Common in the UK to give your kids Calpol to put them to sleep?

[Mille]

Hi all,
I am a new member here. I am from Norway and live in Oslo but has spent half my life in the UK (London)

I have had this long disucssion with some friends here in Norway who claims they have UK friends who regulary give their kids Calpol even when they are not sick. This in order to get their kids off to sleep at night.

I refuse to believe this is common practice and i never came across anyone who did this when I lived in the UK (ok, few years ago now but still..... )

The reason for this argument of course is the case of Maddie and the fact that her parents seemed to give her Calpol to sleep better but this is not, by any means a normal thing to do - or is it?

(In Norway I think you would be reported to the child protection unit if you give your kids drugs when they are not sick!)

[stleger]

Wanders in from work...benandalex, according to Cork lore the sleepy medicine in Belfast is from a Falls Road chemist...

[maisemor]

Good day at work Stleger? Spare a thought for those of us who are still stuck here will you

Only 1 1/2 hours to go tick tock tick tock.

[bluemonday]

I don't think Mille is a troll at all - and in fact sympathise with her in some respects - I have a mixed-race child and do not like to use chemical products on her hair, as I do not like to use on mine. Mille is entitled to her opinion in that respect. I really do not think what Mille has said has been so terrible apart from stating as fact that in the UK we like to leave our kids alone, which is, of course, untrue. Again there are those who love to pounce and be offended.........

[kiskidee]

i don't think mille is a troll either. I read her OP as someone hoping to find agreement that UK parents don't normally drug their babies to sleep or leave them asleep, home alone.

I think something was lost when she stated on the other thread to leave her child's hair 'natural'. I read it as meaning, 'unrelaxed'. Not uncombed, unwashed and unkempt.

In fact to leave afro hair uncombed results in rasta.

[stleger]

Not a good day at work! Off to start a thread on censorship and teenagers as a result... TGIF

[EricL]

This place is NUTS i tell thee.

[Peachy]

Ting is though I don't use products on my kids hair either (and if you see my pirofile you'll see ds1 has remarkably curly hair which needs something- probably something like a Grade 2 atm with allt hese nits going round....) but I don't comment on other peoples choices of hair care

[Mille]

Just because I am Norwegian does not mean I am a TROLL

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to all those of you who bothered to answer my question. I sent the link to two of my friends and I think quite a few of the comments here made them realise I am right.

As somebody here pointed out I just asked a question, I had no idea this page had censorship as far as the Mc Cann case is concerned but I only mentioned it to explain the context to the argument.

My arugment was that it is NOT common to use Calpol and I felt I knew what I was talking about since I have lived half my life in London. And I was happy to see that I got some serious answers - thank you to all those!

Re mixed hair debate - yes I used to wrong language but I stand by what I said. I get very upset when people refer to it as problem hair that needs to be "tamed". That depends entirley on what you consider as beatufult and I think my daughters hair and other mixed race hair is beautiful as it is thank you very much.

anyway, just wanted to confirm I am not a troll, what a ridiculous claim to make!

Have a nice day all.