God bless Tylenol

mrsbrooksie · December 2013

2 month shots today...screamed like crazy but was soothed with nursing. Slept for 4 hours and woke up with the worst, more horrifying cry I've heard. 45 minutes later I was able to soothe him briefly with nursing.
DH called the doc to ask about infant Tylenol dosage.
Thanks goodness. 2.5ml seemed like a lot so I gave 1.5ml...seems to have helped for now. Drunken/dopey baby is slowly opening his eyes and cooing.

I think it's going to be a long night. We better think of some great GTKYs!

DETrent · December 2013

Awww poor baby! Mine had shots today too. Thankfully he's been asleep for the past 2.5 hours. Fingers crossed for a good night!

alyshamarie007 · December 2013

My lo's shots are in 2 weeks and I'm dreading it. Hate the thought of him being in pain.

Jeveritt11 · December 2013

We had shots today also. So far so good, LO has been a little fussy, but we've had a lot of smiles and stuff too. We did our normal routine and she's sleeping now, although I don't expect it to be thru the night.

pmarie33 · December 2013

Shots in babies/kids is torture.
I had to take DD to get her four 4yo shots, then two weeks later, baby's four 2m shots. I'm a pro now.

Crinita · December 2013

Yep. LO had her shots Friday. She had the saddest crying ever! At 6:30 pm I caved and gave her the Dr. recommended dose of 1.25 and shortly thereafter she seemed quite better. Def will not wait to give it to her next time!

mrsbrooksie · December 2013

I can tell the Tylenol is starting to wear off....
Should I give him another dose even if he isn't fussy? Is that ok to do? We'll be at the 4 hr mark in 30 minutes.

Meeelinda · December 2013

oh no tomorrow my baby gets his shots

Emilyraymond · December 2013

I would deft give him another dose.

We go tomorrow too

mrsbrooksie · December 2013

Best advice for the FTM who haven't done the 2 mo shots yet...dress them as much as you can prior to the shots (usually make you strip down to diaper for appt). We had him in a onesie outfit so the whole thing just buttoned open and closed. Being able to just button him up and not worry about anything over the head or complicated was key! Also, if you fb nursing him right after really helped calm him down.
For the aftermath of what happens after they wake up from that, no advice except for Tylenol at this point ;-)

Jenball717 · December 2013

I agree with ^. A zippered sleeper would be a good way to avoid having to work their little legs into pants after shots.
Mine has been sleeping all day since her shots, waking only to eat. I have given her the Tylenol when she eats because I know she hurts by the way she is fussing in her sleep.

Ycu2013 · December 2013

It's been hell for us...it was a week today that he got his shots and he's still spitting up like crazy thanks to the rotaV vaccine.

shelley1002 · December 2013

I am a STM and DS2 is getting his shots next week and this post has me nervous. I have no idea how He will do with them.

DS1 never fussed or needed Tylenol after his shots. He just slept a lot. Even at his 2 year appointment when he got his shots you never would've known he had them. He did always cry when getting the shots and calmed down within 2 minutes. So not all babies react to the shots. I can only hope for the same reaction with DS2 next week.

mrsbrooksie · December 2013

I didn't mean to worry anyone with my post - I'm sorry!
My doc did say that all LOs react one of two ways, either extreme fatigue or extreme fussiness. I feel like we are getting samplings of both.

Also notable with attire: after we got home he didn't want anything touching his sweet little legs (a shot in each thigh) so we just left him outfit wide open on the bottom. It helped comfort him and I think probably felt good to his hot little thighs.

We have only given 1.5ml of infant Tylenol so far at 7:45p. It's now 3:30a and he seems to be doing ok. A little more restless in his sleep though. If he wakes up enough to give him another half infant dose, I think I'm going to go head!

Don't you wish there was a way we could get the shots for them during pregnancy or something and have them all taken care if when they're born? Any resident scientists wanna work on that? :-)

Lhand11 · December 2013

I have to take dd for her two month shots in January and then DS for his two year shots after that. Luckily it's not the same week, but still. It's going to suck

kelle017 · December 2013

My dd was just tired afterwards. Her shots were last week. She had them at 11am, I nursed her right after and she slept pretty much until 3pm when I gave her Tylenol, then again twice more until midnight and nothing the next day. She cried initially but wasn't really fussy at all. Or more so than normal.

Kittymom6 · December 2013

My LO had her two month shots yesterday, and has been on/off sleeping and fussy since. I miss my smiley happy baby!

Just because other people are reading this whose LOs haven't had their shots, I will say that our pediatrician said that Tylenol can lower the effectiveness of the vaccines and that we should only give it to DD if she was extremely fussy. We haven't needed to yet. Be sure to check with your pediatrician first!

Eta: if you ff, have a bottle ready and with you. The nurse kept telling me to nurse DD afterwards to make her feel better, but I can't. Having a bottle calmed her down when she was screaming after the shots.

Palereadhead · December 2013

This post scares the crap outta me

CherryHolly · December 2013

Our pediatrician gave her tylenol with her vaccines. Follow the new guidelines for dosing (by weight, not age). She was mostly tired. Started to run a higher fever 48 hours later. Reacted well to tylenol and has been fine since. She had her shots a week ago.

Meeelinda · December 2013

just got his shots lets see how he handles it haven't gave him Tylenol yet. doctor said to not give Tylenol early it might lower the vaccines

Mae208 · December 2013

mrsbrooksie said:
I can tell the Tylenol is starting to wear off....
Should I give him another dose even if he isn't fussy? Is that ok to do? We'll be at the 4 hr mark in 30 minutes.

My pedi suggesting keeping up on the Tylenol for 24-36 hours. Those poor little shots really hurt!
LO did really well as long as I was on top of the Tylenol. She just slept a lot and needed to be held more than normal.

Emilyraymond · December 2013

We got ours today. When we got home, I nursed her and gave Tylenol and she's been asleep since (little over 2 hrs). I also put her onsie and socks back on before shots that way all we had to put back on was pants.

I remember with DS, Tylenol always made him sleep so that was a plus! Seems like it will be the same with her. He never really got fussy but did run a low grade fever but I just kept up on Tylenol. And held him as much as possible. And will do same with her.

elllaf · December 2013

DS got his today too. Ugh the whimpering in his sleep is the worst.
He wouldn't nurse right after so I just brought him right home. He fell asleep in the car and woke up ten minutes after being home (which is normal) He gave me big smiles when he woke up!
After he nursed I got him to sleep for about 45 minutes.
He woke up crying. (Unusual for him)
He ate again and was whimpering and making heartbreaking faces. Rocked him to sleep and I'm not putting him down the rest of the day!

No Tylenol needed yet.
DH is bringing some home after work just in case.
Pedi said a low grade fever is a good thing and not to give Tylenol unless he's really uncomfortable.
Good luck ladies!

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