• DrMango@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I think most people will give you credit for trying. Parents get it, non-parents who are non-assholes will also have some level of tolerance as long as it looks like you’re doing your best to keep the child calm and quiet.

    Shit happens. Kids are unpredictable.

    You can also try a baby dose of benadryl to knock them out just before takeoff.

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      11 months ago

      Googling your benadryl solution results in what I can only describe as the Internet desperately yelling at me to NOT DO THAT

      The specific search terms being “benadryl to make baby sleep”, resulting in the Office of the Child Advocate Connecticut Child Fatality Review Panel’s writing in all-caps

      “CAREGIVERS SHOULD NEVER USE BENADRYL OR OTHER ANTIHISTAMINES IN ORDER TO GET THEIR INFANTS TO BE QUIET OR TO SLEEP. ANTIHISTAMINES LIKE BENADRYL SHOULD ONLY BE USED WHEN PRESCRIBED BY A LICENSED MEDICAL PROVIDER.”