it for 2 years straight, and we stopped it this past november. She had no problems except being right back to not falling asleep at a normal time. [/QUOTE]
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