How to Treat Infant Fever

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By amyrah
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Treat Infant Fever

are you a new parent ? do you feel nervous and worried about your newborn' s health ? you are not sure what to do if your newborn baby has fever ? you don't know how to take down the high temperature ? i have some tips for you about that ! just read it !

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

electronic thermometer
manual thermometer
cotton soft light cloth
cold tap water
Tylenol or tempra for infants
baby bath tub

Step 1

if your baby's age is between one day to four month , you must pay a serious attention to the baby's body temperature , if the baby is warm or his breath is hot , you may take the baby's temperature , you may use electronic / digital thermometer or manual but i recommend the digital thermometer .
Step 2

you may choose to take the baby's temperature by rectal way or underarm
you should wait three minutes at least to take accurate result , if the result shows 100 F , in that case you need to call the doctor as soon as possible to get an advice .
Step 3

don't overdress you child with extra heavy clothes and blankets , instead put on very light clothes like light onesis with short sleeve , and soak the cotton cloth in cold tab water , squeeze it well then put it on your baby's head , you may bring another wet cloth for baby's legs and arms .
Step 4

never think of ice bar , never think of cold bath , never put something from the freezer on your baby's forehead , never put some thing very cold or freezing on your baby's body , the baby will have a shock and his life might be in great danger .
Step 5

give your baby a bath in warm water by putting him in a baby bath tub and gently put warm water over his body by using a cup , never use hot water and never heat water on the stove then let it cool , you must use the warm water from the shower .
Step 6

if the baby's temperature is 100.3 F , he is in great danger and if his temperature did not go down , call the emergency hospital near you , don't give your baby any kind of medicine , you must call the doctor and ask him first .
Step 7

if the doctor allows you to give medicine use Tylenol for infants , don't use Tylenol for children , you must use the infants one and use the exact dosage the doctor said , don't give aspirin to your baby , don't think to crush the aspirin and give him some , you must only use Tylenol for infants
Step 8

feed the baby as mush as you can , you need to keep his body healthy and avoid dehydration , and don't think of making him sweating so the fever will go away , this is very dangerous , you should dress your baby in very light clothes and don't use heavy blanket , use very light cotton blanket , don't swaddle the baby if he has fever !