DD woke up this morning at about 7am and was feeling really hot so I gave her some panadol.
At 9am she went down for her morning nap and has just woken up (4.5hrs!!!! later) and she was boiling hot all over!!!
She was sleeping on top of her covers and her room isnt hot, just her. I have never felt her this hot all over so i took her temp with the digital under her armpit and it came back as 38.9!
Excuse my ignorance but this isnt good is it?
I have given her some more panadol and stripped her down and she has had plenty of boobie milk but I am a bit worried.
The thing is, it doesnt appear to be worrying her, she's crawling around but that is a massive sleep even by her standards and the temp is worrying.
Keep offering her the breast and fluids
Keep her surroundings cool
Keep and eye on her
Keep up the panadol.
She may just be fighting something off so the temp is her bodies way of fighting the bug.
If she is otherwise happy I'd just keep doing what you are doing. If ithe temp won't come down or she doesn't seem right, might be worth a trip to the GP.
Ali, keep in mind that a fever alone is not something to necessarily be concerned about. Fever is the body's natural response to fighting various things including pain, infections, and general illness. If she is otherwise happy, I would be disinclined to automatically reach for panadol. Whilst it is a high temp, it is not detrimental. See if you can perhaps bring the temp down through stripping her down and cooling her environment.
A tepid bath is a good way to reduce fever. However, you need to make sure it isn't too cold. The body's natural response to being too cold is to shiver... which actually increases temperature. So cool flannels to forhead, back of neck, groin, back of knees is a good way to help. Don't put anything wet on her if she is in an air conditioned room or in front of a fan.
Okay well she slept another 2.5hours this arvo!! That's massive considering she had a big 4.5hour sleep this morning!! She was only up for an hour and then went back to bed.
When she woke from her arvo nap her temp was 38.7degrees and she was boinling hot. I ran a tepid bath and that helped to cool her down a bit but she just wanted cuddles.
She has had lots of water and milk today and did managed to have some vegemite sandwich for lunch and a milk arrowroot biscuit.
I did try to give her some panadol again this arvo but she wasnt happy about it and I think only about 0.5mL went in her mouth.
I am about to go in her room and take her temp again.
Anymore advice??? She is just sleeping in a nappy and singlet on top of the covers.
TEMP OF 38.9 What should I do?
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