Parents and caregivers in Connecticut are being warned about the dangers of administering antihistamines such as Benadryl to children in order to get them to calm down or go to sleep.
"there have been at least four deaths in Connecticut of infants and toddlers........ due to toxicity from Benadryl or other similar.
One in five surveyed [on line] admitted to giving their children medicine to get through a lengthy event, like a long car ride or plane trip.
Justine Barber, 30, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, was sentenced for her role in the Feb. 10, 2015 fatal drugging of her 8-month-old daughter.
Barber and her boyfriend had been routinely giving the baby as well as two other children -- both younger than 2 -- soft gel pills as a "solution" to bedtime.
Medicine including OTC is a very serious business, it can kill you who ever you are, young or old, particularly if you have health issue, or on other medications, etc. Just a thought.
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