Fevers suck!!! Tips?

justMaike

Poor baby has had a fever (first ever) since this morning, combined with diarrhea, a heat rash and total exhaustion.. Around 8pm it peaked, 102.4, and scared the living crap out of me!! Called the doc immediately and was basically just told to watch him, give ibuprofen/Motrin and so on. Should it get worse ER.

To everyone that has had a feverish baby, what did you do or any tips you care about sharing. Right now I'm just watching him..don't know if I can sleep tonight..

mskatiep

Poor guy I'm sorry he is feeling so crappy. Allow him to rest as much as he can, offer bm/formula often to keep him hydrated with the diarrhea. Pedilyte if you are comfortable with it. Also the BRAT diet to help stop diarrhea (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast.)

Fevers are actually helpful in healing, but I totally understand the fear. Some people swear by Tylenol, some like Motrin. Alternate and see which is most effective for him, but pay attention to dosing times. They are obviously different meds so no OD, but you probably don't want too much stuff in his body at one time.

Sleep on the recliner with him or bedshare. When his fever breaks he may get the chills and want the extra snuggles.

I hope he feels better soon! Sorry for the novel.

justMaike

He kept falling asleep on the boob so I mixed water with puréed bananas/apple and gave it in a sippy cup, which kept him entertained enough to at least drink 2oz.
He's sleeping next to me in bed right now. Thank you guys and @mskatiep‌ don't be sorry I'm glad you did write all the info down!

cagoldi

Sorry he's not feeling well. Hope his fever breaks and he gets good rest tonight.

justMaike

Temps are fairly down for the main part (99) and only went up slightly an hour ago (100) and his heat rash is going away also..my poor little nugget..

mskatiep

So sweet. I'm glad he is starting to feel better!

Ninjamama86

klongoria11 said:

Don't overdress or under-dress. Just make sure he's comfortable and sadly, wait it out. We gave tylenol every 4 hours. I've heard it mentioned alternating tylenol and motrin, but I don't know the time table for that. Other than that just hugs and cuddles.

Hope your LO's fever breaks soon!

You can gve Tylenol every 4 hours and Motrin ever 6-8. At my work we Recommend switching back and forth every 3 hours to keep it at least kinda
simple.

Example-
Tylenol @ 3&9
Motrin @ 6&12

Don't wrap your babe up in his favorite blankets, you're just keeping him insulated.

Also, Your pediatrician will recommend a medication does, and I'm 99.9% sure it's an underdose. Tylenol/Motrin should be dosed based on weight in KG (not LBS) with pediatric patients.

15mg/kg Tylenol
10mg/kg Motrin

Kfran84

We've only had one bad fever, but to make him more comfortable, I gave him a cool water bath (like, slightly cooler than normal bath temp) and let him play for an extended amount of time, kept a cool rag to dab his forehead and neck with, and gave him frozen breastmilk cubes or frozen banana chunks to munch on in a mesh teether.