High Temp and Sleeping.. What To Do?

[Seekrit]

Cobey's sleeping, but before I put him down I checked his temp it was 38.8.
He was happy but tired so I threw him in the bath with the intent on giving him panadol, as soon as he was out of the bath he was asleep (like, out of the bath, eye drops for conjunctivitis, milkies.... oo asleep)
Hindsight being 20/20 I should've given it to him before the bath.. but he wouldn't have taken it easily, or when dressing him but he was too wriggly and just wanted his milkies.

Anyway... he still feels hot, should I wake him up and panadolerise him, or let him sleep?

[the_queen]

I wouldn't :no: if he's sleepy, it's probably because his body is trying to get rid of the bad germies. If he's asleep, he won't feel the headache/heat etc that a fever can give. So actually it's a good thing that he's asleep. You'll probably want to just be near him tonight, keep checking that he's not burning up. But he should be fine.


(do you squirt him in the eye for the junky-eye-tis? That's a good remedy for that :yes:)

[Tea Lady]

I would wake him I think. That's a pretty high temp. Why not call the 13 health ppl and see what they say? I hope he's ok :hugs:

[shanz]

have you tried giving him panadol in his sleep?? It sounds crazy but if DS is running a temp I will just put the dropper in his mouth and he instinctively just sucks it out. then just keeps on sleeping. I would be inclined to wake hima nd give it to him.
Although after reading your pancake thread he might take after you and sit up have the panadol and crash out again!!:D sorry had to add that.
But seriously for piece of mind I would give it to him now. I always think if it is getting that high your better safe than sorry.

[Seekrit]

Thanks for the quick replies.
I pulled out Mr Thermometer and while his temp went down he woke up, and the temp was STILL pretty high (37.9) so I gave him a half dose.

Queenie - I did squirt his gunky-eye-tis and it cleared up for a good while... been to the doc (have to for daycare) to get some drops to help it along.

:laughing: he very well COULD wake up and drink his panadol.
He takes his panadol okay when he's awake (just sucks it out nicely.. good lad that he is) I did think how he'd take it at night.

[Rell]

If my kids are asleep and I notice they have a temp I put a luke warm washer on their head. If their temp continues to rise I will wake them and give them panadol.

[Tam-I-Am]

Seek, my GP has told me in the past that unless the temp's above 39 not to give panadol for the sole reason of bringing it down, because it helps fight of the germies...

HTH :)

[Manxie]

Seek, my GP has told me in the past that unless the temp's above 39 not to give panadol for the sole reason of bringing it down, because it helps fight of the germies...

HTH :)

Sorry but I'm not sure about that advice :detective: As I'm sure you know the risk that they run is having a febrile convulsion, some kids wont have it until their temp reaches high 39's others will have one at 38. I would therefore give panadol for a temp of 38 and over.

[TwoBlue]

His temp doesnt seem too high to me Seek (at 37.9) just let him sleep and his body do the work of helping him get well and keep a close eye on him.

If his temp goes over 38 then I would give panadol but as long as its under i would leave him.

Keep in mind also that if he is lying on one ear when you check his temp it will be hotter in the ear he has been lying on, so not a reliable read (does that even make sense??)

[the_queen]

Seek, my GP has told me in the past that unless the temp's above 39 not to give panadol for the sole reason of bringing it down, because it helps fight of the germies...

HTH :)

My doctor told me this as well. I trust him :)

[cwsmum]

Seek, my GP has told me in the past that unless the temp's above 39 not to give panadol for the sole reason of bringing it down, because it helps fight of the germies...

HTH :)
Yup, my dr says the same, and for both my kids this is fine as I know that they both get extremely high temps, high 39's-41 :eek: but that is normal for them.

If your bub doesn't get extreme temps like that then I would probably give panadol for a temp above 38/38.5, depending one if bub seemed to be bothered by the temp. Also, when bubs are sleeping their temp seems to rise and fall a bit anyway.

I probably haven't been much help have I? Hope your bub is feeling better by the morning :)

[♥Heaven Sent♥]

If its not worrying him dont give it to him,i wouldnt give him any unless his temp is over 38.

My babies always get bad temps 39 +

[Seekrit]

*sigh*
He woke at 3pm with a burning hot forehead.. I checked his temp an hour later when he woldn't stop waking and wimpering :( the poor sausage.
it's back up again, 38.

He went to the doc y'day and he said he had a virus.. but he wasn't there to be checked on a damn virus because it wasn't bothering him (snotty nose really) so I didn't ask anything else. Not that there's much you can do.

I think my doc recommends panadol at 38.5+... unless he's in obvious discomfort (like this morning).
I hate giving him panadol but Chris doesn't understand this and encourages me too. :rolleyes: getting cranky when I don't do it (and understandably I guess, it's his kid too)

Anyhoo, I'm rambling. I've been too worried to sleep since about 3am... now I have to decide if he goes to daycare or not... (they're fantastic carers, and are happy to have him there with a bit of a temp, they'll also call me when it goes over 38..... and he's not really in bad sorts...)

[rynosmum]

Hey Seek, we went through this a few weeks back when Ry spent a night hovering around 39-40 and vomiting etc. Terrifying, terrible and all that stuff.

Personally, I would take the day off and let him have some quiet time at home if you can. If he still has a temp, his body is still fighting something. With the activity at daycare, he might be too excited and not fight it effectively and it's not really fair for the other kids to get more exposure to it too if it is a virus. Apart from that, you will probably be out of sorts all day wondering how he is.

Poor little bubba boy.:hugs:

By the way, I use Nurofen for anything in the high 38's but try to bring it down with sponging and tepid bath first if possible. From what I understand, febrile convulsions are caused by a dramatically fast rise in temp, not simply by having a high temp in it's own right iykwim.

[Manxie]

Yup, my dr says the same, and for both my kids this is fine as I know that they both get extremely high temps, high 39's-41 :eek: but that is normal for them.

I think thats the trick figuring out how high your child can "cope" with having a temp. I just get a bit worried when I see posts saying not to worry unless bubs temp goes above 39 as someone reading might have a newbie baby with a high temp and think its ok IYKWIM. Sorry its the nurse in me rearing its ugly head:rolleyes:

I hope he has a better day and I agree with Rynosmum!
:hugs:

[Seekrit]

i was bad mummy and took him to daycare :/
As it turns out, by 1.30 I was the third mummy they'd called about high temps :eek: although my boy was the least whingyest (he hasn't been upset, just hot)

*sigh*

When will his snotty nose cease?

[bambino]

I had DS at the Dr yesterday. He was waking almost every hour crying/screaming/moaning/whinging as though he was in pain for the last 2 nights.
His forehead was hot and sweaty but only a temp of 37.5.

My Dr told me to give him panadol every 4 hours and Infant Demazin just before bed time.
Panadol for the pain, temp and probable virus and demazin for his stuffy nose and cough and to help him sleep as it makes them drousy.

Now after reading this thread, is it not okay to give panadol for the temp unless it's really really high :confused:

So confusing, every Dr has their own theories and it gets very conflicting.

[Tam-I-Am]

Bambino - my doctor told me not to give panadol if the fever was the ONLY symptom and if it was low-grade (by his classification). He told me that if she was distressed/in pain/upset/just plain grumpy AND had a fever, then there was something amiss, so to give the panadol.

And, BTW - if your doctor tells you something, it ALWAYS over-rides what you hear from untrained people :) ie ALWAYS take your doctors advice over someone on a forum :)

HTH

[*Chels*]

For me personally,I give panadol at any high temp.Like someone said,there is the risk of convulsions.Ive seen it happen and its not nice.I never want Riley or us to go through that.

[Seekrit]

Bambino, the same opinion here. If cobes is happy I tend not to pull out the panadol until it hits 38.5+
But if he's cranky, won't sleep, has other symptoms I pull out the panadol :)

[the_queen]

Seek - re the snotty nose. Just be warned that after he "gets over" the temp and the snots, he might have a yukky-sounding cough. All 3 of us here had the snots and sore throats a few weeks back, got over it in a couple of days but Curtis has had a gross-sounding cough ever since. It's just because he can't clear his throat when there's a little phlegm there, and he can't blow his nose or even "hock a loogie" :barf: And the phlegm and mucous gathers in the back of a baby's throat and it makes them cough. Not much you can do about that though. I find that Curtis is worse with it in the evenings (ie cold air) and a quick booby solves it :D