More and more mothers are giving their children melatonin gummy bears – actress Kristen Bell admitted this in an interview. But is that safe?
Washington DC – Actress Kristen Bell is causing a stir with her attempts at parenting. In an interview with E! News,” she revealed that she gives her kids melatonin in the form of gummy bears so she and her husband can “have a good time.” The “snacks” were mainly used when the four of them were still sleeping in their parents’ room. Bell: “We don’t want to go to sleep when they want to go to sleep.”
So the parents watched TV with headphones while the girls next to them tried to fall asleep. To tire the two kids out faster, Bell and her husband used melatonin gummy bears, Dax. “It makes them tire faster, which is great,” Bell said.
Sleeping pills for children: Poisoning is increasing
Giving children sleep aids in the form of gummy bears seems to be a growing trend in the US these days. “Melatonin moms” are filming themselves on Tiktok drugging their kids with the supposed sleeping pill, reports CELEBRITY GOSSIP NEWS.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of children taking melatonin reported to poison control centers has increased over the past decade. According to the CDC, the majority of children in these cases did not experience any symptoms, but some required hospitalization. At least two children died.
Sleeping pills for children: Dose can be difficult to estimate
“I think a lot of people don’t see herbal supplements, vitamins or anything like that as a potential hazard. I talk about it with my patients all the time because things that are natural or things that aren’t prescription drugs don’t mean there can’t be complications or dangers from their use,” said Gina Robinson, a pediatrician at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital .
Robinson said another problem with melatonin supplements is that there are no federal recommendations for dosing melatonin supplements for children, so parents could accidentally give their child a higher dose than needed. She also notes that melatonin supplements really should only be a last resort to help kids fall asleep and stay asleep. (Ares Abasi)
