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Shameless Schumer schleps into yet another issue.

When my first daughter was a newborn, her pediatrician sent home instructions to give her liquid Tylenol following the first round of immunizations. I can't remember the exact amount I was told to give her, but I believe it was about 1/4 or 1/2 tsp.

However, I had the "baby drops" rather than the liquid. After measuring out the amount he listed, I looked at it in comparison to the bottle size and thought, "that can't be right."

Of course it wasn't. Upon reading the bottle, I realized she would receive only a portion of a dropperful at her age and weight.

Could I have accidentally poisoned my child? Yep. But even in my sleep deprived, first time nervous mommy state I was smart enough to give her what she needed and no more.

We were lucky with her - she was generally very healthy. When the twins came along, they seemed to be prone to horrible coughs and colds from a very early age. I don't know how I would have survived without those baby cold medicines.

At 13 they still have problems when they get a cold and spend many nights coughing continually. We had found that a 1/2 dose of Nyquil or similar would at least let them sleep. But guess what? Now that it's been "reformulated" --they took out the alcohol and changed the decongestant it no longer works as well. (Yes, I'm a bad mommy--I gave my kids cold medicine with alcohol)

Perhaps sleepless parents should call their legislators - at 3 a.m. to give them a taste of what their nannying ways really accomplish.

Major makers of over-the-counter infant cough and cold medicines announced Thursday that they were withdrawing their products from the market for fear that they could be misused.

Now you can expect parents to feed their children partial doses of adult cold remedys.