https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 15:59:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1818381 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:50:04 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1818381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We asked his pediatrician and she said sure. She actually advised us NOT to underdose as it would (or might?) cause the opposite reaction (tired but not sleepy thus being cranky).<br /> For our son (roughly 27lbs and 22m), she advised 5ml of children's regular Benadryl, NOT D!!! Just the original kind. I had already bought the Benadryl D and asked if I could just use that and she said "noooooooo, not until he's at least 4.</p> <p>That being said: I used Benadryl per my ob's advice for my entire 3rd trimester (had a pregnancy induce rash) and LO had already had it once to try to clear a diaper rash which we initially though was a allergic reaction. So, I wasn't overly worried.<br /> P.s: it worked only OK. He slept! But it wasn't like an awesome deep sleep. It was just ok; but we survived the trip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1818309 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:57:39 +0000 babynumber1 1818309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Seattlemom: It is the same ingredient in tylenol pm for adults. I would feel comfortable with my peds recommendation to give it to LO to get some rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817633 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:48:20 +0000 Alivoo01 1817633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Benadryl doesn't make DS sleepy so that wouldn't work for us. However, he does generally well on flights. Maybe bring snacks/toys/lovies to keep your LO entertained if Benadryl doesn't work? Or pick a flight around your LO's nap time so he'll sleep most of the flight? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817539 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:07:05 +0000 looch 1817539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is the time difference involved, when are you flying, what is your plan for your day 1?</p> <p>I personally haven't done it, but we tough it out for about 4 days on each leg when we fly 6 hours (6 time zones for us). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817492 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 03:35:55 +0000 Myicitygirl 1817492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are cases of infants dying after being sedated with Benadryl or other OTC medicines. <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/infants-death-shines-light-on-practice-of-medicating-kids-to-sleep/1191735" rel="nofollow">http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/infants-death-shines-light-on-practice-of-medicating-kids-to-sleep/1191735</a></p> <p>The above article states that Benadryl can have toxic effects in children under 2. </p> <p>What is really scary is this article about the practice in daycares! <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-dose-of-daycare/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-dose-of-daycare/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817459 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:56:03 +0000 Ree723 1817459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've done lots of long haul flights with our DDs between Australia, the US, and the UK, but have never given them anything to make them sleepy. DD1 has done long flights at 6, 7, 8, 15, 18, 19, 22, and 25 months and she's always been fine. As long as we have her lovey and some pacifiers, she would usually sleep at some stage. Other than that, lots of activities and snacks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817170 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:58:00 +0000 yoursilverlining 1817170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has your LO flown before? If so, are they a good plane sleeper?</p> <p>I wouldn't for a flight that long; 6 hours isn't a super long flight, especially if you can get a nap and feeding time in there. </p> <p>I'd just bring a variety of activities for the ride; but I don't think it's a big deal to give them a little Benadryl either, if that's what you want to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817123 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:46:33 +0000 mrsjyw 1817123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we've given DS benadryl for allergic reactions, it's never made him sleepy/drowsy so we'd probably opt to not try it for a flight. We're flying next month when he's near 22 months and plan to stock up on Daniel Tiger episodes and new snacks to carry us through the flight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817118 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:44:56 +0000 Beehive 1817118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've taken a lot of flights with DS (21 months) - I think 18 flight legs at last count - including a 10 hour daytime flight and 4 overnights. I haven't given Benadryl, I didn't want to introduce another variable (or give him something that might still affect him when we arrived, not sure how long it takes to wear off). </p> <p>He ends up sleeping when he wants to sleep - he'll take a couple naps on the daytime flights, and usually sleeps okay on the overnights (though he didn't sleep much on one of them, at 17 months - he just kind of sat quietly in his seat though, which was pretty amazing). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817068 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:26:43 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1817068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ped suggested a dose of benadryl to help lo sleep when he had a really nasty virus that we couldnt treat with anything but rest. So there is definitely a safe dose. I would probably skip it though if possible. Lo will probably sleep a lot anyway. But if your kiddo gets anxious in new situations or has trouble sleeping in the car, i would consider it with the ok from my ped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817039 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:17:19 +0000 daniellemybelle 1817039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with everyone that you should definitely make sure it actually makes your LO sleepy!</p> <p>That said, I would not judge you for giving a small dose. It's not as if you are doing it every night before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1817025 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:13:06 +0000 Tanjowen 1817025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Seattlemom: I have a friend that travels a lot and swears by liquid Melatonin for babies. They sell it at CVS I think? I've never used it, but we share the same pediatrician and she said he approved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816780 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:10:35 +0000 NovBaby1112 1816780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>is the flight during the day or at night? I feel like even if you gave your LO Benadryl I doubt they would sleep for a full 6 hours anyways if it were during the day. And if its at night, they would probably be tired anyways and fall asleep from the white noise of plane/etc. We've had to give LO Benadryl a few times due to allergies/reactions and it's never made her more sleepy than normal or hyper- just no reaction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816525 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:43:02 +0000 ShootingStar 1816525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend's ped recommended this for her 2 LOs - 3 and 1. They were flying from MA to Columbia to visit family. I thought it was kind of weird for the ped to recommend extraneous medicine, but I guess benadryl's pretty harmless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816522 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:40:39 +0000 lemondrop 1816522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heck yeah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816406 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:23:38 +0000 lady grey 1816406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: Interesting, I use melatonin myself but haven't thought about giving it to LO.<br /> @JerricaBenton: yeah, I would def have to try it first at home to make sure it doesn't make him hyper. Not nursing or using bottles anymore, so will have to ask for warm milk and bring videos on the ipad for sure!<br /> @Aimed: Thanks for your thoughts! I feel like benadryl is fairly benign, so not too worried about using it if I feel that its in LOs best interest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816404 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:22:57 +0000 NurseMommy 1816404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Rabbit: I was going to suggest trying it beforehand too! I've heard lots of stories about kids having opposite reactions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816394 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:14:59 +0000 Aimed 1816394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Seattlemom: Defintely speak with your ped about it, I gave some to our LO (16 months at the time) on a transatlantic flight as he was riled up, unbelieveably overtired and he needed the rest so it was in his best interest. Two seperate peds advised me on this. Wait and see, you might not need it, but it could make the trip easier on everyone including LO.</p> <p>I got a little judgement on this but I had 2 Peds back me up - saying he would need to rest, a little bendryl is better than a LO being a mess for days because of no rest (plus I figured that opinions from those who haven't taken an infant on a flight, and I mean 5+ hour flight, can't really understand :silly: ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816372 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:55:55 +0000 JerricaBenton 1816372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave LO benadryl once for a rash and she was bouncing off the walls. Personally I don't think I would give LO medicine to make her sleep on a plane. I nursed LO through flights and it worked great. If you aren't nursing maybe you could ask the flight attendant to warm some milk for you and then play some relaxing videos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816346 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:37:16 +0000 JessKas 1816346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my friend and I were just talking about this, and it makes a lot of kids hyper, which would be the worst thing ever. </p> <p>She sent me this: <a href="http://news.healingwell.com/?p=news1&#038;id=533580" rel="nofollow">http://news.healingwell.com/?p=news1&#038;id=533580</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816325 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:15:48 +0000 Raindrop 1816325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Seattlemom: If you get these... make sure when you LO drinks from there the air hole on the top of the bottle is up above LO's nose while he's drinking it... otherwise it will leak. Murphy's law always gets us and LO almost always drinks out of it every time with the hole under and we have to twist it in his little hands to move the air hole up. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816324 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:15:12 +0000 meredithNYC 1816324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried it, but sadly it did not work. Our pediatrician approved it, do I felt it was fine to try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816321 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:13:52 +0000 loveisstrange 1816321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used a bit of melatonin for my 2 year old in April. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816314 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:11:44 +0000 lady grey 1816314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: cool tip, I will check these out.<br /> @Mrs. Rabbit: I will check with our pediatrician too. If we try this I will def plan to try a dose at home to check his reaction. Thanks!<br /> @Mamaof2: He's never had it! I would have to give a dose at home to see his reaction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816296 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:04:47 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1816296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gave dd her sippy cup on the way up and down. She was fine on an eight hour flight. I'd not be comfortable giving her medicine without medical need especially for the first time so far from home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816295 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:04:36 +0000 Mamaof2 1816295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has he had it before? It has the opposite effect on my DS - keeps him up for hours!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816292 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:04:06 +0000 Mrs. Rabbit 1816292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo's pediatrician actually suggested we give it to our daughter on one of our flights. He also said we should try it beforehand to make sure she didn't have the opposite reaction (some kids get hyper on it). Unfortunately, it didn't make her sleepy at all...it has no effect on her, so it didn't really help on the plane. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816291 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:03:53 +0000 Raindrop 1816291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Seattlemom: So we sort of cheat about the weaning off the bottle. We have those sports bottles that are seriously like bottles that we use in a pinch still and that's what we use for flights now. LO is almost 2.5 now. Good luck lady. :)</p> <p>Nuby No-Spill Sports Sipper </p> [attach=2890/14/nabbqi.500x320.1216_wnu01_h001.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816285 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:01:52 +0000 Ra 1816285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't give my LO any medication that he didn't legitimately need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-lo-bendryl-on-a-long-plane-flight#post-1816279 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:58:49 +0000 lady grey 1816279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I wish! We already bottle weaned! I suppose I could give him a sippy. </p>