So I've been reading some really interesting responses to an earlier question about night terrors and food, especially pre-bed snacks that contain too much sugar or particular dyes. Has anyone noticed any connection between night terrors and infant Tylenol? It has artificial sweeteners and dyes in it. My 16-month-old son is up throughout the night, crying out and restless.
We'd been giving my son Tylenol at night regularly because of chronic ear infections. So, no Tylenol for the past three nights and no night terrors. It's possible it's a whole medley of triggers, but so far, we're making progress.
our foster son (18 months) had really bad night terrors. I heard being overtired or eating before bed are the prime causes (or too much tv, but we don't do tv). But now that you mention it, when he was having really bad night terrors, we were giving him tylenol for his fever (he was sick too). Hmmm wonder if there's a connection. Interesting thought!
I know they make tylenol without all of the dyes and artificial flavors. I try to steer clear of those anyway.
I never heard of that. I normally try not to give my daughter any snacks before bed though. I noticed that my daughter will have night terrors if she has had a really rough day or has been up WAY past her bedtime. So we really try not to ever stay out too late anymore. She hasn't had the terrors in a while.
My child had night terrors when he was younger. After several nights of him waking up with these terrors we took him to the doctor to see what we could do to help him out. Our doctor never mentioned these be caused by food, sugar or dyes. She said that night terrors come from things that our child saw either at home, school or on t.v. Once we got him to go to bed with happy thoughts every night the night terrors stopped all together. I wish you the best as I know they can lead to some very tiresome nights.
I have noticed this is in both my children. I was giving tylenol to my son, 4 years old, when he would complain of leg cramps, thinking it would ease his pain and help him sleep. Instead he would cry all through the night, I would put him my bed and he would still wake up crying and in the morning he wouldn't remember anything about it. I thought it was because his pain was returning and that is why the crying persist and figured he was just tired as to why he didn't remember anything. Then the past two nights my daughter, who's 1 1/2 years old, was running a fever I gave her a half dose the first night and she woke up once crying and wouldn't close her eyes for about hour after I laid her back down, then last night the fever was still there so I gave her a full dose. She woke up every hour SCREAMING! She would sit straight up in bed and scream at the top of her lungs, it was horrible. I haven't had any professional tell me it is because of the Tylenol but I am pretty sure it is the reason for both of my children's restless nights. -The bottle is in the trash now!
I had night terrors quite often as a child and into my teenage years. I personally noticed on a number of occasions where Tylenol triggered me. The last time I took Tylenol I was 16. I took 2 tablets (can't remember the strength). For the next 3 days/2 nights I could not close my eyes without the feelings of terrors start.
Since then I have stayed away from it completely. I am not certain how or why I had this reaction. But since then I stay clear away from anything with Tylenol in it.
Don't know if my response would help, but we have never given our 2 year old medicine, she has never had problems with night terrors. I also avoid giving her any of her sweet snacks (raisins, mango, banana) before bed. I think only once she screamed in her sleep - that was the day her best friend moved out of state and she one too many raisins. :)
