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Feb 20, 2019, 05:53 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2018
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 6,008
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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
Parenting without both parents being on the same page on an issue that affects their child does not make for a healthy marriage. Fighting about it would be inevitable, and already this last year (2018) was a horrible year for my marriage with things just now mending. H is a wonderful, involved father. He loves our daughter as much as I do. So what, I'm supposed to go behind his back, he'd find out from my daughter about it anyway, and then everyone would be upset. That's not healthy either.
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Its not going behind his back if you see a doctor, get a diagnosis and a treatment recommendation and one of those is medication. There is scientific evidence to support the use of medications sometimes. Would he be the one who knows more than the doctor? Would he be the one who when provided with empirical evidence, ignores it and does what he wants to? This is your daughter we are talking about, I am sure she wants good sleep. Even if medication is not something you or he wants to do, surely melatonin would be ok. There are links upon links to be found supporting the use of melatonin being safe and effective and particularly safe for kids when medication is not needed or wanted. I do not think decisions about your daughter should be left up to him. And I do not think you should have to go behind his back, nor should he influence you to do that.
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