My baby’s fever didn’t go beyond 100.5 last night, and the pediatrician just said to keep an eye on it. I was very worried about the little guy because he was sweaty and just didn’t seem like he felt well. The fever wasn’t high enough to go to the emergency room (we checked with the pediatrician), so we went to bed and I got up periodically to check on his temperature. It went down instead of up which was a good sign. I did give him Infant Tylenol drops, which I won’t do next time. I think it was a first time mom mistake! I was concentrating on getting him to feel better when I should have been making sure his fever didn’t spike too high naturally! The ped. told us to give him the Tylenol, but things I read online later stated the importance of monitoring the temperature without medicine.
Anyway, I called the office and took the baby in this morning. Everything came back wonderfully as far as they could tell. We are supposed to still monitor him, and he’ll have to undergo testing if the fever gets too high (101 degress F). They think that he may have picked up a little virus that he’ll get over in no time.
As a first time mom, it’s so hard to see your baby hurting. He can’t really express himself other than to cry, and it’s the saddest sound I’ve ever heard. It’s different than the hungry cry or tired cry. It is a sound unto itself. I just want to do all that I can for him, but don’t feel like I can do enough.
Here is a link to my favorite site discussing what to do if you suspect your baby has a fever or is ill. Dr. Sears really has very sound medical advice, but of course calling your own doctor is the most important thing.
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