medicine for 4 month old?

Question

my baby is four monthd old and is having trouble teething does asnyone know a medicine that i can give him that will help him sleep something to make him a bit drowsy the poor mite cant sleep

Answer 1

Orajel has a night time solution for infants. My son was teething at around that age too and his pediatrician reccommended it. It works well. He might fight it at first because, if you've ever had the adult version, it sort of numbs it right away. He should be ok, though.

Answer 2

I agree, with some of the posters. Very few CNS depressants are safe for children under 6 months. I occasionally have to give my 15 month old some prescribed Valium, that drops him hard for quite awhile, but I wouldn't attempt ANYTHING like that with a 4 months old.
Treat the direct problem, not the whole body. As suggested, oragel is good, you could even go to a dentists office. They can and prolly will be willing to give you some stronger numbing agents. I did that with Austin when he was teething. You know, the stuff they put on adults teeth prior to giving you local anesthetic. It's so strong to a baby that it numbs the entire gum and tooth roots. It may be worth a check. Just whatever you do, do not try to go knocking out your baby. I'm sure it can be done, but it's sooooo dangerous. Another thing you can do to help it along is to massage the gums with a clean, disinfected finger (if he/she wont chew on a teething toy.) It can only help get the process over sooner!

Answer 3

He is too young for cold medicine. It's hard as a parent, but you have to let the cold run it's course. Three weeks is a long time though, your peditrician can recommend an antibiotic. Besides that, baby tylenol for the aches and to bring down a fever and lots and lots of kisses and hugs. God bless.

Answer 4

call your ped. usually depending on weight they can give you a dose of tylenol but i would just try the orajel at first. during the day you can place baby safe teething rings in the fridge and it will help tons. well as long as you take them out and give them to the baby. lol. also take a cold washcloth and massage the gums, the baby might not like this at first but will soon enjoy it. good luck. you have many months of this. we're still waiting for the top two teeth on our daughter for the past 5 months and she's a year old.

Answer 5

The best advice is always to contact your pediatrician or your local emergency department. Also, many emergency departments (at least here in the US) can provide you with a local or toll-free phone number to call for non-emergency medical advice.

As for my kids, I have always found baby ora-gel and infant Tylenol (based on baby's weight) to work wonders during teething pain episodes. You don't ever want to give baby anything to MAKE him sleep, but if you can relieve his pain he will drift off naturally when he is ready.....you know the old saying: if baby's not happy, NOBODY'S happy......

Good Luck, hope this helps...

Answer 6

Sorry. They don't make baby knock out drops. The only thing you can do is give him baby tylenol or advil. Then, rub some oragel on his gums. He will be like this until his first teeth rupture. It seems like after the first ones come in, the rest don't bother them as badly.

Answer 7

Take him to the doctor. Let them decide. But at 4 months old you want to give it medicine to sleep? Let him run his natural course. Dont start dopeing him up at 4 months. Baby origel works really well with mine. Eases the pain.

Answer 8

Call your pediatrician.

Most pediatric offices have someone on call 24 hours. That way, it's someone that knows your child's history and can give accurate advice based on the child's age and weight.

Answer 9

they have infant Tylenol and teething pills that dissolve