To calpol or not to calpol

[Northernbeachbum]

Poor DS (almost 4 months) has had a bit of a bad time lately, he was teething 3 weeks ago and in agony, then had his jabs a week ago, now hes getting a cold and is still in teething pain. He had calpol for the jabs of course and occasionally when the teething pain was terrible. If it wasnt for that id give him some now but I'm doubting myself that its too much calpol.....WWYD?

Give calpol.
Is he in pain? Do you have way of relieving it and making everyone feel a bit better?
I’m not a big giver of medicine- but dental pain is awful. So long as you are within recommended dose, and aren’t giving all day everyday for weeks, seriously- it’s fine!!

Definitely give him a dose, he'll be able to get some proper sleep if he's not in pain

Yeah thats how i feel too, it just feels like hes been on and off the stuff a few weeks (with 3/4 days off completely in between incidents). He had such a rough night last night, doesnt want to sleep on his back (i think as the mucus from his nose is running down his throat) so would only sleep on my chest and even then he wasnt settled.

I’ve got a 4 month old dd.
I used calpol last week after her jabs, they affected her really badly.
If it’s the only thing that will help then use it.

I took my ds to dr recently and he said to keep ds dosed up. The dose is so small it won't harm them and it is better than them being in pain. We've used a lot of calpol over last three weeks- almost every night.

I was like this when DS was about the same age and I don't like giving calpol unnecessarily so I gave him a dose in the morning, one around lunch and one before bed just to give him a low level pain relief but not too much iyswim?

I was managing to stay on top of the teething just about as its been a bit better but he's definitely feeling rubbish from the start of a cold (im getting it too). Hes so tired after a bad night.

Thank you for all making me feel better, i wanted to go for it but its like we're trained to give it only in dire emergencies

I'm like this about calpol, it makes me very edgy when DS needs it for more than a day or two. I'm not sure why because it's perfectly safe. But when those first teeth are starting to move in it really is agony for them and I would give pain relief. You wouldn't like to have dental pain without pain relief yourself. As time goes on they get more accustomed to teething pain and don't need as much medicine for it.

My eldest dd suffered terribly with teething, temperatures with every tooth etc. I felt like she was on calpol and nurofen multiple times a week for a lon* time. When I spoke to my gp about it he said it was children's medicine, designed for children who are in pain. Providing you stick to the limits on the bottle (which are set for the lowest weight child on he red book growth curve) and only give it when they are in pain, you are fine.

Also as an aside, nurofen is often better for teething pain, it certainly was for my dd.

The only reason im thinking calpol instead as im hoping it might make him feel better with his cold too

Hes now happily asleep

Calpol all the way in this situation. I'm by no means the type who gives calpol for everything, but I do believe in a time and a place and this is it. When DD2 was about the same age she'd been through so much poorlyness and teething and you do think that it feels like so much, but just imagine if you were them, so new to the world and in all this pain. If you can take it away then do, so long as you're within the recommended amounts and you are being sensible about it then it's fine. You're not giving it willy nilly, you're thinking it through. I hope he feels better soon.

.not to use Calpol, use another children's paracetamol that doesn't contain carmoisine ( synthetic colouring banned in USA and Canada )
Known to have potential to cause allergic reactions in its own right. Not brilliant to give to a sick child