Baby Children Advice Thread

**Barbarossa** · 01-18-2007, 02:34 PM

Temperature peaked at 39.1°C

It seems to be on the way down now. NHS Direct said take her to the doctor, because she was sleepy at 12 o'clock.

12 o'clock is her usual daytime nap time, ffs

Apparently, she seems better now, temperature still over 38°C, but she's had some food, and plenty of water.

Sorry for hijacking your thread, 100%.

**Skweeky** · 01-18-2007, 10:15 PM

Little ones always get high temperatures though.

My mum never took any of us to the doctor unless we had 40C or more.

Then again... she did have 7 children, so I assume she picked up some knowledge along the way

**100%** · 01-18-2007, 10:38 PM

Hope Molly gets well, water is the most vital. Sound like she is ok.

This thread is for parental hijacking expressively.

The doctor said he was over the worst, the pox things are in recline. Hence no medication.
Apart from the constipation... is it from the milk?

**Barbarossa** · 01-19-2007, 09:37 AM

Temperature is still high today, but we daren't measure it, because when we tried to measure it last night she got herself worked up into a state and then projectile-vomited the entire contents of her stomach all over us.

She's a bit chirpier today though. Had a better night's sleep, and a big breakfast. The doctor said he's not too worried about the temperature, unless she gets listless, floppy and unresponsive, but that's not the case today, far from it.

**Skweeky** · 01-19-2007, 03:17 PM

Have you got one of those ear thermometers?

**Barbarossa** · 01-19-2007, 03:19 PM

Not yet...

We were trying to use one of those underarm ones. I dunno why she got so upset, she's been fine before.

Last week though she had one of her immunisations (I can't remember which one), so maybe she thought the thermometer was some kind of needle we were trying to stick into her

**lynx** · 01-19-2007, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Skweeky

Have you got one of those ear thermometers?

Originally Posted by Barbarossa

Not yet...

We were trying to use one of those underarm ones. I dunno why she got so upset, she's been fine before.

Last week though she had one of her immunisations (I can't remember which one), so maybe she thought the thermometer was some kind of needle we were trying to stick into her

Sticking an ear into her mouth would have been bad enough, I can well understand her getting upset if the had to suck on an underarm.

**Mr JP Fugley** · 01-20-2007, 10:10 PM

We bought one that you could just point at their head.

Means you can take temps without waking the sprog.

However it MUST stay in the same room, for ambient temp reasons.