Calpol

I’ve never heard of anyone doing this? Is this a thing?

I've honestly never heard of this.... I really only ever heard of knock out bottles meaning adding rice to their bottles 🤢. My son got his first teeth at 2 months old and was teething till about 11 months when he got them all .. do he did have paracetamol quite often when he was younger xxx

Is this a thing? Sounds disgusting. My LO didn't like Calpol when he was a baby so he had it like twice, which was a right chore!

I've known friends in my life to do this and family too. I only give my son medicine when I genuinely think he's in pain and needs it as I don't want him building up a tolerance or a reliance on it. I've been advised on the odd night he's not slept "oh just give him a dose" and I'm like he doesn't need it it's not pain that's causing it it's clearly something else doing it and making him not sleep but then I just get met with oh go on next time it happens and just give it 🙄

I have heard of this, and that’s normally why so they can drink and baby sleeps through. Terrible ! Have only given my son calpol at jabs

My son used to have nerofen before bed when he was teething that got the pain under control so he could sleep otherwise I would drug my kids up either. My daughter managed to get slap cheek a few months ago her temp was so high. at night, it sorted her out to sleep but I would never give it off the cuff as they will get ammune to it then it won't work when you actually need it.

Wouldn't drug my kids up.

Personally don’t think it’s anyone business when they give their child calpol and I’ve not heard of anyone giving calpol for no reason,if you have exhausted everything else and baby is still not settling and still crying then I give it.My 2nd son has what I consider alot of calpol compared to my 1st son who only had it when he had his jabs and he won’t even take it now. And some of us do pop pills everyday and I find your post very judgmental to the parents that are giving calpol and may now make them question if their doing the right thing and stop giving it when their child probably needs it’s for teething pain and basically calling me and others bad mums for giving calpol. Personally never found that calpol makes kids sleep other medication like antihistamines and cold medicine yes but not calpol.

Never heard of this and I’m a mum of 5 only give when lil one is sick or after injections he recently had a chest infection and Dr said alternate between Calpol and Ibro and giving anti bios. Shouldn’t be given if not needed

Gosh I wouldn’t give it to my baby just to help him sleep through the night as to be honest I don’t feel like calpol has that effect on them.…my youngest however does seem to have more calpol than what both my twins ever had as babies, however he has multiple health issues which can cause him pain and so his doctors have said to give him it whenever I feel it’s needed. Which I wouldn’t say is alot as in daily but one or two times a week we have bad days and he needs it.. on top of that he’s teething badly but I don’t give him more for that, I just use teething gels. I’d say our teenager has more calpol than anyone in this house as she’s constantly suffering with period pains or headaches etc due to her age

I do however know parents who give their children phenergan to make them sleep but I wouldn’t judge them for that, if they need it. Some children are autistic or have ADHD and struggle with sleeping so if it’s what it takes to get some sleep then do it, if it works for you. X

@Stacey is that the same as melatonin? My nephew has severe autism and is given melatonin to sleep at night

@Yasmin no it’s just a very strong antihistamine. Melatonin is prescribed isn’t it xx

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 wtf

@Yasmin my ASD child has melatonin it’s has to be prescribed by a paediatrician for a child. Melatonin is actually a natural product that we make in our bodies some people and alot of them are ASD and adhd people don’t produce enough of it so need a bit extra also isn’t a sleeping medicine it only helps as a aid to help the settle down to go to sleep it won’t keep them asleep so if they wake up and want to get up then your getting up.

I give it to him often when he’s teething and feel guilty enough about that sometimes, but I don’t wanna withhold painkiller from him when he’s in pain! But can’t imagine just giving it when there’s no need at all

I've known people to do this and they have their reasons (PPD, needing sleep, difficult baby etc) I'm not saying it's necessarily right or something I'd personally do but we really don't know what's happening in each person's life and should withhold the judgement x

My thought process is how do I know if he’s in pain when he can’t talk? If I’ve tried every other option and he is still screaming then maybe his teeth hurt, or maybe he has a headache. Calpol is a form of pain relief, so I would administer it for potential pain. Just like I’d take paracetamol if I had a headache.

I've never heard of this been done but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it is. I give my LG calpol more than I did before because she's cutting 6 teeth at the same time. But I try and leave it to just before bedtime and not give it her at all in the day and let her have toys and bonjela throughout unless it's really bad. I give it before bed because I know her teething is causing trouble. But I don't give calpol to try and get her to sleep through the night. She doesn't sleep through the night and wakes up at least twice before coming into bed with us. And if I think she's fine and the teething pain has stopped I don't give calpol at all. X

Indeed I have seen this a lot around me that when a child is just cranky or overtired they've been given calpol to calm them down so that they can easily crash out which is outrageous to me (but that's my opinion) some mothers just wouldn't want to make the effort of calming them down and look for the easy way out without realizing the long-term side effects. That being said when you literally have tried everything & the LO still doesn't sleep I am onboard with giving a dose once in a blue moon. Even when it came to having a bit of temperature, I go old school with my boy by giving him a bath 1st & then slightly cool wash cloth compress on the forehead as I believe that temperature is not your or babies enemy. Your immune system is fighting in response to a foreign object introduced to the body and you don't want to shut it down by having/giving paracetamol otherwise I believe that your immune system gets rusted since in this day and age we don't let it do its job because we cannot handle discomfort

Might just be mine, but Calpol makes they happy and giddy it doesn't send them to sleep 😂

There is absolutely no ingredient in calpol that can make a baby drowsy - they have done many studies. If our baby wakes really crying and keeps waking up unusually we give a dose of calpol which helps after 20 minutes. The reason being that the baby is actually in some kind of discomfort and can’t communicate it, calpol then helps with sleep as the discomfort/pain is no longer keeping them awake. I would never wait until the absolute last minute / until my baby had a really high temperature as more harm can be done by waiting (in my opinion)