That is terrible. Why would you give allergy medicine to a child for sleeping???? Infact why would you give them medicine full stop for sleeping?

This is very sad. I think many people take the easy way out and think babies need a pill or potion to sleep. Even with appropriate doses or appropriate remedies, is there any need for it to be regular or a normal occurrence?

This would be devastating for the parents.

I so hope that the parents of the kid were not aware that she was planning on medicating him if he didnt sleep. Thats so very heartbreaking. I didnt have any family here and being new to the area I didnt have any long term friends so i never left my kids with babysitters. There was no one that i knew well enough.

How devasting.
I cant imagine why at 43 year old woman would think its okay to give a child adult dosage of medication,
You think where is the common sense, but obviously sense is not so common these days,

This is absolutely disgusting. That poor family

Awful story. Feel so much for the parent. Im not a control freak but when it comes to medication for my kids i always do it myself. Incorrect dosing can happen so easily. Different in this case as the babysitter used the medication for helping the child sleep – not as the medication was intended for in the first place.

Giving adult medicines to a baby? With their job, shouldn’t they have know about all the dangers?
Poor baby!! And poor family, now left with this terrible grief.

How awful

Such a tragic loss for this family over something that could have been avoided.

omg how horrible for them!

How sad is that – The poor family

This is sad and a good reminder of checking everything