I need some information, articles, and anything else pretaining to the use of benadryl to put your child to sleep.
My SS mother has told us she uses it to help make him go to sleep. My SS (5yr) has also told us many times about his "sleepy medicine" Lately he has been waking up in the early morning and throwing up. His mother is claiming he is lactose intolerant/ allergic to milk. And when she called his Dr. the Dr. just old her to keep him off milk for 2weeks w/o an appointment. 2weeks rolls by and still no appointment dated...SS is then told to stay of milk for 6months! (Agian I state NO allergy testing is being done or being planned for this child!!!)
My DH and I are planning on taking him to our Dr. and getting to the bottom of all this...but I am looking for articles trying to help support our case of child abuse by drugging SS. (I think the Benadryl is causing some problems with the poor boy)
TIA (this is posted on a few boards so as to get as much info. as I can)
Re: Using OTC to make your child sleep
Not sure what kind of article you are looking for. I'd look into your state laws and definately call Child Protective Services to inquire about the situation (when does daily giving of medicine become abusing medicine?). Does the bottle say it can be given daily for an extended period of time?
Also call the Dr and inquire about the long term effects of Benadryl usage and see if his symptoms match up with a reaction. I imagine that a 5 year old calling something his "sleepy medicine" will catch the attention of a Dr. Take him there ASAP.
Do you have part custody of this child?
https://www.ehow.com/about_5095177_longterm-side-effects-benadryl.html
Aiden 10.17.07 Emma 07.15.10
She has residential custody and he has visting custody? In Ohio shared parenting = joint custody. (which they have) The mother does not aknowledge this though. She tries to tell him he has no rights on anything. The county she lives in is known for being a tough county for the father to have a say in anything even if its in the papers:(
I would understand more if he was a drunk, drug addicted dead beat but hes an honest loving non paymeny missing father.
I cant wait until we get him into our Dr. I have a feeling its going to be alot of appts. but eventully I think we will get evidence that he is not allergic/ lactose intol. and that it may have something to do with the long term dosing of medicine.
It's a slightly different bent than every night use, but I thought this article about it was really great:
https://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/if-it-were-my-child-no-benadryl-for-the-plane/