tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174914216675615420.post4968080381676401310..comments2023-10-20T05:14:04.781-04:00Comments on How to Grow a Grasty: BenadrylSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00549225749777249825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174914216675615420.post-72100601823039256602010-09-13T08:18:50.959-04:002010-09-13T08:18:50.959-04:00thanks ladies. he does take a paci. just in the la...thanks ladies. he does take a paci. just in the last couple of weeks, he can keep it in his mouth by himself. it helps when he is moderately distressed, but he reaches a point where the paci doesn't help anymore. he can't seem to use it to go to sleep in the car. i don't know. i think we are going to start trying some new things in terms of "daddy comforts" and that might help us out in several different ways.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549225749777249825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174914216675615420.post-80204510738334690992010-09-12T21:05:18.017-04:002010-09-12T21:05:18.017-04:00So Flannery used to hate her carseat. I think it&#...So Flannery used to hate her carseat. I think it's because she's a tummy sleeper. She wouldn't sleep or, would fall asleep and then would wake up with bump. She would jolt with each movement and would wake up and then would scream her head off. It stressed me out so much! I once drove to TN, (a 5 hour drive that took 7 hours) and she screamed for most of the trip. My arm was so sore from shaking the carseat in the back row. I would try to "swaddle" her and that worked a bit until she got out of the swaddle and then I couldn't redo it. <br />After that trip though, she was a bit better at car sleeping. It was as if she literally needed to learn how to sleep through all of the bumps and jolts.<br />Amos was so great in the car. He took a binky right away (something we were opposed to then grew to love) and would sleep so well.<br />So when Flannery figured out how to suck on her fingers, I tried the binky again. She was about three months old and up to that point, totally rejected the binky (It was so hard...I had to constantly nurse her which is really touch with two.).<br />Now, she's totally hooked on the bink and it helps her sleep. She sleeps pretty well in the car, although, when she gets over tired and can't sleep, she screams until she either falls asleep or gets to her bed, on her tummy.<br />I don't know what advice to give you, except to try a binky, since he's used to nursing to sleep, the sucking might help to soothe when you can't nurse right away. Also, Joshua can help put him to sleep if he takes a binky.<br />I haven't tried the whole benadryl/tylenol treatment (though one guy once was shaking his head at it, wanting me to be appalled too, but I was like, "whatever works." since I was so sleep deprived!).<br />I think the whole overdose argument is probably valid. I used to work at a daycare and we had to have a signed doctor's note with the correct dosage in order to administer the medicine and I always make sure to know the correct dosage. I do LOVE medicine, when it;s appropriate and used to give Amos the cough and cold medicine that was eventually taken off the shelf (it was taken off because so many parents were OD'ing their kids.).<br />Good luck!! I hope the next trip goes better for the sake of all of you!Sarah Partainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224335619676131774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174914216675615420.post-75323541745960113602010-09-12T17:17:33.593-04:002010-09-12T17:17:33.593-04:00oh and btw, she no longer takes a paci. is that th...oh and btw, she no longer takes a paci. is that the case with Malachi as well?Mama Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482958027597516108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174914216675615420.post-91147146958474316602010-09-12T17:16:38.397-04:002010-09-12T17:16:38.397-04:00with Lakota I can sometimes nurse her in the car s...with Lakota I can sometimes nurse her in the car seat...if someone else is driving, of course. but I've had to drive her a couple of 1-3 hour long trips, and I wish I had thought to pump and bring a bottle of milk. I actually wonder whether a bottle of water could work as well. all she needs is a few sucks and she's out, so that's what I'm going to try next time we need to drive a ways, especially near bedtime. any other time, if she just needs a nap, I can usually nurse or wear her to sleep and get her in the carseat asleep before we head out. but if it's bedtime, she gets really upset in the car, even for short trips. so I'm contemplating pumping a small stash of milk for occasions like that.Mama Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482958027597516108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174914216675615420.post-23040672179551365852010-09-12T16:15:44.034-04:002010-09-12T16:15:44.034-04:00The whole benadryl thing wasn't really a front...The whole benadryl thing wasn't really a front-page controversy when our children were babies so I never gave it a try, although if given the opportunity now, I may not be opposed for many of the same reasons you presented. <br /><br />We often had to stop to nurse and that would be helpful. A friend of mine actually nursed-en-route with both baby and mama buckled. Can't quite figure that out in my mind, lol, but whatever works! <br /><br />With my first daughter, my husband and I both hypertextended our elbows with all the hand-holding that we had to do between the front and back seat to keep her sane while riding in the car. <br /><br />I think you are doing everything you can do. He is going to cry in the car; that's a fact. I think keeping your cool and doing exactly what you are doing is the best you can do for Malachi! <br /><br />Love your blog!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612266856957826217noreply@blogger.com