https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 12 Nov 2026 03:25:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1671259 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:41:42 +0000 MsLipGloss 1671259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1671247 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:32:26 +0000 MamaMoose 1671247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: so glad it was nothing serious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1671244 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:23:48 +0000 Pepper 1671244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: Glad everything is ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1671200 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:51:31 +0000 singingbee 1671200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad it's okay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1671196 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:45:43 +0000 NurseMommy 1671196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is fine. Took her in. They're lymph nodes just swollen from all the daycare sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1671092 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 08:49:09 +0000 Synchronicity 1671092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: Hope everything is ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670938 Sat, 31 May 2014 22:41:12 +0000 NurseMommy 1670938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks guys. I'll take her in tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670861 Sat, 31 May 2014 21:09:11 +0000 Pepper 1670861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: Could be! Stinks that you don't have a reliable on-call peds line. If it were C, I'd take him in, just to be sure. At least if it's an ear infection and they decide to prescribe something, she'll get relief faster! Especially since she's whiny. </p> <p>Keep us posted either way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670856 Sat, 31 May 2014 21:05:30 +0000 lizzywiz 1670856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: I think definitely lymph nodes. Mine was born with her right one in that location the was like a marble and now varies between pea and marble size....blood test shows nada. Gets bigger when she is sick, Good luck mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670847 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:54:19 +0000 NurseMommy 1670847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: she was extra extra cranky when I cleaned her ears during bathtime so yeah maybe it's an ear infection. I only took an axillary temp which isn't super accurate but it was 38.0 (100.4), so not crazy high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670835 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:47:24 +0000 Pepper 1670835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: You said the other one was smaller though, right? And it just popped up out of nowhere? I'm sure it's nothing like that!! My glands can get pretty firm when I have a cut or infection. </p> <p>Could she maybe have an ear infection or strep or something like that? Those can cause swollen glands and a fever. How high is her fever? If it's high and you're worried and not going to get any sleep, I'd just take her in now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670834 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:47:00 +0000 MamaMoose 1670834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: I don't think she has cancer!! But I would wake her and take her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670831 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:41:27 +0000 NurseMommy 1670831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: that was my first thought, too. The fact that they are symmetrical worries me. My first initial reaction was OMG MY BABY HAS CANCER. Which I'm sure is an overreaction. Right? </p> <p>Do you guys think I should wake her up to take her in or wait until morning? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670830 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:37:32 +0000 Pepper 1670830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... there are lymph nodes back there, maybe they are swelling in response to what is causing the fever? The fever plus the swelling would make me take LO in. I'd want to know if there was some kind of infection causing the fever. I don't think you sound paranoid at all!</p> <p>ETA: Keep us updated, I hope it's nothing, just a weird reaction to the shot. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670827 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:35:49 +0000 MsLipGloss 1670827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: my LO's reaction to MMR was a head to toe rash and a really low-grade temp. but I'm no doctor/nurse! but then again, I was the *crazy* first time mom who sought out a specialist for her LO . . . who ended up needing surgery to correct a problem. ETA: problem was wholly unrelated to the MMR. the problem was anatomical. :heart: there isn't anyone I know who would fault a parent for acting out of an abundance of caution. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670825 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:32:46 +0000 MamaMoose 1670825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: yeah that would definitely be a phone call for me (our ped's office rolls to vanderbilt Children's hospital). If you don't have access to the on call doctor go get her checked out. Better to look like a paranoid ftm/nurse than miss something that needs attention. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670820 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:28:15 +0000 NurseMommy 1670820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I feel so dumb when I have questions like this. I'm an ER nurse for crying out loud. But she just had her mmr-v vaccine 9 days ago and I wonder if this is a reaction to that???? Oh, and we don't have an after hours peds number. We have health link which nurses end up telling you to go to the hospital for everything to limit their liability. And I'm always a little nervous about looking like a crazy ftm because our children's emerg is the one I work at. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670809 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:20:54 +0000 MsLipGloss 1670809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A weird bump + fever + whiny = a trip the ER for me. At the very least, I would call your after hour Ped number stat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weird-head-bumps#post-1670806 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:18:34 +0000 NurseMommy 1670806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I'm freaking out a little. Have your kids ever gotten a HUGE bug bite that didn't feel or look like a bug bite? DD has a lump the size of my thumb joint on the occiput of her head, with a symmetrical, but smaller, one on the other side. They're not red and they are hard. And she has a fever. Also whiny tonight, but that could be because she was tired. ????????? </p>