To give my child medised because I need some sleep!

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I'm not used to ds waking up - he's 16 months and pretty much slept through the night since he was 12 weeks.

His molars are coming through - that and he's just started walking so he's too excited to sleep - and he's up twice a night. I give him milk the first time he wakes but the second time I've had enough and dope him up.

I'm not a good sleeper and when he wakes (even if he goes straight back down), I'm awake for the next hour at least paranoid that he's going to wake again.

I don't think he's particularly in pain, and he doesn't have a fever, so AIBU to give him medised so I can sleep? Please tell me I'm not alone! Obviously it is not happening every night.... but is it wrong to say that medised rocks?

We have a cranial osteopath, who has done wonders for my dd - they can help with sleep too. I'd definitely try a less invasive alternative.

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I would try and get him off the milk in the night for a start(im sure someone has already said this!)

As for the medised, i do use it on my baby when he has a bad cold and snotty etc and i use it because i know it makes him sleep. This is only now and again as he normally sleeps very well. Nevertheless, i still use it for that reason. If he was teething and not miserable id probably go for the calpol/nurofen/teething gel options. However, i can understand how it is tempting to use it cos you know it works, but id go for the other options if he is not obviously distressed

we had finnigans, only in emergencies honest

How do you know if he's in pain or not? When my child, who normally sleeps well, wakes at night and I know there are teeth coming through I give medised. I assume that the waking is a result of discomfort. I'd rather give a few unnecessary doses of medised than risk leaving my child in pain and discomfort because they don't have the language to tell me it hurts. If I'm not sure if it is pain or not I give calpol or nurofen rather than medised because that would only help them sleep if it was relieving pain since not sedative like medised.

So imo YANBU.

That sounds like far too much to me..

I used to worry about giving Medised at all.I spoke to our HV and she said the amount of sleep inducing drug in it is acutally really small..

I have given Medised for teething before..I knew DD was in pain and that she needed something to stop itso opted to give her pain relief that might also help her sleep(which she needed as there is no sense in her being grumpy through tiredness as well as being in pain).I dont do it often, but the odd time is fine IMO..

Right now both my DD's are made up with cold and have been spiking temperatures of 39.5 for 5 days..GP says its viral and cant give anything.Neither DD is sleeping, thus neither DH or I are and we are both now also poorly.Will probably give Medised tonight instead of Calpol in the hope that it will allow them (and us) some sleep as well as tackle the temperatures..we are so knackered that there is no chance of anyone getting better if we dont get any kip.
(Might take some myself as well )

It sounds like you give your kids a cocktail of drugs, I prefer to err on the side of caution but I guess I'm more informed by their side-effects, having fatal reactions to them myself.

I wouldnt say Medised and Calpol constitutes a 'cocktail' of drugs
The Dr has reccomended I give Nurofen as well as the Calpol today..Will my children end up as hopeless junkies?
Or perhaps I should simply let them carry on with raging temperatures, no sleep, feeling dreadful until we all collapse physically and mentally under the strain?Yup that would be more sensible

Forgive me if Im wrong but surely a fatal reaction to paracetomol/Ibuprofen is fairly rare?

of course YABU

havent read thread

has someone mentioned the possible link between asthma and taking lots of paracetemol based products in infancy.

[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article4783572.ece link here]

sorry here!

Has this thread kicked off yet? Has the Drug-the-Children fifth column been routed by Outraged Mumsnetters? Has the OP been flogged to death, burned alive and pilloried? Has the rush to blame turned against suppliers of Drugs for Children? Are we picketing Boots?

Not yet.I bit somewhat a wee while ago, but am putting my lack of restraint down to being poorly myself.(I am not taking any drugs though, I prefer to suffer on as per in the dark ages without the help of modern medicine)

I dunno.Stands to reason you shouldnt drug your kids to get them to sleep.But if they are ill and would benefit from getting a good night in (natures restorative, sleep)as well as a bit of pain relief I dont see the issue (as long as they are genuinely ill/in pain and not just sniffling slightly so the tired parent thinks Hurrah!Will get my sleepy drops out,knock em out all night, and throw a party downstairs. )

I was looking on here to see if I could find out WHY medised is no longer allowed/advisable for kids under 2yrs as I have a ds who is teething, has bad temperature and a really bad snotty cold, so could do with pain relief, decongestant and some sleep (having only had a couple of hours last night). I thought medised would have been perfect - used it for ds1 in similar situations. I would only use it for a couple of nights to get ds through - not planning on regular use or anything. DH went to get a bottle from the chemist and they wouldn't sell it to him as now for 2yrs +.

Why was the change made? And does this mean that ds1 has suffered some harm from having had the occasional odd dose of medised in his first couple of years?

rebelmum1 - if you've had fatal reactions to these things yourself - does that make you a ghost?

sorry - couldn't resist having seen your post, don't mean to be inappropriate because it sounds like you have had a bad time with them, it is just your post made me do a double take!

Well from the sounds of it you get a lot more sleep than me and youngest is 2.2. She still wakes at least 3-4 times a night usually more. YABVU

Shit just realised this is an old thread.