Pamol
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Topic: Pamol
Posted By: FionaO
Subject: Pamol
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 5:09pm
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I'm curious about how often you give pamol??
The other day a friend of mine got her daughters 15 months jabs and the nurse asked if she had pamol and she jokingly said to me she had to think about it and dust off the bottle and I thought help, DS has it lots. Now he's had a bad run of things, ear infections, and he's at daycare where as she is not, I try not to give it often but there always seems to be something going on. He hasn't had any for a fortnight now but today he is really cutting a molar, i can see the tip but its not through the gum and he is so upset, and pamol just seems to really calm him down. Is it bad, or is it ok to give when needed? ------------- 
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Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 6:03pm
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I have always thought that it is ok to give when needed as long as you don't go over the reccommended dosage and for no more then a few days in a row.
I don't give DS pamol very often, only when he has a cold or has a tooth coming through, as he doesn't often get sick. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 6:06pm
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It is totally ok to give it when it is needed. So long as you don't give it more often than is recommending then it is fine. I have gone through a number of bottles with my boys over there years. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 6:41pm
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It's what ever dose per weight up to 4 times a day. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 7:17pm
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Ok so thats cool, I think the most I have ever had to give it in one day is twice.
It just seems to be frequent but I guess maybe he's a bloke so just doesn't suffer quietly, my mum tells me my brother used to ask for it when he was little!!  -------------
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 7:18pm
we've used it heaps DD has had ear infections, recurrent UTI's (so read almost continuous pamol/nurofen interspersed for several days at a time), and then there was a period of 2-3 months where we had undiagnosed food allergies, so she got some at least a couple times a week. I do worry about long term issues, but when it comes down to it, I would rather keep her as happy as possible, and in most of the time when we've given it to her, she's had a fever for a number of days, so there's really no option. The only good thing to come out of her being unwell frequently is that I tend not to give it anymore for teeth, general grumpiness etc, as her behaviour is now nothing compared to when she's been REALLY unwell  -------------  
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 9:15pm
My oldest does Pamol is your friend!
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FionaO wrote:Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 11:55am
I met a lady the other day who 'doesn't believe in pamol'. What?!  Seriously, H gets it when cutting teeth and they are giving him trouble, when he has a cold or when he's had jabs. We figure we'd rather have a calm, pain free baby. So yeah, I think as long as you don't exceed the recommended dosage in 24 hours, and he seems to really be in pain I'd give it to him. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 5:18pm
| when i get a headache, i take some panadol. so why should it be different for my child? |
Posted By: mumtooboys
Date Posted: 25 February 2010 at 1:37pm
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We only give pamol when needed and we have been known to have to throw bottles out before they are empty because of the expiry date on them. When DS2 was teething we used Weleda Baby Teething Powder and we don't tend to give Pamol/Nurofen for fevers so essentially they rarely get it. LOL ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 25 February 2010 at 3:14pm
Oh I had to laugh, I read that as ''when i get a headache, i take pamol''  My first thought, was well, why not! hehehe
Totally agree with you though - admittedly we don't give it to DD very often, but if I think it may help her, then she has it. Same with me, if I think panadol (not pamol  ) may help me, I take it.
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 26 February 2010 at 9:50pm
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We have gone through many a bottle... but Chloe had many infections, very high fevers and so on, and was a terrible teether. Ollie has had much less, but we don't hesitate to give him some if his teeth are really bothering him. I had tooth pain recently and it sucks! Our kiddies wear teething necklaces and have bonjela and weleda teething powder but when things get really bad for them, only the pamol improves things drastically.
Personally, I think that if I was in that much pain I would take some panadol, so I don't feel bad for giving it to them if they need it (never going over recommended dosages of course). ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 26 February 2010 at 9:52pm
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There was a study done which concluded that there is a connection between children that have a lot of pamol and asthma, but the study was poorly done and I think it's more likely that the children prone to asthma needed more pamol when they were younger, due to infections etc. It makes sense to me that a sickly child (especially one prone to upper respiratory infections) would be at greater risk of developing asthma - and of course kids that are sick more often would get pamol more often. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: mynaturalbaby
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 4:20pm
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I probably use Pamol more than I should, but my son is teething at the moment and if all else fails, you know I bust that bottle out. I hate to see him in pain so if the Pamol helps, then I use it. ------------- Follow my journey into raising a baby using all natural products on my http://mynaturalbaby.wordpress.com/ - blog and on Twitter - mynaturalbaby. |