https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:20:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2804007 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:25:24 +0000 psw27 2804007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours started with a high-ish fever (101-102) and a very miserable child. It was obvious he was feeling horrible. The bumps came last for us. I think he also had a terrible diaper rash. The blisters on his hands and feet came later and took forever to clear up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803976 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:59:29 +0000 EBSC 2803976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours started with what looked like a weird diaper rash -- like it could have been a fungal rash, all bumpy, but was clearly bothering him. When it spread to his feet, that was the giveaway, but the fever never got too high - 101 at the highest, maybe? And, FWIW, he had a relatively mild case but the bumps looked a lot more like a rash or pimples than actual blisters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803843 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:12:44 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2803843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No fever, just blisters mostly on her butt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803828 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:19:15 +0000 littlejoy 2803828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, it was a super-high fever (it got up to 105). We tried giving her a smoothie, and she said it was spicy. We looked in her mouths, and saw the ulcers/blisters. :( There are so many different strains, so the presentation can look different for different kiddos. Fingers crossed it's not HFM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803822 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:17:17 +0000 DesertDreams88 2803822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started out with a few red bumps that look like large, flat pimples, and a fever with a looooonnnggg nap. No pus-filled blisters ever. I think there are different varieties of hfm though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803821 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:16:33 +0000 Pollywog 2803821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kid had it twice. Both were 102 fevers that broke. 24 hours later a horrible yeast like diaper rash, 8 hours later blisters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803819 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:03:57 +0000 travellingbee 2803819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: he’s in daycare but shoes on all day. He did walk outside barefoot over the weekend. Maybe it’s an ant bite! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803818 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:58:00 +0000 PinkElephant 2803818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Is he in daycare? Baby gym classes? Just wondering if his feet touch any potentially germ-y surfaces outside your house - if so, I'd guess that he just came into contact with something icky, which is gross, but better than one of the previously mentioned alternatives. I also thought HFM blisters were red and dryer. DD's were on top AND bottom of her foot, which made our situation extra weird. I'm convinced maybe they were insect bites. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803817 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:45:34 +0000 travellingbee 2803817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: I thought they were but I really have no idea since we’ve never had it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803816 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:45:04 +0000 travellingbee 2803816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I guess we’ll have to wait and see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803815 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:44:39 +0000 wrkbrk 2803815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Huh. Are HFM blisters like that?? Or just red bumps? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803814 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:41:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 2803814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: ew! Neither of mine started with big full<br /> Blisters like that- which is why I thought it was something else. But i don’t know what’s normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803813 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:39:47 +0000 travellingbee 2803813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: oh yeah he’s two. It’s a pus-filled blister (gross) right on the bottom of his foot. Like a big pimple...<br /> @PinkElephant: me too!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803810 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:29:14 +0000 wrkbrk 2803810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: IDK if your LO is older but when I thought my DS had HFM last year it was actually blisters from army crawling barefoot at daycare!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803809 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:28:13 +0000 wrkbrk 2803809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Same as what you said! I saw a weird red blister on DS’s toe and I realized it was from his shoes being too tight :( We just got new ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803807 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:21:49 +0000 Foodnerd81 2803807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: this seems obvious but any chance his shoes are too small? My daughter gets dry blister looking spots on her toes when I haven’t realized she outgrew her shoes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803806 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:20:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 2803806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both times it took me so long to figure out what it was that I can’t remember how it started! My younger one had it almost a year ago and I remember she was super cranky and not eating well, so I thought she was teething or possibly getting a cold. Then I thought her eczema was getting worse. Finally I realized it was worse on her feet and hands and butt (luckily not really her mouth). By that point we had totally exposed her little friend who came down with a worse case than she had a few days later. No super high fever though. </p> <p>All you can really do is watch and see and try to prevent spreading it if you can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803804 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:16:57 +0000 PinkElephant 2803804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: DD3 (16 months) had two weird blisters on one of her feet a few months back. No other symptoms, although with her history it's very possible she'd also had a recent ear infection. I went into mass panic and was convinced she either had HFM or had picked up molluscum contagiosum at the gym daycare or something....but they went away in about a week, and nothing else ever happened. </p> <p>Hope it's the same for your LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803803 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:15:04 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2803803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fevers for us, both times we've had it!<br /> My daughter had a super high fever with no other symptoms then woke up with spots. A few days later ds had a one day fever and the next morning his face was covered. </p> <p>My daughter had a weird blister looking mark on her hand last week and we thought it looked like HFM but it turned out just to be a little scrape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-hfm-start#post-2803801 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:05:38 +0000 travellingbee 2803801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS2 has a weird blister on the sole of his foot. He recovering from a double ear infection that he came down with last Thursday (no fever), but other than that hasn’t seemed sick. He was in a happy mood. I’m paranoid that it’s the start of hfm but I thought I read that it starts with a fever and he hasn’t had one... any insights? Thanks! </p>