How To Handle High Fever In Kids

Hi,

One of the most scariest thing to deal with is when your baby is sick as they are too young to tell you how they feel. So you need to know your baby well and be very observant of their behaviour.

When you observe that your baby is not well; eg. typically, they sleep too much or not as active as usual, you need to feel his forehead and body for high temperature. You should get a child thermometer that measures the temperature by putting the instrument into the ear and not into his mouth or anus.

Of course, the first thing to do is to get the baby or kid to your family doctor and get the necessary medication.

But this is not the end of it!

You still need to monitor the baby in case the fever does not subside but goes up instead especially overnight.

Having spoken to my friends, I learned that you should try to sponge your baby or you can take the baby back to your doctor or to the hospital ( if it is at night to the Accident & Ememrgency section ). We were told that if you take the baby to A&E or the hospital, they are likely to put ICE around the baby and it can be quite a sorry state and very pitiful for the baby.

As such, we have spent the whole night sponging Jason to bring down his fever despite giving him his medicine. This happened to us a few times.

Believe it or not, our friends actually recommended this approach than looking at your baby sleeping with ice around him and you can do nothing but just wait. They said that they felt helpless about the whole situation!

What did we do?

We got a pail of cold water and a face towel. We wet the towel and made sure it was damp and applied it on the chest and under the armpits. We found this most effective through trial and error. Of course we also placed it on his forehead and the feet and hands too. Practically, all over Jason. It sounds easier than said as there were times that Jason resisted the attempts to sponge him. When he is lifeless, you also worry about it.

It is tough but with patience and continuously monitoring the temperature during the progress of the sponging, the temperature will eventaully go down.

I have a disclaimer here.... If you are not comfortable with what I have just shared with you, please do what is best for your baby or child and consult your family docotr or go to the hospital.

BTW, I also do the same for adults too; eg sponging my wife when I came home and found her with high fever and too weak to move at all. If the adult or child is old enough and not too weak, taking a cold shower is another option.

As parents, you will have to decide what is best for your baby or child.

Happy Parenting...!