Quote Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev View Post
Very cool


Did anyone elses toddler go through a stage where they seemed to need hardly any sleep? Up until a few months ago Orion would have a daytime name for 1 1/2 to 3 hours, be in bed by 8pm and then get up around half seven in the morning.

Now if he has even a short daytime nap he's up half the night! And it seems no matter what time we put him to bed he is up 10 hours later at maximum. So if he goes to bed at 9pm he's up by 7am. Last night he was asleep by 8.30pm but then was up this morning at 5.45am!

Shouldn't toddlers sleep more than this? He's still only 2 1/2. But he doesn't even seem tired with this drastic reduction in sleep.
I went through 6.5 years of that. We eventually discovered that Marcus' brain does not produce Melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep. Thankfully he now takes 3ml in a synthetic form before bed and he now sleeps 10-12 hrs a night... As opposed to the 4 I got for the those first 6.5 years.

For any adult having trouble sleeping I recommend Melatonin. It is a natural hormone so there are no side effects. However in Australia you need a script for it. You can purchase it off American based websites like onnit as it is an over the counter product over seas.