These may include daytime grogginess, headache and very vivid dreams. Even though the medicine is readily available, always consult your doctor before using it. And only use a very reputable brand of melatonin.
Also, avoid melatonin that was harvested from the brains of animals. Have questions about a Happiest Baby product? Our consultants would be happy to help!
Connect with us at customercare happiestbaby. Disclaimer: The information on our site is NOT medical advice for any specific person or condition. How sweet and well behaved they were, the passengers commented. Parents who medicate their babies and toddlers with allergy or cough medicine on long flights say it helps the children sleep in increasingly cramped planes and helps combat jetlag.
It is a polarising topic on parenting blogs, with debates often turning nasty. On the Urban Baby website, which allows users to post anonymously, a typical post about how to occupy tots on long flights quickly grows heated:. For the love of GOD, anesthetize the little beast. That seems a bit extreme to me. Just looking to keep her occupied. Normal folks would never do that. While the American Academy of Pediatrics says it never recommends sedating children on long flights, many parents say their paediatricians do quietly advise a bit of the allergy medicine for a flight.
It can be dangerous - especially in children under two. Kids have died from this. Diphenhydramine HCL tends to concentrate in fluid around the brain in young children and can have unpredictable results in infants and toddlers, he says.
If your child is taking melatonin, he needs to be settled and ready for bed before having his nightly dose. This is because melatonin usually works within minutes. Sedative medications include the antihistamine drugs Vallergan and Phenergan.
Your child should take sedative medications only under the supervision of your doctor. They can cause side effects like crankiness, hyperactivity, challenging behaviour and daytime drowsiness in some children.
In rare situations your doctor might prescribe a sleeping tablet for your child under careful medical supervision. Note that some sleeping tablets can be addictive. If your child has ADHD, ASD, behaviour problems, developmental delay or a medical condition — for example, cerebral palsy — and is also sleeping poorly, discuss this with your doctor.
Sleep medicine will help in the longer term only if your child uses it along with strategies to help her learn new sleep behaviours. Skip to content Skip to navigation. Sometimes you can make other changes to help your child sleep better.
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