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Right on, Jen.
I knew of another "mom" who did the same thing with Benadryl. She would even joke about how it "knocks them out". I knew her mother, so I told her what she was doing. She immediately called her daughter and had a discussion with her about parenting.
Sometimes a child just wants a reassuring hug or wants to be noticed.

I knew of a daycare provider that gave the kids benadryl to make them take longer naps. Let's just say she is no longer doing childcare. She should be in jail but just an ole' slap on the wrist. As usual.

Yeah she was a real prize. She just made the mistake of telling to many people about it thinking it was funny.
I think Tylenol is great for a baby when they have a fever or are teething, but a cold needs to run it's course. Cold meds do not cure colds. Nothing does. Fluids & rest are all they need. Parents today dump cold meds down the throats of their kids the minute they have a sniffle.
When we were little I don't ever remember seeing or ever getting medicine of any kind unless we HAD to go to a doctor for an ear infection or something that required an antibiotic. I think even those today are given out to freely. Generally your body can fight most things off by itself if given time.

Overly-conscientious? I would hardly call giving Tylenol everytime your child makes a peep overly conscientious.

Perhaps that wasn't your point. I just felt I had to say that.

I really feel like i didn't do my part and report this woman who shouldn't even be a parent. Drugging her kid up in public should be a crime.

blah.

Just as long as you're cool with my blowgun/tranquilizer proposition, I won't push the rest of the argument...


-jjg

I also forgot to say that my strpmother did tell me once that when her kids were babies, she would give them meds so the child would sleep. I told her that this was not right. When my children were upset, I would give the child a bath. rub their back, check the diaper, and just go threw all that I could without giving the child a drop of meds. If that baby didn't have a fever, they never got meds. A mother can prety much tell that if the child has a couph or pulling on the ears, that is when I took the child in to get their ears checked. I am a pro at detecting ear infection. My children had ear infection all the time until the tonsels come out. When the baby just had a little conjestion, I would have the himudifire in their room. The body has to work itself out.

Lovinlife
May 14, 2008 | 11:23 AM I knew of a daycare provider that gave the kids benadryl to make them take longer naps. Let's just say she is no longer doing childcare. She should be in jail but just an ole' slap on the wrist. As usual.

Don't forget about that provider who gave a baby so much benedryl that he died.

Hey now...I don't pretend I am perfect, but i sure in the hell would never put my kids health at risk with overmedicating them. When i see a child under TWO getting 4 dropperfuls of Tylenol in less than an HOUR...thats TRAGIC...no matter how much you would like to believe the PARENT had rights. What about the rights of the CHILD? What about the HEALTH of the child!?!

And no, I have never lived on the east side or mequon.

And whats with the ring comment? I don't get it.

I simply wrote about an important issue and could really care less if you agree with my blog or not...and you have no idea what I am like as a person...as you have never seen me or met me.

Oh look, Duarschloch is stirring the pot again.

I saw that one of the other bloggers posted something about the use of Benadryl to make the kids sleepy. Several years ago a baby under one years of age died at a daycare provider because they were giving Benadryl to infants to keep them quiet. It always amazes me when I hear things like that. How stupid can people be? You wonder if people read the back of the bottles before giving this stuff to their children. Too much Tylenol can cause damage to the liver.

This is the article about the Benadryl.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/12/21/benadryl.lawsuit
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Actually Mrs. Tracy, it wasn't Pinks blog, it was a blog he wrote and also a comment he left on another blog (both recently). It seems that most of the comments he makes are done so to cause reaction. That of course in only my opinion.