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5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Baby Fevers
Useful information to know about baby fevers.
Baby Fevers! Yuck!
One of the worst parts of being a mom is having to see your sweet baby with a fever. Babies are clueless as to what’s going on, and it’s up to us moms to take care of the fever and baby.
I will never forget our oldest child’s first fever.
I was frantic, clueless, and a total cliché of a new mom having a sick baby for the first time. Every time my little girl cried, I cried right along with her. I Googled and Googled and feared the worst.
Of course, at the end of the day, I was just worried about my baby. She was fine. My fears were valid but over-exaggerated (Google will do that!).
Here are 5 things I wish someone had told me about baby fevers:
If you have any major concerns, make sure to call your pediatrician!
What do you wish you knew before your baby’s first fever?
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Molly blogs about technology, mom style and iPhone tips and tricks at Digital Mom Blog. Follow her on Twitter @DigitalMolly
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2 Comments
Juju @ Tales of Whimsy.com commented on Feb 22 12 at 1:01 pmThanks for the advice. I hope I never see a kiddie seizures. Yowzers.
Tara commented on Mar 25 12 at 8:11 pmI wish someone had told me what to do if febrile seizure happens because I did everything wrong when it happened to my son. He’s my first child, so I know nothing, I actually strapped him into the car seat to take him to the ER while he was seizing! I’m told there is a good chance it will happen again, so now I know that I just need to get his temperature down and take him to the pediatrician (unless the fever is higher than 105). The hospital did all kinds of (needless) tests some of which caused him even more pain. So I panicked, did it all wrong, caused more pain by taking him to the hospital and get to pay the $200 dollar co-pay for good measure.
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