Phenergan

[MNORBURY]

Evie is the worlds worst sleeper, she tosses and turns and walks all night and is often whingy the day after within a short space of time as she's tired.

Anyhow my mum and mil keep going on about phenergan (sedative that apparently helps babies sleep), I personally don't feel comfortable giving her anything like this as I feel she will settle in her own time.

Anyhow I was just telling my mum how we had about 3 hours sleep last night and she mentioned this again, I told her it's not a road I want to go down and she me feel a little guilty (not purposely) for riding it out saying "how do you think evie must feel having no sleep, it's not her fault and will feel a lot better after having the rest she needs"

So I just did a search on the net and read that it can have horrible side effect and cause respitory problems, one lady went as far as to blame in on her sons death! So I def won't be giving it her but I do still feel a little guilty for not being able to help her sleep.

Does anybody give their lo this or anything else to help them settle?

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

haha!!
My mum used to OD me on that stuff....!!
She will be pleased to hear that they still do it.
I was an appalling sleeper, up literally all night and I wouldn't sleep in the day.
Mum even took me to kiddy shrink to see if there was something else not quite right with me.
I was like this until I was about 10 yrs old, by then I was just left to entertain myself.
The Dr prescribed it for my mum and I became immune to it so mum upped the dosage with no effect.. I do not have any breathing issues etc, so never harmed me.
Honestly though I personally would be wary, not because of the possible side effects, everything has side effects doesn't it, but using that as a resort.
I mean, if we were to take nytol every night we would become dependant and find it tough to nod off without.
I can't offer any other advice as I haven't been in your situation other than being the cause of the same issues to my mother (and now feeling terrible!) but I would always use medication as the very very last resort x

 

[suzib76]

i wouldnt even consider giving an 8 month old baby a sedative

some babies dont sleep well, thats life, but sedation is very very extreme

drugging a baby?

Leah was actually prescribed phenergan when she was 2 to help combat travel sickness, but she had a teeny dose once and it completely ruined our day as she was out of it

 

[IvyBaby]

I would not even consider giving Lexi drugs. I agree with you that there must be some other way. Maybe you can talk to a child psychologist or a sleep specialist? There are ways of training baby to sleep better at night.

 

[tinkerbellita]

I've been prescribed Phenergen myself and it made me feel out of it, so I wouldn't like to know the effect it would have on a bub. Are there any herbal remedies you could try? I burn lavender oil in the room and find that helps.

 

[ellie]

my friend told me about this and said she used it with her son (who's now 7) and her 2 year old .... and encouraged me to try it LIke you, I get the guilt trips about how tired he must be as well!
I hadnt heard of it before though and i wouldnt consider it. But I do worry about why he still isnt sleeping more than 3 hour stretches at night (on a good night) ... I dont really understand it. I didnt know you could talk to sleep specialists!

 

[xerinx]

With my eldest son i used medised when he was having a bad night due to being ill (back then it was allowed from 6 months now its over 5 years or something) It worked brilliant but lots of mums were giving it aswell as calpol and overdosing their babies which is why they have changed the age.

 

[maybebaby3]

i'd rather live with the little sleep i get (3-4hrs a night) than drug up my baby! surely this is so wrong! one thing is giving something like medised/actifed when they are ill and another is phenergan just to make LO sleep!!!

 

[Rhiannon]

have you tired CC hun? x

 

[twinklestar]

no id never give my baby sleeping meds and i dont see why anyone would, it goes against everything we try and do for our babies, why be so careful about what they eat and make sure they are not getting too much, salt/suger etc if drugs are ok

i find a wind down routine the same every evening works fine and yes there are times when babies dont sleep or are unsettled but thats part of having a baby it dont last forever

kane has just slept the last 2 nights after a month of waking up to 6x a night

hang in there hun, x x

hope you get some sleep soon hun, hang in there

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

I guess that there are different extremes of sleep deprivation.
Maybe one child wakes every 3hrs for a cuddle, but settles fast. Another wont sleep until 11pm, one may insist on getting up at 4am etc...
I was a pain in the arse. I never settled as a baby. As a toddler I became more active and alert and once I could open doors and do stairs there really was no stopping.
I would be up and down all evening. Mum would put me to bed, get downstairs and I would be right behind her.
I was never naughty or grumpy as a result. Doctor said I was just an alert baby. The child shrink said I was a very intelligent child and that brighter LOs do tend to suffer with sleep.
Mum tried every routine under the sun and its not like she wasnt experienced, she helped raise her 7 siblings.
I stayed with grandparents now and again to give them a break, I even did it with them.
It was the only answer after all other methods were exhausted. I did this for years, not just a 3mth blip.
Even now I go from one extreme to the other, insomnia to exhaustion.
Odd.

 

[maybebaby3]

my friend's daughter never slept through the night until recently (nearly 5) and even then it's not every night. she also has another baby and works full time. she has never given any meds to make her kids sleep. i have not had many full night's sleep in nearly 5 years as at least one of the kids wakes up most nights. i'd never medicate them so they sleep!

 

[hlaner85]

i used it on my 3 year old when we were on a long haul flight, but i was so worried about her not waking up i may as well have occupied her anyway!! would def not use it on babies, tho all children are different and it may work well with you. i do think to try some other routes first though!! good luck x x