Changes and Improvements to Infants’ and Children’s TYLENOL

As a mom of a 2 and 4 year old, I have gone through my share of giving TYLENOL doses.  It is nice to know that Infant’s and Children’s TYLENOL has undergone some changes to make it easier and safer to dispense.

New Features:

• Infants TYLENOL will be available with a protective opening and new push-in-syringe. This will reduce the risk of children opening bottle, provide better dosing accuracy and ease of administering, and reduce spillage.
• There will now be one concentration of acetaminophen for single-ingredient TYLENOL products for infants and children.  This change is being made to standardize dosing across products and age groups.

There will be a time period when more than one concentration of infants acetaminophen will be available in stores and parents medicine cabinets, so make sure you read and follow the dosing directions on the package being used.

TYLENOL will also be working closely with other manufacturers of pediatric acetaminophen products to encourage an industry wide transition to one concentration across infants’ and children’s acetaminophen products.

Here are some Helpful Tips for Giving Medicines to Infants and Children

Simply remember to NURSE

Never give adult medicines to children.

Use the measuring device that comes with the medicine everyt time you use it.  Don’t use kitchen spoons.

Read and follow instructions on the label.  Never give more than the recommended dose and do not give the medication more frequently than recommended.

Store all medicines out of the reach of children.  Immediately following use, always restore the child resistant cap and put the medicine back into a high and out of sight location.

Every child grows.  Know the infant’s or child’s weight and/or age to help determine the appropriate dosage.

VISIT: To learn more about the products and changes, visit www.TYLENOL.com

Mom and More Disclosure:  I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Tylenol and received a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.