dUSt Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 I work for an airline. I've heard that if you give your baby some Benadryl (sp?) before a flight, it'll help them relax and behave. I'm all for it. What about y'all?
hyperdulia again Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 We give Ashley benadryl when it's like ten at night (right now) and she comes out of her room for the fifth time for a glass of water. It's evil I know, but everyone can't have good parents.
Anna Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 You tell me. http://www.medicalcorps.org/med-org/Meds/D...enhydramine.htm
Anna Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 (edited) Each time Ashley comes out for a drink of water, make her use the bathroom*, then repeat her bedtime prayers... Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen. It'll make her sleepy, and develop a healthy, holy routine. *I say this cuz if my kids had 5 glasses of water at bedtime, they'd be wetting the bed! Edited July 22, 2003 by Anna
hyperdulia again Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 she doesn't actually drink it. she sips and spits it back into the cup---repeatedly.
Carrie Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 I'm with dUSt. Sometimes kids are impossible. My old pediatrician used to tell my mom to give it to one of my sisters who never wanted to go to bed. Worked like a charm. Mom didn't do it often, just when it was really important that she get to sleep. Even parents need a lil help.
Carrie Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 This brings up another question... Anyone ever use the old "a lil liqour on the teething gums" routine? Just curious if it actually works.
hyperdulia again Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 (edited) i've never heard of that, but gin/beer in the formula does (alabama's crazy!) Edited July 22, 2003 by hyperdulia again
Theologian in Training Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 The one my aunt used to give my cousin and I: milk with vanilla extract...really good couldn't figure out why we got so tired so quick
IcePrincessKRS Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 One of my philosophy professors gave his son a tablespoon of whiskey when the child had some ailment or other--wouldn't go to sleep, something I forget now. Whatever it was it worked like a charm, but the next night the kid asked for more!
Carrie Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 well this has nothing to do with drugging your kids, but my grandma had a great way of getting us to go to bed. She'd threaten to take out her false teeth and chase us with them if we didn't go to bed. That was SO scary, we were happy to oblige!
IcePrincessKRS Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 I think Anna and Theo's aunt probably have the besst solutions out of all the ones suggested or questioned so far. Carrie, my great grandmother used to do that with us, only we'd always ask her to take them out because it was so weird and freaky. lol
Anna Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 And a good old-fashioned spanking can teach a child that misbehaving in public has consequences. Better that he learn it young, from his parents' hands, than to learn it later, from the long arm of the law.
dUSt Posted July 22, 2003 Author Posted July 22, 2003 When I was a kid, my dad use to give me "the look". I try the same thing with my daughter and she laughs at me and calls me a fat head.
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