At 09:27 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: >On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > At 08:49 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: > >> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, jon louis mann wrote: > >> > >>> http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ > >>> No one wants an unattended child anywhere near
Another sentence which many people would strongly suggest should end with a full stop at that point. :P >espresso, and this > >>> seems to be an effective way to prevent that. > >>> Julia > >>> > >>> wouldn't caffeine have the opposite effect on a child? > >>> jon > >> > >> You don't know until you try, it will depend on the individual child. > >> > >> Same as with Benadryl. (Never, ever drug your child on a plane > > > > > > > > Many people would suggest putting a period/full stop at this point in > > the sentence. Or perhaps 3 words earlier (at least not except the > > advice and supervision of a physician). > >You're right, but that doesn't stop people from asking folks other than >their physician. And the "Don't do it unless you already know the >results!" is a good tip for *anything* you do with a child while >travelling. > >And there was some article brought to my attention not too long ago >regarding a flight attendant that suggested to a woman that she give her >child Benadryl. Had lots of people fuming over that one. Lecturing the >flight attendant on that sort of thing might get you removed from the >plane.... > > > (Somewhat related: Did you happen to see tonight's episode of > "60 Minutes"?) > >Television? No. I don't think I've seen anything that wasn't either >Weather Channel (or local weather loop), PBS or Noggin for about the past >3 weeks. No, wait, there was that Mythbusters episode.... > > Julia > >who hasn't ever given Benadryl for a trip, but too many times for ant >bites and wasp stings (and that one scorpion sting, ow) >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l In today's news: Makers pull cold medicines sold for infants http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/11/infant.drugs/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail <http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/11/infant.drugs/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail> <excerpt> "After reviewing reports of side effects over the last four decades, the FDA found 54 child fatalities from over-the-counter decongestant medicines. The agency found 69 reports of children's deaths connected with antihistamines, which are used to treat runny noses." </excerpt> (1) That averages to approximately 3 deaths per year. While any preventable death is a tragedy, particularly for the family, istm that there are other things which result in significantly more than three innocent people dying each year which are not being recalled/banned, voluntarily or otherwise. (2) I wonder how many of the deaths and non-fatal overdoses may have been from parents or other "care"givers doing what was described in the earlier portion of this thread: giving them cold medicine primarily to take advantage of its sedating side effects to quiet the kids for whatever reason. (Combining the above: I wonder how many fatalities per year result from "shaken baby syndrome," which apparently is frequently triggered by wanting the kid to stop crying and be quiet. Is it more than 3 annually?) -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
