Desperate Mother Reveals The “Healthy Secret” She Uses To Get Her Kids To Sleep FAST

Not long after I gave birth to my first child, I came to a horrible realization:

My sleep will never be the same!

Because the only way my son would go to sleep was if I held him…

And my other 2 kids have been the same. No such thing as setting them in the crib to “cry it out.” All three of them refused to nap. I think you can see where this is heading…

I wish I were exaggerating, but I’m not.

We start bedtime around 4 pm, in the hopes that they’ll be in bed by 8. Not asleep, but in their beds. It takes every ounce of strength that my husband and I have at the end of the day.

By the time we get the kids bathed, read stories, hug them, tell them about our childhood “in the 1900s,” play relaxing meditations, and get them all a drink of water…

Well, we’re at each other’s throats.

And that’s NOTHING compared to the next morning.

All 5 of us wake up tired. We’re grumpy with each other. My kids are so slow that we’re late to school and daycare 4 out of 5 mornings. Which means I’m late to work.

Since none of us eat breakfast, the school has called to tell me that both kids are tired and disobedient in their classrooms. The baby, who is 2 years old, goes to daycare. But she falls asleep as soon as she gets there so she won’t rest during their designated quiet time.

So I’m in trouble at work for being late, I’m getting complaints about my kids nearly every day, AND now the pediatrician is on my case about their nutrition!

It turns out that skipping breakfast, paired with picky eating at school has left all 3 kids a little bit undernourished. And I’m to blame too – I’m too exhausted to cook nice meals at home!

I was at my wits’ end and my husband had no idea what to do either. 

His job didn’t allow him to help with the morning routine. We considered hiring a nanny or babysitter to help me streamline the morning routine. But guess what? Nobody wants a babysitting job from 6 to 8am.

We were diligent about turning off the screens by 4pm each day. But it was SO HARD to cook dinner with the kids underfoot.

We eliminated dessert and any source of sugar – not a single grain of sugar after they got home from school! 

But they still had that energy burst between dinner and bedtime.

We started using lavender oil in the bathwater and even diffusing different scents in their bedrooms. We bought white noise machines, fans, and blackout blinds to keep their rooms cool, quiet, and dark.

It doesn't end there…

We let them pick out new sheets. We bought softer pajamas. We even tried those nighttime projectors that shine relaxing images on the ceiling.

Trust me, NOTHING was lulling my kids to sleep.

In a desperate moment, I may have given them some nighttime cold medicine…

And they did actually fall asleep earlier that night. But I felt so guilty.

That’s when I turned to melatonin gummies. I figured, it’s better than the cold medicine, right? And I gave them to my kids for about a month. 

For the first few weeks, they seemed to be falling asleep faster.

But then we noticed the two little ones were waking up with bad dreams. And my oldest son was saying that he needed more gummies to help him fall asleep – one wasn’t enough.

I started researching the effects of melatonin on kids, and I started feeling guilty, yet again.

Sure, melatonin is “natural,” but it’s a hormone. Once I realized that, I felt really weird about force feeding my kids hormones.

And melatonin was also the reason behind my kids’ bad dreams. 

Melatonin can increase REM sleep, which might seem like a good thing. But it’s also the sleep phase where dreaming occurs. And spending more time in that sleep phase can cause bad dreams or really vivid dreams.

The more melatonin you take, the more vasotocin your brain releases…which can increase the dreaming problem.

And even though melatonin isn’t necessarily “addictive,” children can become psychologically reliant on taking them. It’s also possible that taking melatonin can cause your body to produce less melatonin naturally…NOT a good thing for long term sleep goals!

We knew that melatonin was helping our kids in some ways. 

But my husband and I agreed that it was also damaging their long-term ability to produce melatonin naturally. We felt weird about giving them hormones. We didn’t want to increase our older son’s dosage. 

Plus, we hated waking up in the middle of the night to soothe the younger two when they had nightmares. That was just trading one sleep problem for another!

I was venting to my friend Jen over a cup of coffee. Since she’s a nurse, I was hoping she’d know about something different

“You’ll never believe it, but I heard the doctor recommend these sleep supplements to a patient during their well-child visit! Crazy timing!”

I was about to tell her that we’re not open to using melatonin, when she shoved her phone into my face and said, “Look! These are melatonin-free supplements made for kids. They help kids relax, NOT force them to sleep!”

“They’re called Kids Bedtime Essentials…”

Kids Bedtime Essentials by Hiya are chewable supplements that help kids relax, focus, and calm down before bed. They don’t have sugar, melatonin, or that artificial gummy texture.

What Kids Bedtime Essentials DO have is:

✅ L-Theanine to support calm and relaxation

✅ Vitamin B6 to support brain restoration

✅ Magnesium to support muscle relaxation

✅ Chamomile to help encourage sleepiness

✅ A neurotransmitter called GABA to help relax the mind

✅ Calcium to support natural melatonin production

✅ Choline to help support a natural sleep-wake cycle

See? No weird hormones! It seemed like this supplement was made to allow kids’ bodies to relax rather than knock them out with hormones.

In fact, it seemed like this supplement might even help make up for my kids’ nutritional deficiencies!

For the first time, I was hopeful that a supplement might just help my kids get the rest that they needed…

So my husband and I could also get the rest we need!

For my kids, a change in routine can be difficult.

So when their Bedtime Essentials supplements came in reusable, personalizable bottles, that really helped! Each kid decorated their bottle with stickers as we talked about how they worked.

“Other kids say these vitamins taste good. They don’t taste like candy though, because they’re NOT candy!”

I told them we’d start off taking them at dinner time, and that they shouldn't cause bad dreams.

I’m not gonna lie, the first night was a little rough. They didn’t want to try anything new.

But by the end of the first week, they had no trouble taking their Bedtime Essentials with dinner. My husband and I both noticed that the post-bath energy burst was not as wild as usual.

A few weeks into taking Bedtime Essentials, all three of my kids were regularly falling asleep by 8! I NEVER thought I’d see the day!

But the biggest change was yet to come…

By the time we were two months in, ALL THREE of my kids were up in the morning to eat breakfast before school!

And I was eating too! It was nothing fancy – some oatmeal or eggs – but it was a huge improvement for us. 

My older kids have only been tardy once in the last month. ONCE. I have been on time to work. My 2-year old now rests during nap time at daycare. And I have not received one complaint from my kids’ teachers!

The bedtime routine takes much less effort. My husband and I can actually get a full night’s sleep. We can now start our mornings off on the right foot. So I’m not exaggerating at all when I say that has been life changing.

Don’t get me wrong, Bedtime Essentials are not a silver bullet. They don’t knock your kid out instantly, and they’re not some sort of miracle cure.

But they also don’t disrupt your kids’ natural sleep cycles. In fact, Bedtime Essentials could actually help your kiddo get regulated enough that you may not need them any more! 

And I can say from experience that Bedtime Essentials are what helped the stars align for us. We feel a new lease on life now that all 5 of us sleep through the night!

I was lucky enough to have a personal recommendation from my nurse friend, Jen. And I trust the doctor she works with.

But I understand that not everyone is that lucky. So I think it’s cool that Hiya has endorsements from lots of doctors – and one of them is a New York Times Best-Selling Author!

“I recommend Hiya over sugar-filled gummies to all the patients in my office.”

      - Dr. Jonathan Snow, Pediatric Dentist

“So many vitamins are loaded with excess sugar and gummy additives. Hiya is really clean.” 

      - Dr. Mark Hyman, New York Times Best Selling Author

“Hiya gives my patients the nutrients they need without the sugary junk.” 

      - Dr. Monica Madan, Beverly Hills Pediatric Specialist

If you’re sick of the sleepless nights and frustrating days, Bedtime Essentials can help. 

If your kids have trouble falling or staying asleep…

If they have trouble waking up in the morning…

If they misbehave or can’t eat well because they’re overly tired…

You might want to try Bedtime Essentials! It was just the help my family needed to get over the hurdles we were facing.