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TaraHutch
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Confused about infant motrin drops...
Might be a really stupid question....
The age says 12-22 months (or something like that) but the weight is up to 23 lbs. Riley is past that.
Does that mean we move on to children's tylenol? Or is she still on the drops?
Thanks!
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MrsRbk
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
you can still use the drops! I do and it works just fine!
I hope she is feeling better soon!!! 
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:10 PM |
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MrsPowers
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
I have still been using the infant motrin. I give Liam 1.875 mL. I asked the ped if that was ok at the 15 month appt and she said yes. He was 25 lbs then and she said that was fine. It works.
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:10 PM |
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TaraHutch
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
thanks ladies!
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:23 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by MrsPowers
I have still been using the infant motrin. I give Liam 1.875 mL. I asked the ped if that was ok at the 15 month appt and she said yes. He was 25 lbs then and she said that was fine. It works.
Yup, DS is almost 30 lbs and I still do 1.875mL.
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:26 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Yes the label only starts at a 6 month old dose, but my ped gave me a dosing sheet and we have been using it since she was 2 months old.
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:49 PM |
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WNA01
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by nov04libride
Posted by MrsPowers
I have still been using the infant motrin. I give Liam 1.875 mL. I asked the ped if that was ok at the 15 month appt and she said yes. He was 25 lbs then and she said that was fine. It works.
Yup, DS is almost 30 lbs and I still do 1.875mL.
I was told over 24 lbs that 1.875 is incorrect at the hospital on sunday. i was giving ds 1.875 ml (hes just shy of 25 lbs) when he had his fever on sat and sun. Not sure if th dosage wasnt strong enough for ds but his fever wasnt going away and he winded up getting febrile seizure.
The hospital gave me a chart with the correct dosage for acetaminophin and ibuprofen(infant,children liquid, children chewable and junior strenght chewable) with the weight.
acetaminphen for 24-35lbs the correct dosage for infant drops is 1.6ml and for the same weight (24-35lbs) in ibuprofen infant drops is 2.5ml
I have the chart the hospital gave me.. if u want i can scan it and email it to u
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:53 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by WNA01
Posted by nov04libride
Posted by MrsPowers
I have still been using the infant motrin. I give Liam 1.875 mL. I asked the ped if that was ok at the 15 month appt and she said yes. He was 25 lbs then and she said that was fine. It works.
Yup, DS is almost 30 lbs and I still do 1.875mL.
I was told over 24 lbs that 1.875 is incorrect at the hospital on sunday. i was giving ds 1.875 ml (hes just shy of 25 lbs) when he had his fever on sat and sun. Not sure if th dosage wasnt strong enough for ds but his fever wasnt going away and he winded up getting febrile seizure.
The hospital gave me a chart with the correct dosage for acetaminophin and ibuprofen(infant,children liquid, children chewable and junior strenght chewable) with the weight.
acetaminphen for 24-35lbs the correct dosage for infant drops is 1.6ml and for the same weight (24-35lbs) in ibuprofen infant drops is 2.5ml
I have the chart the hospital gave me.. if u want i can scan it and email it to u
so sorry about your ds! ibuprofen is the motrin, right? maybe my ped said that b/c i use for teething and thankfully not for fever? i use the same ped. as MrsPowers, which is why we were told the same thing.
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:56 PM |
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WNA01
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by nov04libride
so sorry about your ds! ibuprofen is the motrin, right? maybe my ped said that b/c i use for teething and thankfully not for fever? i use the same ped. as MrsPowers, which is why we were told the same thing.
yes ibuprofen is the same as motrin.. i asked my ped about it bc i thought the hospital gave me an incorrect dosage and he said that they gave me the correct dosage!! i was so upset i was undermedicating ds  and could have prevented his seizure
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| Posted 10/27/10 8:58 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by WNA01
Posted by nov04libride
so sorry about your ds! ibuprofen is the motrin, right? maybe my ped said that b/c i use for teething and thankfully not for fever? i use the same ped. as MrsPowers, which is why we were told the same thing.
yes ibuprofen is the same as motrin.. i asked my ped about it bc i thought the hospital gave me an incorrect dosage and he said that they gave me the correct dosage!! i was so upset i was undermedicating ds and could have prevented his seizure
 there was no way you could have known! thankfully he is OK, and that's all that matters!
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| Posted 10/27/10 9:14 PM |
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Kissy331
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
I was told by my Ped to stop using the infant & give DS the children's motrin. He is only 13 months but well over the weight
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| Posted 10/27/10 9:17 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by Kissy331
I was told by my Ped to stop using the infant & give DS the children's motrin. He is only 13 months but well over the weight
How do you get him to drink all of it? Do you give several droppers' full, or give from the cup? My DS refused the dosage cup since he's used to the dropper, but he would take like 3 droppers' full of it.
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| Posted 10/27/10 9:18 PM |
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WNA01
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by nov04libride
Posted by Kissy331
I was told by my Ped to stop using the infant & give DS the children's motrin. He is only 13 months but well over the weight
How do you get him to drink all of it? Do you give several droppers' full, or give from the cup? My DS refused the dosage cup since he's used to the dropper, but he would take like 3 droppers' full of it.
thats the exact reason i still use the infant drops..ds would never take the whole teaspoon(5ml) of medicine at one shot.. for instance the motrin for ds weight is 2.5ml but for childrens motrin its 5ml (the infants is concentrated)
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| Posted 10/27/10 9:20 PM |
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TaraHutch
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Re: Confused about infant motrin drops...
Posted by WNA01
Posted by nov04libride
Posted by MrsPowers
I have still been using the infant motrin. I give Liam 1.875 mL. I asked the ped if that was ok at the 15 month appt and she said yes. He was 25 lbs then and she said that was fine. It works.
Yup, DS is almost 30 lbs and I still do 1.875mL.
I was told over 24 lbs that 1.875 is incorrect at the hospital on sunday. i was giving ds 1.875 ml (hes just shy of 25 lbs) when he had his fever on sat and sun. Not sure if th dosage wasnt strong enough for ds but his fever wasnt going away and he winded up getting febrile seizure.
The hospital gave me a chart with the correct dosage for acetaminophin and ibuprofen(infant,children liquid, children chewable and junior strenght chewable) with the weight.
acetaminphen for 24-35lbs the correct dosage for infant drops is 1.6ml and for the same weight (24-35lbs) in ibuprofen infant drops is 2.5ml
I have the chart the hospital gave me.. if u want i can scan it and email it to u
oh no! I'm so sorry!!  Hope he's feeling better!
I went on dr. sears' website and he said the same thing...has a chart with the same info.dosage chart
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