WTF do they put in motrin?

shannonmur

We are in one year molar hell over here. Dd has 1 in and the other 3 coming down. She was a total wreck at bedtime screaming, red faced, sweating so I gave her a dose of Motrin. Currently she is on the floor with dh playing blocks and laughing her head off. Thank goodness I have off tomorrow I think it's gonna be a long night!

Smootchy

Was it Motrin or morphine? ...cuz DS never had relief like that.
; jk
Whatever it is just roll with it. Hope it lasts through the night!

[Deleted User]

Yeah, that was us the other night.  IDK, but I'm glad they make it.   

Wufroggy79

We have never tried Motrin, but I have read several accounts on here of kids that get hyper/super happy on it.  Whatever works.

Ooglybear

My DD has had the hyperactive reaction to motrin before; it's so weird! It no longer affects her that way though. Good luck! 

shannonmur

It's like baby crack. She's startIng to fade now. I'm hoping later bedtime means a lie on in the morning!

MonkeySender

My LO gets pretty hyper from it. When she had roseola we were having to give 1/2 doses of motrin close to sleeping times because if I give a full dose she doesn't sleep.

IrishEyes0530

We've never tried motrin, I may need to after these responses.

nanabanana06

I thought Motrin was just brand name ibuprofen. I guess not??

shannonmur

Nana_Osaki06:

I thought Motrin was just brand name ibuprofen. I guess not??

I'm pretty sure it is. I was a pharmacy tech many moons ago so take my opinion with a very small grain of salt. And even though I'm afraid to type this my little peanut is now sleeping soundly. I'm still hoping for a later wake up time but I think it may be futile.

nanabanana06

shannonmur:

Nana_Osaki06:

I thought Motrin was just brand name ibuprofen. I guess not??

I'm pretty sure it is. I was a pharmacy tech many moons ago so take my opinion with a very small grain of salt. And even though I'm afraid to type this my little peanut is now sleeping soundly. I'm still hoping for a later wake up time but I think it may be futile.

I googled. It is. lol

gimmietimmies

shannonmur:

Nana_Osaki06:

I thought Motrin was just brand name ibuprofen. I guess not??

I'm pretty sure it is. I was a pharmacy tech many moons ago so take my opinion with a very small grain of salt. And even though I'm afraid to type this my little peanut is now sleeping soundly. I'm still hoping for a later wake up time but I think it may be futile.

It is just ibuprofen. Only dh and I take it, ds can have it (clotting) and dd1 is allergic, so haven't tried it on the little girls. The reaction sounds kinda cool.

quidditchcapn1120

Motrin is ibuprofen. My DS also gets the best pain relief from ibuprofen as opposed to Tylenol (acetaminophen).  He has never gotten the hyperactivity though.

grr_aargh

quidditchcapn1120:

Motrin is ibuprofen. My DS also gets the best pain relief from ibuprofen as opposed to Tylenol (acetaminophen).  He has never gotten the hyperactivity though.

Same here.  Tylenol just doesn't work on our kids.  Motrin does.

But it's never made them anything but a little less of a handful.  Never happy.

Once, when my oldest daughter got a burn, she was on kiddie oxycodone.  Now THAT was a happy baby.  

racegrrl714

grr_aargh:

quidditchcapn1120:

Motrin is ibuprofen. My DS also gets the best pain relief from ibuprofen as opposed to Tylenol (acetaminophen).  He has never gotten the hyperactivity though.

Same here.  Tylenol just doesn't work on our kids.  Motrin does.

But it's never made them anything but a little less of a handful.  Never happy.

Once, when my oldest daughter got a burn, she was on kiddie oxycodone.  Now THAT was a happy baby.  

LOL YES... over the summer DD had a boil on her butt that turned into a full fledged staph infection/cellulitis, so she was in STL Children's Hospital for a week. They would take her to their "wound clinic" every morning to have her bandages changed/fluid drained/etc. and they would give her a dose of oxy about a half hour prior. She went from blah, cranky, in pain to super giggly in about ten minutes. LOL Then after they took her back, did all that and called us in to get her/talk to the docs, she was like a drunk little toddler. She was sitting in the procedure room with her nurse and when DH went in  she goes, "Daaaaaaadddddddyyyyyyy!" Then when I walked in, she thought I was "Doooooooorrrrrrraaaaaaaa!!!!" LMAO

LuckyDad

quidditchcapn1120:

Motrin is ibuprofen. My DS also gets the best pain relief from ibuprofen as opposed to Tylenol (acetaminophen).  He has never gotten the hyperactivity though.

The hyperactivity is probably just a side-effect of the feeling of relief that comes from the end of pain and discomfort. It's similar to when you are getting over the flu and that first day you start to feel better you think you have all this energy and stuff. You actually are still a little sick, but you feel so much better you just want to do everything you couldn't while ill.