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I'm bumping this! LO has her first fever (9.5 months). It started last night and goes away with Motrin but at the end of the 6-8 hours it comes back. I'm probably going to call the doctor's 24 soon, but I wanted to know if I'm just being a worry wart.

@mrslace: Yeah, our doctor wants me to bring her in tomorrow. Her fever is 101, I just wish it would stay away.

At this age, 9+ months, It would have to be 103 without improvement from tylenol/other methods or 102+ for multiple days.

I use this "fever" write up from Seattle Children's Hospital. Fevers below 102 we don't even medicate unless it's clear that P or G is uncomfortable. Generally speaking, as long as the child is over 3 months, a fever from 100-102 is a good sign of the immune system doing it's job and nothing to worry about.

http://www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-conditions/symptom-index/fever/

@mrsjazz: I seriously loved when I found that site! Made me feel so much better.

This past week P ended up with a pretty high fever and was clearly not feeling well (got to 102.8 and 2 doses of Tylenol 2 hours apart to bring it down). It made me pretty nervous when it didn't want to come down. The only reason I didn't take her in is b/c I knew I was doing everything they would at the hospital (it was late already) and there she'd also get an IV and everything else. So I just made sure she nursed/snacked often and did what I could to bring it down. It finally broke and then returned to 101.8 about midmorning. She got cranky again so I dosed her and gave her a bath (she loved taking the bath even with the high temp) and then she was fine after that. Once it broke about 5 in the evening it didn't come back.

We all kind of had a weird 24 hour virus that did that the week before so I guess that's what she had.

Hope your lo starts to feel better soon! I hated seeing P sick.... on top of the fever stuff she also reacted to the wheat she had been having so it was NOT her best week at all. =(

She's only had two fevers, which is amazing for her being so sick all the time. One time was when she had pneumonia and the other was when she had an ear infection + 5 teeth cutting. Both tines, the fever was under 102 but I still took her in.

When it goes above 101 I call and ask to see the doctor because above 101 it's no longer teething related.

@mrsjazz: I would probably take her in. I know there was a time when I erred on the side of caution with DS b/c he broke out in a weird rash and it was a Friday. Figured it was better to make it into the doctor & it be nothing then it be something & have to go to the ER over the weekend. With a storm coming where I know I wouldn't want to go out, I'd just go in. No harm in going just in case. Then if your pedi wants to give a script you could fill it and just wait & see if lo actually needs it.

We took LO to the doctors when his fever hit 104 and was acting "out of it". We were immediately swarmed by the doctor and her team of nurses taking his temperature and blood pressure. The doctor said she wanted to rule out meningitis because the fever appeared abruptly. No meningitis just a double ear infection. 2 shots of antibiotics in the thighs and he was himself again!