Can someone please help!!
My DS is 14 months old and has never slept through! He goes down for 7-7.30pm every night but after about an hour he starts becoming restless and so begins our night of torture! He throws himself around cries and whimpers. We can sometimes soothe him and get him back to sleep but it won’t be long until he wakes again. We don’t get any time to ourselves in the evening or through the night.
When he got to 12 months and we had tried everything we could do at home and nothing had worked I decided enough was enough, I went to our GP in the hope we could maybe get some help or be referred to a sleep clinic. She straight away said Phenergan would be a solution but because he was under 2 years old she wasn’t legally allowed to prescribe it, so would refer us to a paediatrician to see if we can get some from them to break his terrible sleep pattern. So we waited three months to get to the appointment but the Dr was very reluctant to give phenergan and instead prescribed a sedative called choral hydrate and left us with that. It hasn’t made any difference what’s so ever and now we can’t see the dr again for another few months.
We have now resorted to taking turns sleeping in his room and having no sleep every other night, with one of the nights being spent in our own bed with our 4 year old DD (we only have a two bedroomed house). It’s making us miserable and is taking its toll on our marriage, work life and health as were always run down.
I am actually considering buying Phenergan over the counter and just giving him a small dose I am that desperate! I’ve been told by grandparents and other people that it was used all the time back in the day, so I am thinking is it just the MHRA being over cautious and trying to stop people off giving it to children willy nilly. But I also do know it’s risky.
Is there anything else available over the counter I can try or has anyone given their child under 2 phenergan and if so what dose was it??
Any help or advice is much appreciated!!