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My son just woke up from his nap and he is burning up. His temp is 102.1 rectal. What should I do I know he has been sick and he is only 7 months old so I cant do much I have the shower water running on hot so we are going to go in there and use the steam to hopefully break up his mucus.I am going to give him tylenol is there anything else I need to know asap b/c my Dh is taking the car to work soon so if I need to go to the store to pick anything up to make him feel better I feel so bad for him Im about to cry help us plz

Put oil of oregano (health food stores) or baby vicks vaporub on his feet and then socks overtop. I know it sounds crazy but it works like a hot damn. My son has asthma when he gets sick and when I do that he breaths a lot easier.

Quoting A & W's Mommy:“ Put oil of oregano (health food stores) or baby vicks vaporub on his feet and then socks overtop. I know ... [snip!] ... it sounds crazy but it works like a hot damn. My son has asthma when he gets sick and when I do that he breaths a lot easier.”

thank you so much I am going to do that right now

I found out Motrin works better than tylenol for fevers. I had always heard the opposite, but when my son was sick last month the docs said use Motrin. It also lasts longer.

I'd be kinda careful about putting him in a hot room with steam, as that could potentially increase his temp. Do you have a cool mist humidifier?

Call your pediatrician hotline too....they will be able to tell you if he needs to be seen or not.

He needs a cool bath, getting that temp down is more important then the mucous.

Quoting The Tooth Fairy:“ He needs a cool bath, getting that temp down is more important then the mucous.”

I agree. And cool means COOL. I tried giving my son a kinda lukewarm bath, and it just made his temp go up. I had to break down and put him in cool, almost cold water. He was not happy, but it worked. And use that Infant Motrin! It works - I swear by it!!!

ok i will be calling the doc in a minute but i am going to make him drink some juice first he doesn't really want it but he needs vitamin c to get better

damn I am out of motrin but I will get some b4 my DH leaves for work I am starting his bath water now

Thank you mommas if you have anything else let me know I just want my baby to feel better

Quoting orlon's momma:“ damn I am out of motrin but I will get some b4 my DH leaves for work I am starting his bath water now Thank you mommas if you have anything else let me know I just want my baby to feel better”

No problem...their first illness is scary.   I hope he feels better soon. Good idea with the juice. Give him lots of fluids (juice is better than formula while he is stuffy). You can even get some Pedialyte if he isn't drinking a lot....just put it in the bottle/cup and have him drink as much as he wants. Poor little guy. Hope he gets better asap!

the nurse is going to call me back any moment now so Im just waiting on her to say bring him in but I dont want to take him to the ER because that place it swarming with germs and if he doesnt already have the flu he will def get it after going there I will wait till tomorrow to take him to the office or monday at the latest. (yeah they are open on Sundays)

Quoting orlon's momma:“ My son just woke up from his nap and he is burning up. His temp is 102.1 rectal. What should I do I know ... [snip!] ... so if I need to go to the store to pick anything up to make him feel better I feel so bad for him Im about to cry help us plz”

humidifier always helped my daughter

well I got his temp down to "normal" and the nurse said that they can't really do anything for him. So I am letting just play on the floor with his toys and Im going to check on his temp like every hour or so. The nurse said I'm doing everything right so I will just keep him cool and happy as best I can.


Thank you mommas you are such a big help everytime I need yous