Parent's nightmare

I guess parent's nightmare is child having fever.

What to do during fever:

1. sponging is a must, to prevent overheated. No ice sponging as this will closed up the pores and not able to let the heat inside to come out, just running tap water will do. Janelle hates sponging, she will throw my towels away.. so i will tab water to her forehead instead.. this will also help to prevent overheated.

2. feed medicine every 4/6 hourly, no matter she is awake or asleep.. no matter day and night.. this will prevent the fever to come back again. especially in the night, where fever will usually come back.

my definition,:

• if the fever is around 38, i will sponge her only and only give medicine only if the fever remains at 38 and never subside.
• in btw 38 to 38.50.. sponging + medicine every 6 hrs
• above 38.50.. sponging + medicine every 4 hrs.. if never subside, i will give bufen
• 39 will go to hospital

3. Give lots of water

4. make sure she poo.

• i remembered last time when she had fever, it lasted for 4 days and these 4 days she never poo, once the bullet was given and she pooed alot.. the fever subside.
• So this time also, today is 2nd day.. i give oatmeal + juice this morning, and she managed to pooed alot too... and fever subsided

I had never introduced pillow to Janelle since she is born till now. But yesterday night, she looked for something high raise.. and fall asleep on the boaster which i used it to prevent her knocks on the wall. After reading some childcare book, then realised that because of her flu, she need to be slightly up-raised to feel more comfortable. Silly mummy then quickly look for her pillow which i bought 2 years ago, and let her sleep on pillow..

Not easy to take care of sick child... mummy and daddy took turn to wake up in the night to take Janelle temperature. Just to make sure that fever dont come back.. *Sleepy*