Home › Welcome to the ADDitude Forums › For Parents › Symptoms, Diagnosis & Beyond › Sleep issues with 7 year oldTagged: sleep issuesHi folks,I have a 7 year old son with ADHD, and sleeping for him was great up until about 6 months ago.
We have a fairly good routine with him (pj’s on, washroom, brush teeth, story, lights off and bed), and this occurs at the same time every night, within between a 30 minute window.He now gets up ALL the time, it ranges from ‘turn the tv down’ which we don’t have up loud, ‘I need a toy’ to ‘I want the washroom’ but does not actually go, he wanders around, doing whatever.We used to give him melatonin, which works wonders, 20 minutes after a dose and he would fall fast asleep.
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