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American Baby= bad info

emmared1986emmared1986
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In their latest issue they have an article on vaccinations. They say to give your baby Infant Tylonal before the shots and afterward to let them suck on a bottle of sugar water. Ummm, I have been told by the pedi that both of those are no longer recommended. It seems like they should check their advice before printing it.
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  • Twirler55Twirler55
    Our Pedi told us to give Tylenol before
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  • MrsWaneeMrsWanee
    seriously, that's pretty bad!
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  • emmared1986emmared1986

    imageTwirler55:
    Our Pedi told us to give Tylenol before

    Until recently that was advised. But they have done studies that giving it before can lesson the effectiveness of the vaccine. 

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  • mommy~to~mjmommy~to~mj
    I was also told to give Tylenol before (I didn't) but the sugar water? Not sure about that...
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  • Daisy525Daisy525 member

    I think the tylenol thing is more of what the pedi agrees with/what school of thought they come from. All the ones at our practice say you can give LO some tylenol before shots if you want and you can for sure afterwards. I asked them about that study that came out saying giving tylenol before shots would interfere(sp?) with the vaccinations and they didn't agree with it. We decided not to do it before shots and only after if LO was fussy or feverish.

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  • notmommyoftheyearnotmommyoftheyear
    imageemmared1986:

    imageTwirler55:
    Our Pedi told us to give Tylenol before

    Until recently that was advised. But they have done studies that giving it before can lesson the effectiveness of the vaccine. 

    I didn't know that.  Hm... Our pedi told us not to wait and see if she needed it before giving it to her.  Luckily she's done well and we haven't had to give her anything. 

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  • SusieQ1982SusieQ1982

    We were told to give it right after shots.

    But seriously, are you surprised? There is a ton of bad info out there nowadays.

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  • Scooter359Scooter359

    hmm...

    Our pedi recommending the Infant Tylonal every once in a while for shots but we havnt used it yet and *crosses fingers* he's done fine every time.

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  • emmared1986emmared1986
    imageSusieQ1982:

    We were told to give it right after shots.

    But seriously, are you surprised? There is a ton of bad info out there nowadays.

    I was more surprised by the sugar water than the tylonal.  

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  • farrellashleighfarrellashleigh member

    It can go either way, the study that was published stating Tylenol can interfere with the vaccinations is highly debated in the field. Actually MOST pedi's disagree with the info.

    That being said it's open to anyone's interpretation and do what works for you.

    On the sugar note, sugar reacts on receptors in the brain that stimulate a pain blocking response in babies, therefore a lot of pedis will use special sugar cubes, or sugar pacis, or sugar water when performing procedures such as circumcisions and shots, etc.

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  • cstwcstw
    imageTwirler55:
    Our Pedi told us to give Tylenol before
    Ours too. He's considered one of the best docs around here, too. But the sugar water thing is nuts. Why not just nurse or give a bottle?
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  • sprice88sprice88
    our office told us to give it...just depends on the office/dr. worked well for us!
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  • mcgeemcgee member
    If you breastfeed, nursing is far better than sugar water.
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  • SportyMrs.23SportyMrs.23 member
    Our pedi said to give tylenol before.
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  • SportyMrs.23SportyMrs.23 member
    imagefarrellashleigh:

    It can go either way, the study that was published stating Tylenol can interfere with the vaccinations is highly debated in the field. Actually MOST pedi's disagree with the info.

    That being said it's open to anyone's interpretation and do what works for you.

    On the sugar note, sugar reacts on receptors in the brain that stimulate a pain blocking response in babies, therefore a lot of pedis will use special sugar cubes, or sugar pacis, or sugar water when performing procedures such as circumcisions and shots, etc.

    Ditto.

    This is a bit different than vaccinations but the NICU gave Lilly a sugar paci when doing a lumbar puncture when she was just a few days old....it was to help with the pain.

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