I havent been on in forever because being a mommy keeps me busy!! My 9mos old son ran a fever of 102 thurs evening. So we called the doc & gave him Pediacare. Then by 11pm it went down to 99.5 so I put him down for the night. He slept the whole night, woke up fri morning with a 100, so I was a little concerned & monitered him throughout the day it went up & down up & down between 100 & 102, so they had me bring him in, they told me he most likely has a virus thats going around called rosea ( Spelling?) And that he probably will break out in a rash (never happened). The doctor said to try babies motrin. So, Saturday we gave him motrin & by Sunday his Fever broke, NOW, THIS MORNING......he woke up with a raspy cough & voice, the cough isn't very often. maybe once or twice within an hour to 2 hour span, but his nose is stuffy & runny, dry at times. So I called the doc to make sure I can give him motrin ( since I gave him Pediacare which is acetominophon about 4 hrs ago) Since it's been 4 hrs.....they want to give him a strep test.......im so nervous. What do they do to him? The person on the phone had me check his neck glands & I can only feel a little bump on the right side.... Im so mad because my babe had an eeg checkup & the office was filled with germs, especially a girl coughing non-stop without covering her mouth!!!!! Now I'm concerned for my baby!
Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen is the question, The pediacare didn't seem to do a thing for him?
He's 9mos & 21lbs,
What I read was Ibuprofen stops inflammation......and now that I said he wasn't really coughing, he seems to be coughing more......
We're going in tomorrow at 9:30am............
Whats better in your opinion & I'm scared once he's over this, he'll get sick again, it was such a relief when the fever broke.....and now this.
Now I have to disinfect everything since he is playing like his normal self!