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My dd9 never slept as an infant/toddler. From a very early age (months old)she would take maybe a 30 min. power nap sometime during the day but otherwise was up all day and singing to herself until 11-12pm at night then up during the night numerous times to nurse and up for good with the sun in the morning. I co-slept with her because otherwise there was no way I'd even get a moment to close my eyes. I can remember lying in bed watching her roll around and "sing" to herself with my eyes closing (because I needed sleep) and suddenly the singing would stop and she'd be asleep.

When she was around 18 months old, I would do anything in my power to keep her from napping (even for a few minutes during a car ride) because that meant she might, at least, fall asleep by 10pm rather than after midnight.

I think she was around 4 years old before she started sleeping longer in the morning but she is still a night owl. I homeschool her and she will often bring me her next day's school work at 9pm and finish it before bed.

Thanks for the melatonin article, we'd been thinking about trying that, but it doesn't mix with Asthma meds, apparently.

Glad I ran into that before asking the Dr, since he doesn't usually catch that stuff. (He's great, but he's not used to kids with DS's severity level)

-Mich