How soon before shots to give Tylenol?

MKDee

DS has his two month shots tomorrow (ugh).  I want to give him Tylenol beforehand, but I'm not sure when to give it.  An hour before the appointment? Right before?  Does anyone know?  I don't mean to overthink it, just want to reduce the unpleasantness as much as possible. 

jewelsonu

i gave it after the dr left the room while we were waiting for the nurse to come in. I didn't know the dose to give him so we watied for the dr.

alli&pat

my doc recommended that we bring the tylenol to the office with us then give it to right after he gets weighed...that way we know exactly how much to give him. 

NHGirl04

jewelsonu:

i gave it after the dr left the room while we were waiting for the nurse to come in. I didn't know the dose to give him so we watied for the dr.

This exactly. We just had them today!

jacksjerseygirl

I'm of the mindset that tylenol is a good tool but it should not be abused. My DS did not need tylenol - he had no fever and he had no pain. I gave him a shot in the mouth of gripe water immediately after the shots and then he went on sucking paci. Yes, though we did only do two of the five vaccinations.

I would wait to get approval from pedi. Tylenol isn't really made for babies but pedis do allow it under special circumstances - especially in the event of fever. My pedi said to only use it if he developed a low grade fever.

Good luck tomorrow! IMO Kids follow our lead - if you are all upset, then LO will pick up on that.

srex_ee

The nurse told us not to unless he got a fever afterwards.  He was a trooper and hardly cried at all...I almost did though..

MKDee

Oh, good call on the weight thing.  I hadn't thought of that, but you're right, I would have to guess DS's weight if I gave it to him beforehand (I have a general idea, but it probably is better to wait). 

Runnerwife

Our pedi recommended "sugar/sucrose water" (google it). This really seemed to help DD.

MKDee

shanyzmac:

The nurse told us not to unless he got a fever afterwards.  He was a trooper and hardly cried at all...I almost did though..

Yeah, I suspect I will have a harder time than he will!

NHGirl04

It amazes me how Peds are different.  Mine encouraged the Tylenol and told me to give it to her 20 minutes prior to the next shots.  But we are following the regular shot schedule, so she got 3 shots and the drink today. She was definitely in pain as she screamed for a good few minutes straight