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I think he had 4 or 5 days of a high fever, once it finally broke the rash appeared the next day. I think we were in the ped's office twice that week too, just to make sure nothing else was going on. She wanted to rule out a UTI at our second visit.

@MrsADS: It's tough when they have such a high fever! LO went through so many viruses at that age, it felt like he had a few days of a high fever at least once a month. Hang in there!

My 9 month old had roseola last week. He had a fever that started Saturday. On Sunday, it rose up to 103 and would go down with medicine but would come back up when the medicine wore off. I took him to the doctor on Monday bc I was worried (his 4 year old sister had croup the week before) but ruled out ear infection, lungs all sounded good, etc. He stopped taking fever medicine by Tuesday morning. On Tuesday night, I noticed a little bit of rash underneath belly button where his diaper meets and thought maybe it was a diaper rash. By Wednesday mid afternoon, it had spread all the way up his back and stomach and even to face. It freaked me out and was going to take him to urgent care but I have a friend whose a physician and I texted him a picture. He confirmed it was roseola and that nothing can be done but to wait it out. By Saturday, it was mostly gone.

My LO had roseola around that age. I think it was 5 or 6 days of high fever, but it was odd because the fever went away for awhile (without meds) and then came back. So it wasn't continuous. I remember it specifically because she was sick starting on a Monday and we were supposed to leave for a trip on a Friday. She had the fever on and off Mon-Wed (between 102 and 104) and then it was completely gone on Thurs so we thought we were in the clear. On Fri, she woke up with a fever of 105. I ended up going by myself but I think DH said the fever finally resolved by Sat. That was also the day when the rash finally appeared (previously fever was her own symptom).