My son was the same way...since birth he never slept the whole night until I discovered melatonin. At first we start with 1mg liquid and he eventually got used to it so I went to 2.5mg and that eventually stopped working by itself so now he is on clonidine and melatonin and he sleeps the whole night. I know alot of people are against medication but I'm willing to do whatever it takes to help my son..hopefully this helps.

The medication she is on is Clonidine 0.5 my 1-2 pills at night
We worked up from a 1/4 pill .. and then as she grew we had to up the dosage . She only takes 2 pills if she wakes up with more then 5 hours left during the night

My daughter was never a good sleeper . She could literally go days without sleep . No naps either . The best night sleep I had before we starting giving her medication was 3 hours maybe once a week and that's when she would " crash" . We finally got to start her on medication after trying melatonin and other " less serious " sleep aides like benadryl and prescription higher strength Benadryl which she ended up having the opposite affect with and it kept her up and wired . Melatonin didn't phase her at all

She is now 3 and her sleep isn't perfect ranging from an average of 4-10 hours with no set reason as to why some days she sleeps for 4 hours and some days she knocks out and sleepy 10 straight .

But I am so happy she's finally sleeping more than just a hour or two. Also her sleeping has helped her education she is able to retain information way better now

Mine didn't sleep well either. I was told melatonin, adrenal problem, internal clock etc... she couldn't recognize day or night for the longest time nor could her body (internal clock). It was suggested medication. I decided to wait and try different techniques. I had to sleep with mine and dim the lights and make it inviting. She had more sensory issues. She liked things that were very very soft. I use to touch her arms with the tips of my fingers and go up and down her arm as light as I could or forehead and sing to her, It really helped. Its all trial and error to find what works. Now that she is older, it's not as bad, but sometimes we still do different things like talk, read, sing etc.. it works.

Yes we started out with melatonin he grew use to it now we do clonidine and trazadone but he still fights it and he isn't still at all