Help me diagnose my baby!

Lisamarie913 · June 2011

Symptoms: 103.5. Happy. And Go!!

Seriously, she's acting normal but burning up. Gave her tylenol and it went down to 100.8. DH thinks it was so high now she's dilusionally happy.

Already called dr. said not to come in unless the fever hasn't broken in 24 hrs.

CelticWife · June 2011

Was she outside or riding in her car seat?

DS runs hot sometimes- especially in his car seat in the summer. He once had a "fever" of 103. We freaked out, but once he was inside for an hour or two and we gave him some Tylenol it went down and he was fine. The doc says that babies can't regulate their temps and riding RF in a car seat for half an hour does not help. DS was teething at the time, so he already had a slight temp to begin with, though.

I hope her fever goes away and she is ok!

flyingsaucer · June 2011

DS#1 always gets a fever before getting sick. My pedi says its his way of fighting the infection. Sometimes he gets a high fever and followed by just a simple cold a few days later. Maybe your LO has something brewing... I hope not. Feel better

Lisamarie913 · June 2011

Thanks for the suggestions! Daycare did have her under a heavier blanket for naptime and her top teeth are coming through. Hopefully its the combination of being warm and teething and not an infection.

Thanks again!

trarenee13 · June 2011

It really could be that your LO is teething. In addition to the meds, you could run a lukewarm bath for her.

lulu3061 · June 2011

My LO was like this a couple of weeks ago when he had Hand, Foot & Mouth. I'm not saying that your LO has that or anything, I'm just saying that it's weird that they can be happy when their fever is that high. And LO was delusional, he would stare at his hand in front of his face for minutes at a time and just make all sorts of weird sounds, babies are strange little people.

Stick out tongue

Lisamarie913 · June 2011

lulu3061:

My LO was like this a couple of weeks ago when he had Hand, Foot & Mouth. I'm not saying that your LO has that or anything, I'm just saying that it's weird that they can be happy when their fever is that high. And LO was delusional, he would stare at his hand in front of his face for minutes at a time and just make all sorts of weird sounds, babies are strange little people.

OMG! I hope he is ok!! That is so scary! Babies are crazy little beings and surprisingly resiliant!

lulu3061 · June 2011

Lisamarie913:
lulu3061:

My LO was like this a couple of weeks ago when he had Hand, Foot & Mouth. I'm not saying that your LO has that or anything, I'm just saying that it's weird that they can be happy when their fever is that high. And LO was delusional, he would stare at his hand in front of his face for minutes at a time and just make all sorts of weird sounds, babies are strange little people.

OMG! I hope he is ok!! That is so scary! Babies are crazy little beings and surprisingly resiliant!

Oh, he's totally fine now, thank you! They are definitely resilient, that's for sure he was back to normal 4 days later. Hope your LO feels better soon.

Persa · July 2011

Teething doesn't give you a fever that high. It's some sort of infection, most of the time viral. If you notice funny urine smell, get urine checked. Obviously, if pulling at ears, get ears checked. Otherwise, you can wait it out. (btw, I work in pediatrics, if that makes any difference to you)

grr_aargh · July 2011

Informal diagnosis: ROSEOLA. Look for the fever to last 2-3 days, then break, then find a rash on DD's neck and back.

Just a guess. When my kids had roseola, they were happy with HIGH HIGH fevers. After a few days the fever breaks and the rash shows.

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