Any morning strategies if your child is invited to a sleepover? When my dd spends the night with her best friend, her friend's mom knows about dd's meds and gives them to her first thing in the a.m. Without her meds in the a.m. dd is extremely hyper, silly, goofy, immature,etc.etc...... so every now and then (not that often) she will get invited to a different friend's house for a sleepover and I just don't know how to handle it. Most moms do not know about her meds and a lot of them just don't get it. At her age (10 years old, 4th grade) kids are really starting to sleep over a lot. The only thing I can come up with is to pick her up REALLY early in the a.m. for some reason!
Any suggestions?
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
We just always told the Mom's about the meds. There was no way my daughter could not have them at that age. She would've been the same (probably still would be), WAY too silly and goofy. Plus all the stimulation of the other girls and excitement of the sleepover made her worse. The early pick up would work too if you just did not want to tell them, just say she has something that morning. Again, this is a big thing at 3rd, 4th, 5th grade, then starts to slow down.I explain to the mom about Ryans meds. Most of the kids houses who he sleeps over , know Ryan is ADHD anyway. I dont let him sleep over anyones house I dont know failry well.
Ryan also knows he has to take his meds. He is not 100% responsible YET for them but he will *remind* the Mom. Picking up early sounds like NOT a good idea...lol as Jillete said..* they dont get much sleep anyway and she is liable to be VERY crabby!*
My dd insists on not telling anyone about her ADD. She tells them she is taking her allergy medication. It is true that one of her morning meds is for allergies. The other is Strattera. Dd also uses a low dose Daytrana patch but not always on the weekends. I do not know about early pick up sleepovers no one gets much sleep depending on how early. I like mamarks idea allergy meds especially if your daughter takes it independently and if she does it independently she can just use the bathroom and take them secretly. Could you put one pill in an extra bottle and send it with her, then call her in the morning and tell her to take it? Send a bottle of water in her bag, too, so she can just go in the bathroom and do it. At her age, she should be able to do it with your reminder. The night before, when the other mom picks her up or you drop her off, tell the other parent that you may have a family commitment in the morning, but you will call your daughter early and let her know. That way they'll be expecting the call. While you are talking about this set up with your daughter, though, I would emphasize that there is nothing wrong with taking the meds and that you are just respecting her wish not to tell anyone, so that she doesn't get the idea that she has to hide or be ashamed of who she is. Everyone deserves the privacy they need. BPQW39507.3975231481