My 7 month old has a fever of 100.3

Question

I just gave her tylenol and gave her a bath, she has a cold and I took her to the pediatrician 2 days ago. It's 3 am and I don't know what else to do. Should i just wait till the morning to take her to the pediatrician, or is this really bad ?

Answer 1

just put her to sleep and go early in the morning to her pediatrician.

hope she gets better  

Answer 2

100.3 isn't that bad.  Let her sleep and check her temp in the morning.  If her temp hasn't gone down, call the pediatrician.  Give her another cooling bath and some more Tylenol in the morning if needed.

Answer 3

Give her tylenol  every 4 hours and check her fever  every 45 min  

If it get worst  102.0  you must take her to ER

Answer 4

do not worry if she is well in herself, even if the temperature is elevated

keep her comfortable. If she is miserable and has fever, give Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) or Ibuprofen.

if there are signs of serious illness associated with the fever, see your doctor

if the temperature is above 40.5 C or 105 F, she may have a bacterial infection. See your doctor is this high temperature persists or your child is unwell

see your doctor if the high temperature persists for more than 5 days, particularly if your child is miserable

a temperature as high as 42 C or 107.6 F is uncommon but is dangerous if it persists at this level for any length of time, so seek urgent medical advice if your child's temperature is this high at any time. For Fever and/or Pain :

give 20 mg/kg as a first dose and then 10 - 15 mg/kg by mouth every 4 - 6 hours as needed.

The maximum daily dose that is safe is 90 milligrams per kilogram weight per day (90 mg/kg/day), unless your baby is less than 3 months old when you should not give more than 60 milligrams per kilogram weight per day (60mg/kg/day).

Paracetamol and acetaminophen can also be given via the rectal route with a suppository.

The first dose can be as high as 40mg/kg as an initial does and then your child can have 20 mg/kg per dose (given up to every 8 hours).

The maximum daily remains at a dose of 90 mg/kg/day, unless your baby is less than 3 months old when you should not give more than 60mg/kg/day.

Average doses of Paracetamol and Acetaminophen by age



Less than 1 year old: work out the dose by multiplying your baby's age by 15, which will give you the milligrams(mg) that you can give and then you need to work out how many milliliters(ml) that will be.

Give no more than 90 mg per kilogram weight in a 24 hour period (or no more than 60 mg per kilogram weight if your baby is less than 3 months old).

So if your baby is 6 kg, you can give 6 x 15 = 90 mg.

If you have syrup that is 80mg/5ml, you give 5.6 mls (5 x 90/80).

If you have the 120mg/5ml syrup, you can give 3.75 mls (5 x 90/120).

Elevating the body temperature is the way the body responds to infection or inflammation. It is good that the body can mount a response to such invasion and fever is an important part of that response. Having an elevated body temperature (having a fever or being febrile), though, can make your baby or child feel miserable. You know yourself that being febrile can make you feel awful. Actually, the elevated body temperature also makes bugs like bacteria and viruses uncomfortable, and that is what we want.

Medications such as Paracetamol (Acetaminophen in North America) or Ibuprofen can make babies and children who are febrile feel more comfortable. Often they also bring the body temperature down. Our aim when we prescribe these medications is to make your baby or toddler feel more comfortable not necessarily to bring the temperature down (which is just an indication that the body is doing its job).

Infant or toddler fever in itself is not a bad thing. Being febrile can be a sign of a serious illness and the serious illness might cause problems if not treated, but the temperature in itself rarely causes problems.

Sometimes mothers feel that it is essential that they always treat the temperature as it can cause damage to the brain or cause convulsions (so called febrile seizures or fever fits). This is not actually correct. Babies and toddlers who have febrile seizures do not get damage to the brain and we know that trying to keep the temperature under control with medication will not stop febrile seizures. It is not the height of the infant or toddler fever that predicts a febrile seizure and sometimes children have a febrile seizure before any temperature has been noticed. So trying to keep the temperature down is not the answer.

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Answer 5

UMMM you should take her NOW. IF her fever gets to high it can have very bad and permanent side effects. why would you wait? if you know she has been sick that's even more reason to take her.  

Answer 6

aww how sad.

just put her to sleep and you rest too and then take her there in the morning