Would you wake to give Calpol?

[jamoncrumpets]

3 yo DS is feverish and in pain from, we think, a sore throat (he has speech delay so can't tell us).

GP on phone advised us to alternate Calpol/Nurofen and take him to out of hours if he's worse tomorrow. When we do this he's generally ok - eating and drinking and happy. But he had a nap earlier which coincided with Nurofen leaving his system and he woke up VERY tearful and poorly looking.

He had Nurofen at 4. I have just given him some Calpol now. Would it be daft to wake him at 11ish to give him some more Nurofen? I just want him to have a comfortable night!

[GummyGoddess]

I would wake if they had a temperature when I checked on them, otherwise I'd leave them to sleep it off.

[DairyisClosed]

If he is comfortably asleep then he doesn't need it.

[northbynorthwesty]

If he’s asleep then no

[jamoncrumpets]

He was comfortably asleep this afternoon. Then woke up very very upset and clearly in discomfort. I just want to avoid that again.

[northbynorthwesty]

I would be worried that he wouldn’t get back to sleep

[cliffdiver]

I've given DDs Calpol in the night, they don't usually wake up properly - I sit they up, tell them I'm giving them medicine, syringe in mouth, they swallow and lay back down. I would check temperature first though and only give if they need it.

Remember to include nighttime doses when you're working out overall doses in 24 hours.

[rosieposey]

Ds who is 5 had a high temp last week end, I would defiantly waken to give meds as my alarm didn't go off and when I work he was 40.2 and when I woke him to give meds he was hallucinating as he was just too hot.

I phoned 111 and they said to see a gp the next day as hallucinating isn't the norm but I would always always wake to give meds as it's important to keep their temperature down as much as you can and you could do it in 3 hour shifts so ibruprofen then three hrs later paracetamol and so on so no more
Than 4 diesels of each medicine in a 24 hr period. I did this for 3 days and apart from a sore throat he is grand now

[mrsdolittle]

I used to do exactly what cliffdiver suggests when mine where little. They never woke up. Was essential when DS had his tonsils out.

[rosieposey]

Fab sorry about typos bloody phone autocorrect hope your lo feels better soon