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Although we did try to find out what the active ingredient was, I can't remember it now - it's a long time ago ;-)

Your point about side effects is relevant, which is why in my opinion the child should have had previous necessary experience of it. Any sedative/pain killer is dangerous if misused.

Even though I don't approve of the automatic use of sedation in the quoted instance, there comes a time for the sake of the distressed child, the over wrought parents and those sitting near them when needs must.

We’d both probably expect a crying child to wear themselves out. Unfortunately not everyone is willing to wait until that happens.

Yes but isn't the active ingredient in Phenergan Promethazine Hydrochloride? Just been doing a bit of googling and I'm no expert....but from what I can gather...I don't think that's the active ingredient of any calpol based syrups they may have been using previously....powerful stuff in the wrong hands.

**edit*** I'd be far more in favour of child friendly flights and child free flights than I am sedating children...........

By the time that a child is old enough to fly, they’ve probably been given doses of painkillers in their own home which normally have a sedative effect.

One of ours went absolutely loopy with Calpol – there was a reported side effect at the time of hallucinations. Phenergan was the alternative.

As long as they’ve taken it before with no side effects and that the correct dosage is not exceeded, I see no problem sedating a distressed child if ‘distraction’ alternatives haven't worked.

Children can get all sorts of side affects from these sorts of medications though.......however many feet up in the air...possibly without emergency treatment....isn't it just bl**dy plain dangerous?

Quite true PP.

On our first long-haul of 11 hours, we groaned when we saw a family with 4 children. They were actually very well behaved. The parents had booked the seats with the crib space meaning there was space on the floor for them to play. It might have been different had they not had room to move

They were so well behaved, I congratulated the mum when we got off :-D

Nothing worse than a disruptive child on a long haul flight..... And parents sitting there completely ignoring them.

We never went on a plane with the children until the youngest was about 6, and old enough to know how to behave.

We probably wouldn't have used Phenergan on short haul flights, of say less than 4 hours, but if they kept crying, might well have done. A bit of crying helps to equalise the air pressure in the ears - continuous crying stress the parent which in turn feeds back to the child in a vicious circle

As for Kay??'s friends child with the burst ear drum - she'd have probably done the child a favour while they were flying, if she had used a sedative by taking the pain away even if she didn't realise the cause at the time.

If your kids don't behave on flights don't fly! It's not rocket science, no pun intended :-)

Mind you the temptation to mix a Calpol cocktail whilst child minding at times does seem very tempting :-D


Mayfield.
Mum used to say a teaspoon of rum in hot milk used to work wonders for toddling Mayfield! Hic!

God forbid NO,,,,,,,,,

I had a friend whos child screamed while in flight,,,,,,,and screamed off the flight,,,,,,,,,

reason was,,,,,,,a burst eardrum from the cabin pressure.! its very common for young children to suffer terrible ear ache while flying,,,,,,,imagine the terror if you found this out and for selfish reasons you had given your child stuff that knocks them out,

Just seen in the article that what they were suggesting was actually called Phenergan...just shows the notice I took of it lol

ps...my mother admitted using it on me and it had the opposite effect..apparently I stayed up all night singing and playing instead of most of it lol

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2305529/Why-I-drug-children-airplanes-We-know-hell-bawling-toddlers-flights-But-mums-controversial-solution-.html

I suspect this stuff is also used whilst on actual holiday too.........I'm aghast.........I had a child who didn't go through the night properly til she was 3.....i would NEVER have drugged her.......though I have to say I did have older family members constantly telling me to give her Fennigan which I declined to do.

What are your views? Have you done it? Did it work? Would you do it now?