Cate went in for her well child visit today. She is exactly 6 weeks old.
Height: 22.5 inches (85th percentile)
Weight: 10 pounds, 5 ounces (50th percentile)
She’s gaining weight quite well; I am proud of that since we are exclusively breastfeeding at this point.
While I do delay some of the immunizations that I consider lesser risk for her contracting at this stage (e.g. Hepatitis), she had some shots today.
A few hours after our appointment, Cate was crying inconsolably which is uncharacteristic for her. After making sure she wasn’t hungry and her diaper was okay, I remembered to check her immunization site and noticed it was red, swollen and hard. She also didn’t like it when I touched it. I called the doctor’s office to make sure her reaction was normal and okay and they assured me it was. They also told me I could give her 1.25 ml of infant Tylenol for the pain. (One of the shots included Tetanus which I’ve been told is very painful.)
Well, we have some Tylenol drops from when Bree was younger. And they are not yet expired so I considered myself lucky that I didn’t have to make a trip to the store. But when looking at the dropper, 1.25 ml seemed like way more than I remember giving my other girls at this age. I am glad my instinct kicked in. I did a quick google search and found out that apparently in 2011 they changed acetaminophen from a concentrated version to an unconcentrated version. The correct dose for my old, concentrated version is only .4ml. (Again, our drops are not yet expired.)
.4ml is a LOT different than 1.25ml. I shudder to think what could have happened had I been a new mom who just happened to have the old concentrated version and not realized the difference!
Look at this adorable smile! Aaah, she’s got my heart.
So glad you checked! That could have been very bad.