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Ibuprofen and Tylenol

pupluv0410pupluv0410 member
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I have gotten suggestions from friends to alternate Ibuprofen and Tylenol for my 1 year olds teething molars and fever. I am just not sure about it....do any of you do this? Does it work? TIA
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  • cmumamacmumama member
    I have done it for DS1, but only when he was super sick and had a high fever that wasn't going down.  It did work for us though.  For teething, I just use Ibuprofen.
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  • FlamingemuFlamingemu member
    cmumama said:
    I have done it for DS1, but only when he was super sick and had a high fever that wasn't going down.  It did work for us though.  For teething, I just use Ibuprofen.
    All of this. I don't think it is necessary unless it is a crazy high fever that won't come down. Have you tried the Hyland's Teething Tablets? They are like crack to L. As soon as she gets them she calms down.

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  • watercolor5watercolor5 member
    Ibuprofin is better at getting fevers down than tylenol, so the only time it makes sense to alternate is if the fever goes back up before you can give a second dosage of ibuprofin.  I just use ibuprofin alone for teething as it's better for inflammation too.
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  • pupluv0410pupluv0410 member
    Thank you guys. He has had a fever of 102.1-102.3 since last night. :(
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  • ktnicolektnicole member
    We alternate because Lexie teethes like nothing else.  Fever between 101-102.5 and nothing cuts it.  

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  • opaque1997opaque1997 member
    Just ask doc about this today and she said ifshe was still ccranky and not sleeping after an hour or so of the advil too add the tylenol
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  • kelbel527kelbel527 member
    pupluv0410 said:
    Thank you guys. He has had a fever of 102.1-102.3 since last night. :(

    @pupluv0410 - I'd keep an eye on the fever.  It's not common to have that high of a fever from teething.  It could just be a virus but if the fever doesn't crack, he could have an ear infection or something.

    Like the other ladies said, I only alternate when he's super sick and his fever isn't breaking from the ibuprofen and I need tylenol in between.

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  • mrsbhk22mrsbhk22 member
    cmumama said:

    I have done it for DS1, but only when he was super sick and had a high fever that wasn't going down.  It did work for us though.  For teething, I just use Ibuprofen.

    All of this.
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  • plus12012plus12012 member
    I've never tried it for teething. But, when DD had a high temp we did that and it really worked.

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