How much Calpol is too much for a 6 month old?

[milkmonster]

My 6 month old's just got over mild Chicken Pox a couple of weeks ago caught from his 2.5 year old sister.

Then we had mild Carbon Monoxide poisoning after a leak from our woodburner so he's had a chesty cough for weeks

now he's got a very snuffly, mucus-y common cold on top of it which is affecting his breastfeeding slightly as he's only feeding for 5-10 mins every couple of hours, though plenty of wet nappies (just no poops).

He's also teething badly.

So, I'm dosing him with Calpol or own brand equivalents one 5ml spoonful about twice-three times a day, plus he has a little on his teether 3- 4 times a day.

This stuff really does knock him for six and he's getting increasingly lethargic, those he's still alert and responsive in the brief respite when the teething pain abates, but does anyone know if this is too much medicine? NHS Direct is too long-winded.

Thanks guys

Medised would help cold, teething and make lethargic. Not allowed for under 2s with the old label, under 6 with the new, hence not mentioning brand names and being dodgy with details.

If you ARE doing that then please stop. You could seriously harm your baby.

ok, so am i correct in thinking that the calpol or own brand is maybe the cough version?? not the purple bottle, or medised or any other paracetamol or ibuprofen based medicine??

Milkmonster. I am worried. It's a lethargic baby. That is not a good sign. You've told us it keeps knocking him out. That is not a good sign.

You need to go to the GP.

This is the reason that people are getting incensed with your posts as you arent answering the questions regarding your babies state at the moment and carrying on arguing about the calpol or what not.

We have your best interests at heart, but have been plagued by people posting for reactions. If youre a previous poster, then you will know this and understand.

So. Let us know when you have called the GP and what they say...either that or NHS direct and what they say and instead of peoples opinions, what a hea;th practioner tells you to do...not us, we give you opinions. Please don't get upset by my post, but please heed my advice.

ah, sparrow , medised.. taht is what i was trying to remember the name of

this has got to be a wind up.

i hope so.

a lethargic baby needs to be seen by a DOCTOR. NOW.

my son is older, 14m, and teething. if he still cries after bonjela teething gel, then we give him calpol OR nurofen.

but it doesn't knock him out, and he has the diarrhea nappies that usually go along with a teething baby.

for bunged up nostrils try a bowl of water on the heater or with a few drops of children's Olbas oil in the water or perhaps some Karvol for children.

This has to be a troll.

No sane person would be arguing the toss of meds when they have a increasingly lethargic 6 mth old.

Pile of bullshit,you bloody nutcase.

OP your post of Fri 08-Jan-10 19:37:51
Are you being paid to mention the word calpol or something?
Hope your baby is okay.

time to fanny about on mn but not phone ooh gp

this is attention seeking and we wont really know wheter or not she has a sick baby or not

An overtired baby is NOT lethargic.

I should step away from this but in the hope she will read this.

mm your baby has just had the run of the most awful illness for such a little one. Please take him to be seen asap and tell the Drs all the medication you have been giving him.

milkmonster, I am stunned that you didn't get your baby checked out by a medical professional after the carbon monoxide problem.

If your baby is getting increasingly lethargic then please stop dosing him with medication, and get proper, qualified medical advice immediately.

NHS is too long-winded?
So the alternative is to spend over an hour drip feeding bits of information to a website forum?

Please stop attention-seeking here and get some appropriate help for your baby.

Milkmonster, sory your baby is poorly, and that you have all been unwell.

I thinkit is completely understandable that there has been much confusion and frustration - Calpol IS a brand name, and is only ever used to refer to paracetamol equivalents - like not all Hoovers are Hoovers, but if you say you are hoovering the stairs you mean vacuuming, not shampooing! BUT you did say that you had been giving your baby own-brand calpol. (there is an ibroprufen calpol as well, I believe)

SO, is this right?

You have actually been giving your baby some med which is NOT calpol and is not a generic calpol, either? has no paracetamol in it?

Does it have ibroprufen / Nurofen in it?

Honestly, after such a run of illness, and it all not clearing up, it sounds as if it will be best to take him to the GP, just to be sure.

She's been gone nearly half an hour now.

Hope she's on the phone to the Dr.

mrsjuan, i also hope t he OP is either on the phone to the docs, or is laughing at all the kerfuffle and is a hairy handed trucker, with no kids

This is tooooo weird.

a) what is the obsession with being paid to mention something? You never say hoover or sellotape?

b) phoning NHS direct is far less hassle than the pickle you seem to have got yourself in here.

c) What exactly are you asking because I've read this thread through twice and I'm buggered if I know.

d) Answer Lulumama's question about what the hell you are actually giving him please. No one can advise without basic facts.

But most importantly, if he is lethargic then get him to a dr. It's dead simple really.

I am trying to remember on which thread it was that I have seen Milkmonster before. She is definitely a MN regular (or not completely new).

I hope that your baby is OK, Milkmonster.

I am not concerned about trolls, I have lurked on here too long to know that milkmonster is a regular poster. However, I am concerned milonster that you seem to be very confused? and also that you are not answering some questions like which medicines you are giving your baby?

Having said that I have a cough mixture for my 2 year old (it is only suitable for children over 2 so probably not the same one you are using) which is for coughs and cold symptoms from Boots. It contains no paracetamol, and apparently has no side effects, and is non-drowsy. However it knocked my dd out. literally, within an hour she was alsepp and I found it hard to rouse her. I panicked for a while, and put it down to the medicine which i vowed never to give her again in the day. As it happens my mum unwittingly gave her some today and it had the same effect, so it is that medicine.

Howver, I felt able to leave my dd for a while to see if she recovered because 1) it was the first time she'd had this medicine so I wondered whether it was the contents of medicine and 2) she is not a baby.

I think what I'm trying (long windedly) to say is tat you know it is not the medicine making your baby drowsy becuse you have given it to him before, and therefore should seek proper medical advice for the health of your baby.

Please let us know which medicines you are using, how long/often you've been using them, and most importantly, how your baby is now

Milkmonster, I am also worried now that I have read this. I don't think your posts make sense, and whatever you are giving your baby you should not be giving it on a dummy as you have no way of knowing for certain how much you are giving him like that.

Please please post the active ingredients of whatever you are dosing him with here, and then someone knowledgeable can tell you if it's okay or not. Please. Nobody wants your baby to suffer. If he has had too much paracetamol, he could die.

okay

poster appears to have a history of erm um

well anyway why not search for yourselves

I'm outta here

reported to MN

whether there is paracetomol or ibuprofenor not, there is no other ;medicine' I jknow of for a6month old that is for coughs and colds....

I've read all the thread, and without getting into the ins and outs of which medication milkmonster is using, I worry about paracetamol and just yesterday was on MN talking about not accidently overdosing. It really scares me.

If your baby has a blocked nose saline drops are the safest and most effective way to help clear it - which should help with feeding too.

A few weeks ago I was up all night and called the out of hours doctor because DS was having trouble breathing, the doctor phoned me back twice and came to my home, diagnosed a chest infection and gave antibiotics there and then. Phone the out of hours doctor.

MILKMONSTER - whether you take this all seriously, if a professional on here stumbles across your RL ID then you will (and righttly so) be reported to social services.

you are neglecting your duties as a parent to seek medical help for your child and you are quite possibly over dosing him on medication not prescribed by a DR.

these are forms of abuse and you do risk having you child placed on the child protectio regsiter or removed from you completely.

stop being so pig headed and go to the DR.
or giv eme your address so that i can report you.

maybe professionals are reading it already for all she knows

have also looked at milkmonsters thread history and is very worrying
(includes a thread about her slapping her 2 yr old round the face)

i am really worried about the poor baby just hope she is now getting him checked out

This thread has really worried me, hoping there is something in place for MN to check on posters for authenticity and refer if necessary. I know that sounds a bit Big Brother but sometimes needs must.

OP, if you are still lurking, please get your child to your GP or health visitor asap. They have been unwell for too long and need medical attention if only to confirm all is fine (which I sincerely hope it is).

'Either you are not of sound mind or you think this is funny, and it's really not.'

That's a very inconclusive summary which leaves very little room for other options!

In fact, the OP whilst it may be vague is actually concisive. A lot of contributors have not read the thread right through else they would have noticed the glaring inconsistencies leading me to believe someone is promoting Calpol by frequently mentioning it!

Being called thick and told to F-off is a matter of someone's opinion of course which they're entitled to, although it's the first time I've comne across blatant swearing on mumsnet, perhaps I've just not been contributing on the right boards!

Despite several attempts to correct other poster's errors that NO Calpol was involved and NO paracetomol or Ibuprofen was involved and that disage WAS according to the label, surreally, the thread seems to have taken a digression pandering it would appear solely to those panicked,over-anxious mums which the site is notoriously famous for of course but it's the first time I've experienced it to such a degree, must be something in the post-xmas air!