2 Sick Girls.. HELP!

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Yup, that's classic fever. Other half was wearing 4 layers of clothes and cuddling a heater last night, I was doing the same thing with the last cold/flu that came through here a few weeks ago. We all got sick with the last one but took turns, me and the baby got it last.

This time its similar, DD#1 was the one who brought it home (as usual), DD#2 and other half promptly got it, and me and the baby have it but not very bad. I should just disinfect DD#1 as she walks in the door.

Poor kid is not even 6 weeks old and has had one really nasty cold/flu and now getting a different, milder one.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Thanks everyone, am heading into the shops today so will get some OJ and Apple Juice, DD1 ate well this morning and had pizza for tea (well kind of) and her temps were down with constant panadol.

DD2 on the other hand is very very sooky this morn, super runny nose and conjunctivits.. GREAT.. and of course her eye drops were out of date about 2 days ago so now were off to the chemist.. i am hoping it's all just teething as DD1 used to get super gross noses and chest infections when she teether...

My poor girls, hoping for some relief!

[Lulu]

Don't be too afraid to drop the panadol a bit, high temps let the body do its work to fix itself.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Thanks Lulu had no panadol today even though she's FERAL but no temp, i was giving 6-7hrs b/w yesterday unless their temps were right back up, at one stage DD2 was 38.6, cool cloth on her head, ice to suck on and panadol did the trick.. she slept ok last night though which was good.

[Liz]

Yeah I second/third (whatever we're up to) everything except the panadol. Not a fan of medicating temperatures here.. just makes things drag on and on. The feeling cold bit I find is when the temperature is on its way up. Once my kids temp is up and steady they don't feel cold any more. Another reason I don't like panadol is cos I find the worst part of a temperature is when it's on its way up.. thats when I feel yuckiest anyway.. so I don't like the temp going up and down every few hours with medication.

DD had a fever of 38.8 last thursday.. we rode it out and it only lasted just under 24 hours. No idea what she was fighting... has had a constant cough the last couple of weeks, but nothing new has developed

Hope your girls feel better quickly.

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I tend to just use panadol when they're so incredibly grouchy they're intolerable and clearly in pain. Usually just before bed so they get some sleep. The stuff is incredibly effective.

The net result is panadol in our house invariably expires before we come even close to using it up.

Used something like 3/4 of a bottle when DD#1 had her hideous revolting infected leg though. But then we also went through an alarming quantity of massive bandaids and bandages and soaker (for the bloody mess in her socks every day) too. That was SERIOUSLY gross. I think I deal better with bodily fluids coming from noses than legs ...

[Liz]

I tend to just use panadol when they're so incredibly grouchy they're intolerable and clearly in pain.

Yeah, I like the way Dr Sears put it "treat the child, not the fever".