Infant Tylenol

Re: Infant Tylenol

• Soap1 member

  January 2011

  Generally pediatricians say you cannot give ibuprofen until 6 months.  Did you pediatrician tell you to give him tylenol?  If not, I wouldn't worry about it.  Most pedis do not recommend giving tylenol unless your LO develops a fever after the shots.

  If they want him to have tylenol, they will give it to him at the appt.
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  

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• Bailey81 member

  January 2011

  Infant Tylenol is acetaminophen, which is safe for the little ones. Your doc will tell you the dose based on your kid's weight at the appointment. Ibuprofen isn't recommended before six months. Ask a pharmacist for the off-brand infant acetaminophen if they don't have Tylenol (we ended up with Nortemp Concentrated Infants' Drops).

  Ask your pedi about when and if you should give it. We were advised to give it after if he was in pain or running a temp. Some moms on here are told not to give it before because it can hamper the vaccines' effects. 

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• dsobz

  January 2011

  My pedi told me to give it before his 2 months shots.  I told him that I wasn't sure what kind because the box says not to use before 2 years old.  He said that was fine with his recommendation.  So I would stick with the Infant Tylenol.  But...if it's been pulled I'm not sure.  I think I will have to look into that now.  I'm not too concerned since my LO does really well with shots.  But I trust my pedi and am sure he wouldn't recommend if it had adverse affects.

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• CelticWife member

  January 2011

  Many stores no longer stock infant Tylenol after last years recall. Instead, most stores now carry their own brand of acetomeniphine (which is Tylenol).

  We use the Up and UP Intant Acetomeniphine (sp?), which states it is for 2-3 year olds. This is the same as infant Tylenol (per our pedi). We just give the smallest dose. Your drs. office will also carry some, so you can ask them to give LO a dose after their shots if you want.

  There is a study, though, that shows giving infants tylenol after their vaccines lowers the effectivness of the vaccine. So you might also want to ask your pedi about that. DS had tylenol shortly before his vaccines for his first year, then our pedi gave us a bunch of research papers and said to make up our own minds. DS hasn't had any afterwards and neither has DD. But that is our choice, and not for everyone. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFlu/tylenol-shots-hurt-vaccines-effectiveness/story?id=8840239

  
  
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• bisabelm member

  January 2011

  CelticWife:

  Many stores no longer stock infant Tylenol after last years recall. Instead, most stores now carry their own brand of acetomeniphine (which is Tylenol).

  We use the Up and UP Intant Acetomeniphine (sp?), which states it is for 2-3 year olds. This is the same as infant Tylenol (per our pedi). We just give the smallest dose.

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  Also, I know some people give it prior to the appointment but our doctor recommended we wait until after wards. 
  

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• alianasmommy

  January 2011

  wen i got my lo shots my pedi gave me stuff to give her your should ask if they have anything to give u
  

  

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