Hi
DD, 2 yo, has a sore throat, blocked nose and possibly an ear infection. She says her ear hurts.
Anyway, she's in pain and at 8pm I gave her one 5ml spoon of paracetamol (Calpol). She woke up 15 mins ago howling, so I gave one 5ml spoon of ibuprofen because I thought Calpol was only every 6 hours, but it turns out I could've given it after 4.
Anyway, question is, when can I give her another dose, and of what? I'm usually on the ball with this but a combination of pregnancy brain, fatigue, and over-reading of recent threads about using meds to bring down fever (which isn't relevant in this case, obviously, it's about pain) means that my brain is confused!
Sorry if this has been asked before but I've searched and couldn't find an answer to this specific question.
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Alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen in toddler
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cremedelacreme · 07/03/2011 00:15
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