My 2 and a half year old just will not go to sleep. He is very hyperactive but mostly cheerful, but at bedtime he becomes agitated and refuses to go to bed, no matter how many stories we read to him, or songs we sing etc. He seems afraid to go to bed. He eventually conks out on our bed at about 1 am from sheer exhaustion, and then we have to transport him back to his bed. Needless to say, we, his parents, are seriously affected by our own chronic lack of sleep and complete absence of a life. I was wondering if low doses of melatonin could be safe for a child this age and if it might help him get into a better pattern.