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Nervous About Giving 6 Month Old Benadryl

Hi ladies, My six month old has been up with a stuffy nose and coughing for the past two nights. The doctor says she has a viral illness (no ear infection, nothing with the lungs) and suggested we use Benadryl to relieve her symptoms. We want to keep trying what we have been doing (running the humidifier, going into a steamed bathroom, maybe try sleeping in a car seat or with her head elevated, saline drops) before trying the benadryl. Not that I am against medicines, but I am nervous about giving this to her unless she is really...

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Benadryl Before Plane Ride??

I am flying with my almost 1 year old daughter for the first time tommorrow! I'm so nervous about the whole thing. She is a pretty laid back happy baby but I'm worried about the flight. My husband thinks we should give her Benadryl and I've had some other suggest this. Has anyone had good or bad luck with this? I just worry that then she'll be groggy and grumpy when we get there or worse she'll sleep too much and not sleep that night. Any other travel advice would also be great. I've of course gotten the advice about having her suck on a...