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Drop of alcohol to help him sleep? What do you use?

234 replies

Martha91 · 01/09/2016 16:03

I have a 1 year-old who (like many I'm sure) is an absolute nightmare with sleeping. Not often but occasionally I've popped a few small drops of brandy (he seems to quite like the taste(!)) to help him off. It was something my nan used to do to me.

I wondered if this was something others did and which alcohol they tended to use?

Thanks in advance!

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Funko · 01/09/2016 16:48

Proper sniggered at the responses 😂

Needmoresleep · 01/09/2016 16:47

One argument for long term breastfeeding. Sipping sherry mid afternoon whilst the baby has a pre-nap feed. A friend swore by it.

BastardGoDarkly · 01/09/2016 16:46

Holy fucking shit balls Martha no, you can't give your baby brandy! I'm saying this as a mother of two nocturnals, who didn't sleep through until 4.

Your 'Nan ' and her 'Nan ' did all sorts that are now deemed dangerous.

ghostspirit · 01/09/2016 16:45

mine sleeps really well

Drop of alcohol to help him sleep? What do you use?
BluePancakes · 01/09/2016 16:45

Apparently when I was a baby the teat of my bottle was dipped in sherry, as I didn't like milk. Now I'm an adult, I still don't like milk, but do like a good sherry in the afternoon. Trying to lose weight, so no sherry in the house atm, sob

PacificDogwod · 01/09/2016 16:44

When I was struggling with v unsettled DS3 we had just had a house conversion done and workmen were in and out all day. One old boy, typical West of Scotland wee hard man, noticed me getting a bit frazzled and suggested a wee dram in DS3's bottle might just sort him out as it 'never did him any harm'.
He was diagnosed with cancer of the gullet a couple of week laster.
Nice man. 65. Smoked like a chimney and often arrived at work not overtly drunk, but smelling of stale alcohol, skinny as a whippet, hard as nails.

I put the theory forward that his early start did not do him any favours. RIP.

RavioliOnToast · 01/09/2016 16:44

What on earth! This is horrendous OP.

Mine prefer vodka.

scallopsrgreat · 01/09/2016 16:43

My parents did this with me when I was a baby and teething as they'd also heard the old wives tale.

They only did it once Grin.

I may not have liked it.

I may have frightened the living daylights out of them.

They acknowledge it was a fucking stupid thing to do.

Puremince · 01/09/2016 16:42

I know someone who did this, fifty years ago. Their doctor was aghast then.

Titflaps · 01/09/2016 16:42

You're missing a trick with absynth. Nothing like a hallucinating baby.

PacificDogwod · 01/09/2016 16:41

Apologies, it's under 5.

See here

Lilybensmum1 · 01/09/2016 16:40

Goady post!!! Bloody auto correct.

PotteringAlong · 01/09/2016 16:40

I think you're serious so the actual answer is:

Bloody hell! No! You CANNOT give your 1 year old alcohol to help him sleep! Glossing over the fact that it's not unusual for a 1 year old not to sleep through anyway do you really think people are routinely breaking the law and giving babies alcohol in the hope they pass out?!

my other answer: yes, all the time. Only whiskey because I don't like it and no way am I wasting my gin on the baby. In fact, if I'm tired and can't be bothered I do it in the afternoon too for a bit of extra time to myself.

Lilybensmum1 · 01/09/2016 16:39

Just no I'm assuming this is a goody post!!

PacificDogwod · 01/09/2016 16:39

Do you know that giving children under 2 alcohol is a criminal offence?

Apart from being dangerous, unnecessary and frankly suggests a degree of being hard of thinking Hmm

Martha, inform yourself FFS.

Onedaftmonkey · 01/09/2016 16:39

Ffs (walks away)

MackerelOfFact · 01/09/2016 16:38

I tend to just open the window a tiny bit and run a hose from the car exhaust into the LOs bedroom. Works like a charm.

WizardOfToss · 01/09/2016 16:38

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YellowShockedFace · 01/09/2016 16:38

A fry up and hair of the dog wakes them up quickly in the morning.

Acopyofacopy · 01/09/2016 16:37

No, OP, nobody in their right mind does this!

MrsDeVere · 01/09/2016 16:36

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babbafishbabe · 01/09/2016 16:36

phenergan to sleep ... This is after melatonin and Chloral hydrate haven't worked .... Mine are all prescription though!

IfTheCapFitsWearIt · 01/09/2016 16:32

Yes do mention it to your HV

Also just incase you been dosed with alcohol when you were little, has in paired your ability to understand jokes. The other parents on the thread ARE joking.

CuppaBiccieBliss · 01/09/2016 16:32

Do people really still do this Hmm

dementedpixie · 01/09/2016 16:31

It's a stupid thing to do so no I didn't ever give my 1 year old alcohol