High temperatures
How often do your kids get high temperatures and what do you do about it? U has had a weird temp today and B had one over the weekend. I've given them paracetamol but other than being tired with a high temp nothing else appears to be wrong but I worry about being too laid back.
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Very rarely gets a high temperature. But when she does I would treat with calpol - I wouldn't worry unless she was obviously very ill. She did have a weird virus thing the other week - not a temperature, just exhausted and off her food. My H said I should take her to the docs but I couldn't see what I would say - shes a bit ill but not too bad. I just keep an eye on her.
M rarely gets high temps, I worry when she does. Although last time she had a uti, so other than tiredness and temps there weren't any great signs until I started questioning her and she said she had a sore back. It then took 3 days for the doctor to agree with me but that's another story! I think mummy instinct tells you if you should worry or not.
I do worry when my nearly 2 year old gets a high temp as he has had 6 febrile convulsions since November last year. Luckily he hasn't had a high temp since January. I brought a Braun electric ear thermometer and it has been fantastic to keep a check on his temperature. I check it regularly and if I need to I give him callow and nurofen
J gets random high temperatures quite often. Will last 24 hours or so then he'll be back to normal. I only medicate if its particularly high, over 38.5 normally
Phew glad to hear from you on that one Ally!
Well she was really ill in the night with an upset stomach, which I had 48 hours previously but had put my upset stomach down to having to drive a long way and stress - forget that I could ahve just had a stomach bug!
I probably over medicate L but I'd rather try the medicine than risk not medicating. Any signs of a cough, snot snivels, high temp he gets the syringe!
I would rather err on the side of caution as well but B seems to be getting lots of random high temps at the moment and starting to wonder whether to hold back. Yesterday U face suddenly went flame red whilst at the cinema I wasn't siure if she was reacting to the drink she had or popcorn or whether it was an illness causing a gtemp. Still nto entirely sure but was wondering whether it was just a random high temp.