There is a night time pain stop medication available from pharmacy also. However I'm not sure of the age it's appropriate for. I have no idea about the phernagan sorry.
I have used Phenergan for DD3 - she's now 14 months. We have used it twice when she's had a severe allergic reaction. You need to get the right dose for your bubba's weight - 2ml if what I gave.
TBH I didn't know about the link to SIDS, but given the alternative if I didn't use it I would still use it. I guess you need to be happy that you've exhausted all other alternatives if you are going to be using it as an ongoing thing ITMS.
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Lulu my doc also told me to give her 2mls.
It is a temporary thing so that her skin can get a chance to heal. Atm she keeps rubbing it all night so it gets infected which then makes her more ithy
Im reluctant but read people even use it on planes to make their
Kids drowsy.
Im not sure if im reading too much into things sometimes
We've used it under medical supervision with our DD when she had her first allergic reaction at 7 months old. We were monitored closely while using it though, for both the reaction and the phernergan. Wasn't an issue though as it made her hyperactive rather than have any sedative effect.
Your poor little poppet. As BlackCat says, for some kids it seriously knocks them out but others go a bit hypo. My 5 year old had some earlier this year for a very bad eczema thing (geez, I sound like I drug my kids all the time!), and she didn't sleep for aaaaaaaages. Not much you can do once she's had it of course, but just be prepared that you might need some late night tv viewing ;-)
Its so hard when there almost always seems to be a big downside to any kind of medication you give your kids.
We used it when traveling but it was to stop the nausea not make our kids sleepy it didnt make them hyper or drowsy really. Ds had pain stop at one when he was in a lot of pain and couldn't have nurofen due to his reflux. It was under medical advice from my gp.
You probably already do this but in case you don't, DS has moderate to severe eczema that comes and goes (pick the allergy family huh!). The one thing that we have found beneficial is wet wrapping his worst areas. It not only helps his skin heal underneath the wrap but it also acts as a physical barrier to the scratching. I also sleep with him and like you have to hold his hands as you can't wet wrap eyes. It horrible watching them scratch themselves well past bleeding
We had to use it on DD1 at 18mths when she had a severe reaction to penicilin - covered in hives for days. It didn't make her sleepy but I wouldn't say she was hyper either. We most definitely had to use it (we had to take her to emergency the reaction was so bad) so I wouldn't hesitate to use it in that situation.
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Yes its devastating to wake up to the smell of blood. Its happened a few times where i was so exhausted that i dozed off without realising she had pulled her sock off her hands and itched till she bleeds.
I havent tried wet dressing. Ive tried wet patching but it never stays on.
Her eczema is mainly on her face. Can we wetdress her face? What bandages do you use?
She's probably way too old for it, but can you swaddle her a bit? Otherwise, maybe see if you can find a onesie that has fold over hand bits so that you have that extra layer if you put socks over the top too - I got a couple from Big W I think at the start of winter. You've probably tried everything I'm sure - your poor little girl and poor you. You must be completely shattered
oh no. I hope she has a good birthday. I thought the swaddling was probably a stupid idea - I know my DD3 would have a seriously paddy if I tried something like that. If you want to give the onesie a go let me know and I'll send one over to you.
A health nurse did suggest a wet/moisturised soaked onsie on DD3 when she was little. Not sure about the face though, DD was covered on her back & only 5 weeks old at the time
I use Phenergan. I got it for DS's motion sickness. As long as I keep the dose low, it doesn't make him drowsy. I had a period of him not sleeping & under gp approval I did use Phenergan to get him to sleep. I think I gave him maybe an extra ml or 2. I have a sleeper though, lots of kids do go the other way.
Its completely up to you & how you feel about it, but if it is what works it may be worth a try. You'd only be giving a low dose for the allergy I'd say. To take the itching out of it so she can sleep. So it probably won't actually affect her own sleep pattern. I think the risks of SIDS come from the days when mums would dose their kids up for baby sitters, or just to get them to sleep. Ask anyone who had kids before the 90's. They'll almost all tell you that Phenergan is the way to go if you want sleep! Their kids have grown up now, so they have no reason to know that risks have been found.
And I haven't bought it for a while, but last time I looked, there were no specific measurements on the bottle. 5 mls for allergy/motion sickness or up to 10 mls for sedative affect. There's no real guide to childs weight/age & dosage. If you're gp has said 2mls, then he's definitely considered her size.
Whatever you do, I hope you get some relief. When they're awake its easier to distract, but when they're sleeping, its near impossible to stop them.
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