Sunday, May 8, 2011

Teething Fevers

On my last update post of David I also included a picture of him with his first tooth coming in.  As of last Friday, we have been experiencing David's first bad teething symptoms...
David woke up Friday morning with a fever of over 104 degrees, and with ibprofen it would go down to 100-101 degrees.  But after 6 hours, it would go back up to 104+ degrees.  The most his fever went to was 106 degrees! That was Saturday morning at 5am (It only got that high once!).  I immediatly gave him some medicine and went to give him a bath in warm water for 30 minutes until the fever broke.  I kept singing to him and splashing water on his arms, and trying to distract him from his discomfort... and then I dressed him and his temperature went down to 100 degrees in just 30 minutes! Praise God that I didn't have to take him to the ER!
This morning (Sunday- Mother's Day) David woke up with 101.8 degree temperature, so I gave him a dose of medicine and held him as he rested with me on the couch in a blanket.  He became cold, and was sweating- his clothes and the blanket around him were damp!  So I took him in our room to sleep, and wrapped him up in more blankets.  We all slept for another hour, and I changed him- and for the rest of the day he had a normal temperature and didn't get the "sweats" again! He got fussy around 6pm, but that was because his teeth were hurting him, so I gave him some medicine for that.  I am so thankful that David was able to have day being his normal fun self!  If he had another day of high fever I would have taken him to the doctor's office just in case it could have been an ear infection or something worse.  From what I read, the fever associated with teething is usually a low-grade fever, not a high fever.

So my precious little son is finally getting his teeth- owie!  He is getting bilateral molars- so lots of little pokes coming through for each tooth!  I appreciate any advice or feedback on how you dealt with teething and fevers!  Thank you!

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