Tag:medicine, over the counter drugs, prescription

It is not safe to give your child over-the-counter drugs especially if they are under the age of 4 years old.

In January 2008 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that these drugs should not  used to treat infants and children under 2 years of age. These drugs can have serious and even life-threatening side effects. And as of October 2008, under pressure from the FDA, drug makers are now relabeling their products to inform the consumers that these drugs should not be given to children under 4.

If your baby has fever, consult your doctor about giving him infant acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Don’t ever give your baby aspirin as it makes him more susceptible to Reye’s syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease.

I have always kept a bottle of the medicine such as for flu or fever prescribed by my pediatrician in the fridge so that I can give it to my child when necessary. I felt that this way is better because the medicine was prescribed by a qualified doctor and not over the counter. It is safer to give my child medicine that is prescribed by a pediatrician. But I make sure that I don’t keep the medicine for too long. I will always get a new bottle and discard the old ones when there is a visit to the doctor when my child is sick. Be sure to ask the doctor for the correct dosage if you do keep the medicine in the fridge like I do because as the child grows older, the dosage has to be increased.

Tag:antibiotic, baby, fever, medicine, sick, sore throat

Our little prince is turning one year old next week.

He has been very good all this while. Only visit the doctor for his regular vacination. But recently about two weeks ago, he was not too well, with fever and sore throat and hoarse voice. It must have been a very stubborn bacteria infection which just refuse to clear even after two courses of antibiotic. He still has a little bit of hoarse voice.  He must have gotten it from my wife who was not well with more or less same symptoms just a few days before he was down with fever.

We have been having a hard time feeding him his medicine. It is breaks our heart  to see him cry every time when he sees the medicine. He seems to understand our conversation when it comes to feeding medicine time. If he can run, I think he would have run away from the medicine.

His doctor took his blood for some tests to check for any infections yesterday. He did not cry when the doctor poked his hand to draw the blood. Out of curiosity, he just watched the whole event without a sound. What a brave boy. Daddy is so proud of you. The result came back today and all is well. But he still have to continue with his antibiotic for a few more days to ensure that the bacteria is totally destroyed :-(  How I wish he doesn’t have to continue with his antibiotic. He has been on it for the past week. Guess for his own good, we have to bear with the sight of him refusing the medicine for a few more days.

He is a very active boy, climbing up and down all the time when he is well. It breaks our heart when he is not well. Do get well soon son.