feel free to flame - infant tylenol?

[BAMFMrsB]

I'd stick with Tylenol. We also have ibuprophen but the Pedi has kept recommending Tylenol when he's ill.

It's available at the pharmacies and grocery stores. I've bought it like 3x already because he kept needing it while we were out and about, so now every family member has a bottle in their house. BabyBAMF had a fever at 4 months.

[zeewifeandmama]

Ever since the recall its been hard to find around here so I just kept getting the target brand.
We haven't given Advil yet, as DS is not old enough.

[zeewifeandmama]

Yeah it was a while ago.... When my first was young, so about 3 years ago.

[pierogigirl]

There have been lots of infant Tylenol recalls in the last 3 years. I buy the Target brand (or CVS, if Target is out). Babies have to be 6 months, or older, for infant Advil.

ETA: I agree with kari re:leaving it at daycare. My daycare will not administer any medication and I prefer it that way. If they are sick enough to need the Tylenol, then they should probably be at home. At home I am the medicine giver - that way we know they won't accidentally get a second dose/overdose.

[karinothing]

I am pretty sure you can not give motrin to a baby before 6 months of age. At least not under the advice of a pediatrician.

Tylenol no longer sells infant Tylenol. They voluntarily recalled it after a number of issues with people misdosing their kids (I believe this was the concentrated kind). You can still find the generic version (we use little fevers). However, it says on the bottle to talk to your doctor about giving the medicine for a child under two (again due to the dosage issue). My doctor gave me a sheet that included the dosage amounts for Tylenol since they are no longer listed on the bottle.

Honestly, I would not leave a bottle at daycare. I would not feel comfortable with them having free range access to it giving the known dosage issues and liver problems. I have no problem with me giving him Tylenol, I just don't see why daycare would need to, but again stuff like that just makes me nervous. I guess I just don't want them to have to be using their judgment on when they think my kid needs it. If that makes sense.

[karinothing]

I should add we only give tylenol or motrin at night for teething or if DS has a fever (when he would be staying home from daycare anyway) so it is hard for me to see a reason why they would need to have it.

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Dec 30, 2012 22:10:43 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I am pretty sure you can not give motrin to a baby before 6 months of age. At least not under the advice of a pediatrician.

OMG, the stuff I have already forgotten. I came in here all ready to recommend Motrin, LOL. I am going to be on a steep re-learning curve in 5-6 months.

Anyway, I wouldn't leave a bottle of Tylenol at daycare.

[karinothing]

Dec 30, 2012 22:16:05 GMT -5 @carmensandiego said:

Dec 30, 2012 22:10:43 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I am pretty sure you can not give motrin to a baby before 6 months of age. At least not under the advice of a pediatrician.

OMG, the stuff I have already forgotten. I came in here all ready to recommend Motrin, LOL. I am going to be on a steep re-learning curve in 5-6 months.

Anyway, I wouldn't leave a bottle of Tylenol at daycare.

Ha ha don't worry it says it on the bottle ;D

[GailGoldie]

ditto what others said... brand Tylenol was recalled... generic is still avail everywhere, and can be given to a baby your child's age - but why would you want it at daycare?? If your child needed tylenol during the day, likely it means she's too sick to be at daycare. I never gave meds for teething pain during the day - only at night to help with sleeping.

Motrin/ibuprofen is only for 6mo +.

but again- there is no reason to have it at daycare. With 3 kids I never did... and they were sick a lot - but again, they were HOME if they needed meds during the day.

[GailGoldie]

they probably just mean IF you needed it for some reason... or any meds - you'd require a doc note, etc. Grayson used to need to have his zantac given during the day - so we had to fill out a form, have a doc note, etc --- it's the typical policy- maybe they were just explaining it?

eitehr way - adorable siggy pic- she is a cutie!

[Saudade]

Also, the Target brand is HFCS and dye free. I love it. DS seems to prefer it over the other bottle of something we have.

[hannamaren]

We still have infant Tylenol in Canada.

[jenjen]

We used the Lil fevers brand and also the Target brand. I have this bookmarked for dosing infants:

assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/first-year-health-guide_acetaminophen_chart_pdf.pdf

On my medicine syringe, I made marks for each weight. There aren't infant instruction on the box and I wanted everyone to know how much he could have.

[CloudBee]

I've actually had my eyes open when I've been in the medicine aisle and haven't seen it in our local drugstores. I was wondering the same thing. I keep seeing toddler, but not infant. That, and gripe water or gas relief drops are the 2 things I want to make sure we have in the house. Hopefully it's easier to find in the next month or two.

[DarcyLongfellow]

I seem to remember something about all infant formulas going away, so only the children's formulas would be available. Anyone who still has an infant want to weigh in on that??? Am I making that up?

The issue was that the infant formulas are/were more concentrated (because it's hard to get a lot of liquid into an infant), but people were confusing the dosage and giving the (larger, volume-wise) dosage for children's medicine but using the more concentrated infant formula. Not an issue for a parent who is being careful and reading the label, but I can understand the problem if you have multiple kid's and you're giving the medicine in the middle of the night.

Not that any of that answers your question :-), but just something to be aware of when buying medicine.

Also, I'm another fan of the Target generic. $4 a bottle! And they have dye free versions!

[catbus]

Dec 30, 2012 22:49:04 GMT -5 DarcyLongfellow said:

I seem to remember something about all infant formulas going away, so only the children's formulas would be available. Anyone who still has an infant want to weigh in on that??? Am I making that up?

This is pretty much exactly what I was going to say. You'll want to buy children's acetaminophen and your baby's doctor can give you the calculated correct dosage based on her weight.

[drloretta]

Just get generic acetaminophen

[Deleted]

Ditto everything Kari said.

[londoncalling]

Check out the children's hospital of Pittsburgh app for iPhone that has by weight and concentration dosage tables. We use that to quickly check dosage amounts and then recheck each other.

Eta: we only use that for medicines ok'd by the pedi in advance. No ibuprofen until 6 months. Check and double check concentration levels.

[birdmom]

I left a bottle at daycare because DS had ear infections all the time up until he got tubes. They couldn't give it, though, unless I signed a consent form in the morning for that day.

Also, if DS got a fever while he was there, they would call me for me to come pick him up, but they would ask if they should start him on a dose of Tylenol so he doesn't have to wait until I get there.

[lishie]

I can never find actual infant/childrens tylenol, so I get store brand.
My pedi wouldn't give us the ok for children's ibuprofin until 6 months, so you may want check with your pedi and buy infant acetominophin in the meantime.

[birdmom]

Also, re: Target brand - if you are in the regular pharmacy section, they have one bottle for $4 or something. If you go to the baby section and check out the endcaps, they often have the value pack (two bottles wrapped together, same size as the one in the pharmacy section), for almost the same price.

[fortmyersbride]

Until/if the concentrations are ever all standardized, I believe double checking the math yourself on each dose is a good idea. But I agree with pp that I wouldn't want acetaminophen given to a young infant without my knowledge as fevers in young babies (ie less than 3 mos) warrant a full work up. I would hope the DC knows this though.

If I wanted the kids to receive Tylenol or ibuprofen (after 6 mos) I left instructions with the nanny as to the specific dose to give and how often. When they were little I may have made prefilled syringes for her, but medication dosing is a big part of what I do so I'm a stickler for accuracy.

[knitty]

I write the dose on the bottle with indelible texta. I also don't store big antibiotic syringes with the ibuprofen and tylenol. I also switched to ibuprofen at six months - partly because it tastes a lot better, partly because the effects of an overdose are nowhere near as bad.

I also stuck with the concentrated infant version so the dose is easier to swallow.

[speckledfrog]

Ask if they have a center owned bottle you can use.

We had acetaminophen and ibuprofen at my daycare to use in the event of a fever. Sometimes kids spike a fever during the day and if you can't get there for an hour (you're in a meeting, you are out of town and dad is further away, etc) you don't want your kid sitting there with a 102 if you can avoid it.

If you are friendly with any of the parents in the infant room try seeing if they want to "share" a bottle. It's less wasteful that way. You'll probably need to provide your own medicine cup/dropper.

[Ashley&Scott]

Look for infant acetaminophen. And FYI, the Little Tummies version is tastes pretty awful.

We didn't leave any pain relievers at daycare until he was 9/10mo. At that point he was having frequent teething pain.

[birdmom]

Dec 31, 2012 10:07:09 GMT -5 Ashley&Scott said:

Look for infant acetaminophen. And FYI, the Little Tummies version is tastes pretty awful.

We didn't leave any pain relievers at daycare until he was 9/10mo. At that point he was having frequent teething pain.

The Little Tummies totally didn't work for us. DS threw up almost every time he took it, and he's a good medicine taker. It must taste awful!

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Dec 30, 2012 22:10:43 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I am pretty sure you can not give motrin to a baby before 6 months of age. At least not under the advice of a pediatrician.

Tylenol no longer sells infant Tylenol. They voluntarily recalled it after a number of issues with people misdosing their kids (I believe this was the concentrated kind). You can still find the generic version (we use little fevers). However, it says on the bottle to talk to your doctor about giving the medicine for a child under two (again due to the dosage issue). My doctor gave me a sheet that included the dosage amounts for Tylenol since they are no longer listed on the bottle.

Honestly, I would not leave a bottle at daycare. I would not feel comfortable with them having free range access to it giving the known dosage issues and liver problems. I have no problem with me giving him Tylenol, I just don't see why daycare would need to, but again stuff like that just makes me nervous. I guess I just don't want them to have to be using their judgment on when they think my kid needs it. If that makes sense.

Ditto all of this. Our pedi said no Motrin (ibuprofen) before 6 months. DS started teething at 4 months and our Pedi said we could give Children's Tylenol (the infant version is no longer made/recalled) at night so he could sleep. He gave me a dosage chart for the Children's Tylenol based on his weight. Due to liver issues, I only gave it if I absolutely had to, like waking up over and over with obvious signs of pain.

I would also not leave the bottle at daycare. Medicating a baby is not something to be taken lightly, and NOT a decision I would allow daycare to make. If LO is sick enough to need Tylenol, then he/she needs to be picked up. I wouldn't want them doing something like "oh LO is fussy, maybe he/she's teething, here's some Tylenol." Umm...no.