During our visit to the pediatrician this past week we sought advice regarding our oldest's poor sleeping habits. She has often woke in the middle of the night as if it were the middle of the day and will talk and sing in her crib until the wee hours of the morning (she will be a hoot later on in life). It was suggested that we try giving her a dose of Benadryl before bed. However we were not warned that this could have a reverse effect. Wednesday night we gave her a dose of Benadryl before bed and she was out in minutes, however, she woke a few hours later and it was though someone had given her 10 cups of espresso. It was horrible. She was throwing things out of her crib, kicking the side rails...This lasted until 2 in the morning when she finally crashed. I felt so sorry for the poor little thing. She was exhausted.
It wasn't until the morning when I started researching Benadryl and hyperactivity in young children that I swore it off for good and it will be only kept in the house for emergent use (i.e allergic reactions).
Yes, my daughter is the same way, she has never been a good sleeper since she was born and now that she is two and half and out of the crib she still gets up in the middle of the night sometimes,( i think its cause she hears my husband come home from work and she wants to see him) I have heard also that Benadyl often has the opposite effect and makes them in fact hyper instead of sleepy, who knew, its so weird, i take two tylelon pm and im out! But with kids its so not the case!!!
ReplyDeleteAt least yours is still in a crib and cant get out, mine just walks out of her room constantly she has french doors in which we can put a child lock on it, so some nights, we end up being like those parents on super nanny that just keep putting thier babies back in bed over and over again, its so exhausting. I have no advice on the sleeping issues, i am so frustrated with the fact that my two year old still wakes up in the middle of the night.