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[quote=Anonymous]The reason that the AAP recommends avoiding ibuprofen for infants under 6 months is because it's long-lasting compared to acetaminophen, and could mask a dangerous fever or illness in a young infant for a very long time. There is, however, a greater risk of overdose with acetaminophen. The school of thought on ibuprofen varies even among pediatricians. My ped never recommended it for this age, whereas my brother's ped did (for my 4 month old niece). So I don't think your GP is completely out of line recommending it for teething pain for an almost 6 month old, although I'd personally probably stick to the AAP's recommendation on this one (even though there are some AAP positions we've ignored). However, we probably would not have used Tylenol for suspected teething pain either. With this age group, it's so hard to really know why they are fussy, not sleeping, etc., and this is in fact the age when all of our good sleep came completely unhinged. I think we're very quick to diagnose/attribute to teething, typical baby behavior, and medicate it accordingly. We try our best to save medicines for when they're really truly needed (I.e. a fever that is causing a lot of discomfort). It's the approach we take ourselves and seems like a wise approach for our children, too. The Tylenol/asthma correlation came out after our DS was born, which made us glad we didn't reach for the Tylenol at every rough night. FWIW, we have also noticed that Advil has worked better than Tylenol for pain and fever when we've weighed the pros and cons and decided that medication was a good idea.[/quote]

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