He'll be 9 in June, but not sure if he could swallow a pill. VERY strong gag reflex. It will have to be a liquid or chewable or the like. Yes, ya'll, I know, my kid has issues. :mrgreen:
well then you'll have to get the claritin ones, they have an instant dissolve one, the store brand ones don't offer that. And he can take the claritin, over 2 yrs old can, once a day.
I'll be heading to Wally World shortly to see what I can find. Thanks everybody! DMJ, hope your DS feels better too!
All 4 of my kids suffer with seasonal allergies. DH and I do too. I found that Clariten alone was not enough and I keep all of us on the generic for Flonase (or could use the new Veramyst). My youngest DS was taking flonase when he was 4. It REALLY helps if you do it every day during the pollen seasons. You will need a prescription for it but it is worth the Dr. visit and the cost to see them stop feeling miserable. Also, my Doc put me on Allegra and it works way better than Clariten for me. My DS is on Allegra too and he is only 8. The pollen is so bad this year. I've suffered with allergies for most of my adult life. And, went through all 4 pregnancies unable to take meds for it. THAT was horrible!! Darned if I'm gonna suffer now if I don't have too. At the first sight of any blooms, I head for my flonase and allegra and start keeping them both in my system until pollen is gone and I do just fine through the season. Hope all your kiddos feel better!!
Claritin isnt enough for us either, we take sudafed too, this time of year. I snort some simply saline twice a day too.
Glad you said that. I don't take the Allegra-D just plain Allegra so I need the decongestant in Sudaphed too when it's really bad. I try not to take it much though because it makes my BP high :?
Just a note - Benadryl has the opposite effect on my kids.... The first time I had to give it to my daughter - she was bouncing off the walls. The doctor said that is not all that uncommon..... So, you may want to give him that half dose before bed to see how it effects him.
Ok, I got some Benadryl chewables. They are for ages 6+, but he's had them in the past, I just split them in half. (this was told to me by the dr a couple years ago when he had a rash, can't remember the details but I know he was allowed to have 1/2 pill at the time) I did see children's zyrtec and claritin, they both said for ages 6+ as well, I didn't see anything for younger kids or I would have gotten it. I have heard about Benadryl affecting kids differently, my 8 yo isn't affected by it at all. It does knock my 4yo out when he takes it, so I'll give it to him early this evening, as we need to leave the house by 5 am tomorrow (yuck).
True, 3 of mine get drowsy with Benedryl but the 4th does not. He goes to sleep if he takes sudaphed though. When oldest DD was a toddler, we gave her Dimetap and Doc said she would be sleepy. We still laugh when DH describes how he swore he saw her head turn 360 a few times. She was wired for hours. :lol:
Help with swallowing pills Just a hint that may help with teaching your 9 year old to swallow pills. Most of the time, it is due to a fear of the pill and that it might taste bad. My mother taught me to swallow pills using plain M&M's. That way, if they melted, it was no big deal - it was chocolate. Also, once you have learned the technique, you can adapt it to just about anything. Hope it helps. Karen
