Anyone have experience of giving heir kids chloral hydrate?

[caitlinnjacksmummy]

Hey every1..

Jack gets 4ml chloral hydrate before bed to help him sleep, but totally at a loss hw to give it nw

Jack was gettn thick n easy sachets in his liquid and before bed was giving him thickened milk with chloral hydrate in it an spoon feeding it he was sick...but he is off thick n easy now and wen I mix the chloral hydrate with water and syringing it in he is still sick

If givn straight he gags chokes and gets relly waery yes like it's too strong...pls help!!!!

Does it taste odd? Could you put it with some juice of some sort to mask the flavour?

Can you put it in food? No experience sorry.

He kinda tastes it in food.and drink is sort of no go as he is just learning to come off thick n easy nd having to pour cup of juice/milk into his mouth and he does spill quite a lot so I wouldn't knw exactly hw much choral hydrate he was getting

Can he still have a bottle before bed?
Just wittering really, am racking brains trying to think what to do!

No he cant suck bottle or cup anymore, but SALT thinks if I persevere with the cup he will start to suck again but ttly lost interest in the bottle he is 20 mnths

we used to syringe it in drop by drop. Wait for a swallow between each drop. Its how we give dd all her meds to be honest.
Now we give her buccul midaozlan. Its actually for her status seizures but a 1ml drop takes her to sleep within a few minutes.

Sorry, what about syringing like NMC says right at the back of his mouth. Thats how we get calpol into Gabe as he hates the taste (me too) and will spit it straight back out.

Gonna try it.Just dont wanna give it too early as he does tend to wake bk up again

The stuff smells like nail polish remover!!

N he gets really teary eyed n fighting for breath...its a sin, he is ok gettin epilepsy meds, just gave him those....so at bk of mouth u think?

Thats what I do. not too far back or he'll feel the syringe. as far back on the tongue as you dare not so many taste buds there and quite difficult to bring it forward in your mouth again IYKWIM. Its where I'd have to put a tablet to be able to swallow it. good luck

Still no done it yet lol, don't wanna feed him it TOO early

Bloody nitemare

Will let u's know lol

did your doc say anything about addiction to choloral hydrate? What happens if he doesn't have it? Have you tried melatonin?

No doc never sed nothin bout addiction or tht and sed melatonin doesnt work good 4 kids under 2, Jack would b up all nite if he didnt have it...well Jack bk up after giving him chloral hydrate straight. Oh well gonna try get some sleep, wish me luck lol

Would it help if it wasn't thick? Or am I being thick? DS used to have it and it was a normal liquid consistency, we used to put it in juice. Don't believe that crap about melatonin not working for kids under 2, maybe he can't prescribe that young?