My Friend Motrin

The week of New Years 2005, everyone in our household, including the visiting grandparents, got the flu. Adlani was only 4 months old and too young for a flu shot so he got the flu too and ran a fever of 104 degrees. The pediatrician’s office told me to alternate Tylenol and Motrin, but when I called the next day a different nurse gasped and said that they don’t recommend Motrin for babies because “it sometimes causes gastric bleeding.” Great.

Since I use Tylenol for my own headaches I had always used Infant/Children’s Tylenol for the kids. The last thing we need around here is gastric bleeding. When Adlani got the RTV (Road Trip Virus), the Tylenol wasn’t helping at all, and Auntie Kristin got some Children’s Motrin from her aunt. I took my chances with the GB and the Motrin was a miracle cure! All 3 kids have had the virus and have been able to function almost normally as long as they were doped up with Motrin.

Not a big surprise…I have the RTV now. It sucks, but the regular Motrin helps a lot. The symptoms are runny nose and post nasal drip that leads to a sore throat, painful swollen glands and ears, itchy watery eyes, headache, fatigue, spontaneous vomiting (Norah went through 2 sets of sheets, 6 towels, and new pj’s for everyone sleeping near her last night), high fever (indicated by feeling cold and wearing a sweatshirt when it’s 95 degrees outside), chills, sweats, body aches, and lack of enthusiasm for “romance”, if you know what I mean (I mean, seriously, is he insane?).
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