Benedryl to help with sleep while traveling?

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Hi All,

We are very lucky that we don't have sleeping issues with Quinn (6 years

old) when we are at home. But when we are away it is a whole other

story. He seems like he gets hyped up because we are in a new and

different place and there is no way we can just leave him alone in a

completely childproof room to calm down like we do at home. Plus we are

usually in a single hotel room so when he stays up, everyone stays up

We have 2 family trips coming up this summer and I was wondering if

giving him something to help him sleep would be okay? Does Benedryl

work for your kids, does anyone else even do this? Is there a

medication that would work better that I can get from our doctor? Quinn

has no health issues so I am not really concerned about giving him

medication occasionally. I feel bad considering it, but I think it

might be best for everyone including Quinn.

Thanks,

Amy