Ode to Children's Benadryl

Oh Benny, I'm your number one fan
for relieving post-nasal drip coughing in my little man.
Just half a teaspoon does the trick,
and puts baby to sleep super quick.
Oh Benny, I'm in awe of your magical powers,
if only you could last for 10-12 hours.

Health update:  Dylan is officially done with the awful(ly boring) nebulizer treatments, yay!  Since they didn't work, the pediatrician now believes that he doesn't have cough variant asthma (double yay!), and instead his symptoms sound like he has a persistent cough triggered by post-nasal drip (= runny nose mucus gunk running down his throat).  Her latest recommendation was to give D a half tsp of Children's Benadryl before bed to dry up the nose stuff and therefore help relieve the nighttime coughing.  

Warning:  Benadryl is addictive-- for parents who have babies that don't sleep.  Yes, super-parents of the world, I KNOW that you're not supposed to give babies Benadryl, but it was doctor-prescribed, therefore I can justify our current medicated sleep regime.  Dylan went down without a single peep last night, after his Benny dose, and he slept 8 hours straight (!).    While I wish I could say that he slept through the whole night, that would sadly be untrue.  He did have an episode of night waking at 3:15 AM that kept us up for an hour (see previous post about the joys of sleep training), until we finally realized he was too hungry to go back to sleep on his own, so we fed him and then he went down shortly after.

My manic mom ah-ha moment after last night's episode:  why don't they make a Benadryl formula that lasts longer, like 10-12 hours?  Seems like a no-brainer to me.  We have a bazillion other time-released 12/24 hour medications.  Or put it in vaporizer form, so you can administer a steady controlled dosage throughout the night?  I knew I should've gone into pharmaceuticals-- if any of you know someone in the industry, please pass along my recommendation, supported by my thorough and comprehensive research study.

Hallelujah, it's Friday. :)  

XO,

Claire