Melatonin?

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Does anyone give this to their kids to help with sleeping?

C had a checkup today and I talked to the doc about A's sleeping-or lack of. Without napping, we put her to bed between 730-8 and most nights she's up until at least 9....last night was after 11!  Even if we're in there with her and she's lying down, shes very restless-its like she can't relax or get herself calm enough to even try to fall asleep. Her daycare said shes the only one in her age group not napping and they also said it takes her way longer than the other kids to settle down and get calm for naptime. So her doc suggested a low dose of melatonin before bed. I'm just curious if anyone has tried it-if it works, side effects, etc.