when to be concerned?

JLPT830 · February 2011

So it seems the respiratory crud has found its way into my house as DS took a turn for the worse at nap. Just took DD's temp and it's 99.6. Since things always get worse in the middle of the night I thought I'd ask now and be prepared. What temp with DD warrants a call to after hours at the pedi office? At 6 weeks is she still too young for tylenol? TIA!

mrs.george2be04 · February 2011

I've always heard the "magic number" for temperature in babies that young is 100.4. I'm not sure about the Tylenol. Good luck Jennie, I hope Maddie isn't getting sick!

sistrkate · February 2011

No Tylenol until she's 2 months old, or you're instructed to by the doctor.

Jen is right -- 100.4 is when you want to be calling the pedi. Is she showing any other symptoms?

Moesten · February 2011

The temp to look for is 100.4. Mrs.George is right. And yes, she is still too young for Tylenol. At least according to our pedi. Ours doesn't okay it until 2 months old.

JLPT830 · February 2011

she's a little congested but nothing else. gonna take her temp again in a few min. thanks ladies....sorry typing one handed since she's sleeping in my arms.

IAM4UK · February 2011

The twins just had this at 5 weeks.

We just did lots of suction, steam showers, and I wore vapor rub on my chest when I held them. We also elevated their cribs and kept them upright as much as possible to help with drainage.

We did give Tylenol once and it was approved from our pedi. We were at the 100.4, but it quickly went away. It did stay elevated around 99.8 for about 2 days before it went back down to 98.6 degrees.

adamsbabble · February 2011

Lila has had head congestion and a cough all week, and just because of her age I called the nurse line at our pedi's office to see what they wanted me to do. They said to look for any of the following: a temp of 100.3, trouble feeding that might indicate trouble breathing and/or a constant wheezing/whistling sound. In her case, there was not a constant wheezing sound and it sounded more like head congestion, which would not warrant a trip to the office. However, if it does sound more like a wheezing, you definitely need to call (our pedi would have had us take her straight to Children's in that case - RSV is going around and can get bad very quickly). If it's just a head cold, it just needs to run its course and they recommended running a cool mist humidifier and keeping her propped up by either elevating her mattress or letting her sleep in the swing, carseat, etc.

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