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Blue Spells??
Hi, Apologies this is going to be a bit rambly...
Yesterday my little girl (13 months) was playing on the sofa, but was starting to be naughty with biting and poking mummy. So I put her down on the floor to chill out with a firm 'no!' and she started crying, as you would expect. Usually when she is really upset she does what we call a silent cry when no noise comes out. Which she did, but then she went really red, more so than usual so I picked her up, then I noticed she stopped breathing. Then she when floppy, then she went really stiff and started fitting.
It was terrifying, Hubby called 999, and within minutes we had a paramedic. Quickly she came round, but was really drowsy. We went to A&E and there they suspected a febrile convulsion, (she's had D&V for a couple of days) but admitted us to the childrens ward to be seen by the paediatric doctor. The doctor upon hearing all the information qucikly drew the conclusion that it was caused by a tantrum, apparently its fairly common (although I had never heard of it). Apparently its known as a Blue Spell (I think) and 1 in 20 children has them although they rarely end in a fit. The good news is that these fits aren't harmful and she is back to her usual self today, like nothing ever happened.
The doctor has advised keeping an eye on her temper and try not to let her get too upset without pampering her. So now I am looking for some advice on where I might be able to get some support or some advice from parents in a similar boat. At the moment we are terrified and showing her right from wrong incase it happens again. Can anyone help???
Yesterday my little girl (13 months) was playing on the sofa, but was starting to be naughty with biting and poking mummy. So I put her down on the floor to chill out with a firm 'no!' and she started crying, as you would expect. Usually when she is really upset she does what we call a silent cry when no noise comes out. Which she did, but then she went really red, more so than usual so I picked her up, then I noticed she stopped breathing. Then she when floppy, then she went really stiff and started fitting.
It was terrifying, Hubby called 999, and within minutes we had a paramedic. Quickly she came round, but was really drowsy. We went to A&E and there they suspected a febrile convulsion, (she's had D&V for a couple of days) but admitted us to the childrens ward to be seen by the paediatric doctor. The doctor upon hearing all the information qucikly drew the conclusion that it was caused by a tantrum, apparently its fairly common (although I had never heard of it). Apparently its known as a Blue Spell (I think) and 1 in 20 children has them although they rarely end in a fit. The good news is that these fits aren't harmful and she is back to her usual self today, like nothing ever happened.
The doctor has advised keeping an eye on her temper and try not to let her get too upset without pampering her. So now I am looking for some advice on where I might be able to get some support or some advice from parents in a similar boat. At the moment we are terrified and showing her right from wrong incase it happens again. Can anyone help???
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Take care xx xx
From what I can gather they basically hold their breath until they faint, so my friend used to blow in lo's face to try to get her to breath again, before she got to the fainting stage.
Hope she grow's out of it soon.
xx