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Interesting read on the phenomenon of parents
giving their children a dose of medication to help them sleep while travelling, especially by air when their child's
unhappiness might affect other travellers.The article cites a poll at Babycenter.com about the issue. 33% of 3,657 parents said they would never sedate their child for a plane flight and 24% said they've never needed to. 18% of parents said they have and would do it again and another 20% said they've considered doing so.
The article claims the issue is more about different parenting phiilosphies than it is about actual safety concerns. The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't have a position on the topic. One expert, Richard Gorman, past chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' National Committee on Drugs, says, "If you asked 100 pediatricians, you'd get 20 strongly in favor, 60 who didn't think about it much, and 20 strongly opposed."
I'm not planning on giving my opinion on this topic because you've broken me Internet. I can't take your character judgements so my opinion will remain my own. But I'm sure no one in the Blogging Baby audience will read the original article and have an opinion of their own. Because our readers never have any strong opinions.
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ReaderComments (Page 3 of 3)
4-26-2006 @ 6:33AM
Anne said...I'm not a parent, just visiting from Melissa's blog, but wondered whether anyone has tried herbal or naturopathic remedies to get their kids to sleep on flights etc? I take herbal remedies like valerian
but I'm not sure of their safety/efficacy for use in children.
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4-27-2006 @ 1:21PM
Kaymadmom said...Here's my opinion...
I don't care what another parent choses to do. I don't live with their kid, and I do not have any idea what their life is like. I trust them to do what is right for them. That said, here's what I thought about when considering medicating my child...
What are the effects of medicating my child, and are any of them going to have more than a very temporary effect?
Are the effects of medicating better or worse than the effects of stress and exhaustion endured by myself and my child?
Benadryl is given every day in every medical facility to aid in sleeping. It is routinely prescribed to breastfeeding mothers in postpartum units to help them get sleep. Its safety has been proven time and again. Stress and exhaustation take very real physical tolls on every human being. Knowing all of those things, I have (and would again) medicated my child for an airplane flight. She was happy when we landed, I was happy when we landed, and the other passengers with whom I shared that small plane were happy too.
I resent the notion that the only moms who think carefully about the decisions they make are the ones doing things differently than I am.
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4-28-2006 @ 7:01PM
Wilken said...I have to fly with my 1 year old in May. My mom suggested not bringing him because he would wiggle around and disturb me and everyone on the flight. Hello - that is what kids do, so I don't think that is very realistic. Maybe if we had a larger family driving cross country would be a better option, but for our small family of 3 flying makes more sense.
If needed, I would not have a problem opting out for a little benedryl.
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5-20-2006 @ 12:19AM
Opal Barrett said...I can't believe what I am reading. There is no situation where a child needs to be sedated other than by their physician of course.
There are young mothers out there that give their babies tylenol to make them sleep. My sister was one of those.
One of the boys got intersuseption and I blame it on the drugs. When I watched him overnight he wouldn't go to sleep untill after midnight. Then at around four a.m. he would start screaming and convulsing, pulling his knees up to his stomach. He would be drenched in sweat and continued screaming for an hour until I finally rocked him to sleep.
If I knew then what I know now I would have taken him to the emergency room and had him drug tested.
I think these "Mommys" need parenting classes.
It doesen't really surprise me though. We live in such an "all about me" world today.
If my Mom suspected anything like this she would have snatched my children away from me, with good cause.
Wake up out there and take care of your children. Stop sedating your them!
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