Sick with worry about giving 10 month calpop for a week!

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So my little one is 10 months and is teething & has a nasty cold. Not Covid as I’ve tested us all twice.

I have anxiety, everyone goes on and on about my anxiety every time wee one was a bit sick and I would nearly throw up with worry and Dr’a Ami felt would get cross if I called them about stuff that now seems simple but she is my first and I just worrying much.

this time round I thought, I’ll chill out and just take advice and everyone kept saying just give her calpol so I did.

she’s had a slight temperature 38 degrees so not overly high and she’s been getting calpol 2 or 3 times a day for a few days and then 2 times a day for another few days so it’s been about a week.

I’ve just read the blinking leaflet and it goes on about no more than 3 days or liver damage and I’m about to loose it, my husband just is so angry at me telling me I should’ve phoned the dr, but it’s a cold and teething what would they do apart from make me feel worse about wasting time with my anxiety.

but now I’m just spiralling and I can’t stop crying and I’m so scared I’ve damaged my wee one and when I phone the Dr’s tomorrow they will think I’m a terrible mum.

I’m really just hoping anyone can offer me reassurance or a calm and logical reasoning on what to do.

I know I sound crazy and I feel crazy but I’m so so worried and crying isn’t helping anything but make my husband angrier but I can’t stop.

Sorry for all the spelling mistakes, I can’t type on my phone properly right now.

Your little one will be totally fine. My baby was prescribed a full week of calpol AND nurofen together by a doctor when she was 3 weeks old. It's OK.

Teething is crap, I hope you're baby is feeling better soon.

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I thought the reason for not using it for days on end without medical advice was because it could be masking an underlying cause you need to get checked out. Not because taking it (recommended doses) would be harmful in itself.

im sorry you’re struggling with anxiety. That really is horrible.

She'll be fine. My DS had surgery when he was not much older and he had Calpol and ibuprofen every 4 hours for a couple of weeks, as prescribed by the hospital which I'm sure they wouldn't have done if it wasn't safe

I'd be very surprised if you've done her any harm. If you phone 111 because she' under 1 they'll blanket ask you to take her to a doctor / walk in / a&e etc regardless, so just be prepared if you do that.

The dosage tends to err on the side of caution. One week isn't longterm use and you're not overdosing her daily.

Phone your doctor tomorrow. They won't blink an eye or think you're a bad mum. Bad mums don't get themselves worked up to such a state. Your DD will be fine.

I'm so sorry your DH is making you feel worse 💜 Definitely call the doctor tomorrow they won't think you're a bad mother because you aren't..

My ds had paracetamol suppositories for 2 weeks when he had chicken pox as a baby. I agree with a pp the reason it says only take for 3 days is in case it's masking an illness that needs medical attention

(((HUG))))

your beautiful baby will be just fine!! Promise.

it's YOU I'm worried about.

your DH isn't helping with your anxiety. Is he always so bloody unhelpful?!

the Calpol us fine. honest. Look after yourself x

I thought the instructions said no more than 3 days so that it's not masking an illness that needs treating. My 11 month old had Covid in August with a throat infection at the same time, I definitely gave her Calpol for longer than 3 days! She was seen at A&E and they never said no longer than 3 days, they told me to keep it up! Really hope you get some reassurance tomorrow. I've been there with anxiety, it's awful. I tend to just ask GP/111 if I'm worried, they've never seemed to mind if it's about a baby.

My DD had chicken pox when she was 8 months old so had to have calpol every day for 10 days. Please don't worry.

I'm a GP and wouldn't blink at giving Calpol for a week when needed. Honestly it's fine. If your child has had a fever for more than 5 days or is not recovering from their illness though it would be worth getting them seen by a doctor. But if they are fine now and your only worry is the Calpol - please don't give it another thought, I've given my baby Calpol for more than 3 days in the past too, teething is miserable.

Mine lives on it when teething. All the other mums said they had been reassured by various professionals, I popped into a pharmacist to check after a solid 5-7 days on max dose and received reassurance, maybe that's an option?

Thanks all so much! I really needed this!

I was going to phone Dr’s Wednesday if it hadn’t cleared up, it was always my plan since that would be the 2 week mark of the cold (although NHS website says 3 weeks for cold but that with the temp I wasn’t wanting to wait another week) and more than a week of the calpol… but I’m doing it first thing tomorrow now.

I’m not totally calm but this has helped so much thank you 💕💕💕

Just echoing what everyone else has said. A week of calpol is fine. It doesn’t even sound like you have been doing the max daily dose as well and as others have said it’s mainly so that the calpol use isn’t masking something else. You

my 11 month old lives on the stuff when teething.

don’t give it another thought and tell your husband to be more supportive!