Kid’s Temperature

"Normal" is between 36.8 and 37.2    Hope your little guy is ok!

Cool thanks Yep the Dr gave us a script for pamol today so I have given him some, and he is due for more now, Im going to check his temp again in an hour or so to see if its come back down.

I called Healthline a couple of weeks ago when Ty had a really bad fever and I was struggling to keep his temp down, I told the nurse his temp was averaging 38.8 - 39.2 and she said you don't need to start really worrying until it's 40! WTF!! Don't always listen to Healthline!!!

But yeah as far as I knew 36.5 - 37.7 was normal? It depends on where you take the temperature though (underarm/under tongue/rectal) - rectal is the most accurate you can get.

I dont worry too much of a temp under 38 (unless it is a baby under 6 months). I dont medicate for it either unless they my kids had a history of convulsions.

To me it is the bodies way of reacting to an infection it is trying to fight off. So if I give meds my kids usually get sick afterwards as I brought down that temp and it got a hold in their body.

At about 39 I get worried but McKayla's basal temp is quite low. It is at about 35, 8 so 39 is quite high for her. And if that doesnt come down with meds and a tepid bath then I will take her in.

For a baby up until 2 if that temp is 38 and it comes down with meds but goes up and continues a cycle for 3 days I take them to the Dr.

And if it gets to 39 it is in immediately. At 40 for both kids I will take them to the emergency room immediately.

With fevers I only had to take my daughter in once. She reached 40 degrees (but this was still in SA.)

I took Janaya to the hospital on Boxing Day as she had a fever of 39.5. We waited 5 hours to be seen, and when we were finally seen the doc wanted to know why I had brought her in and what my concern was. He said she just had a virus and to take her home to bed and she would be right in no time.

The nurse said once they get up to 40 then its time to get very worried He made me feel really stupid!

Edited by kaiz231

hugs E's normal one is 35ish too..

stupid docs who say that about 40...40 is hospital admission straight away but the 'official' word is fever is 38 or over..

each kid is different through. Ella seems to run quite hot normally and when she gets a temperature it is perfectly normal for her to get to a temp of 40C and nurfeon always brings it down (pamol doesn't do anything for her). Have never had to take her to hospital because of the 40 temp.

I doubt they'd be happy with you taking a kid to a&e with a 40 degree temp (esp if you've given pamol and it hasn't come down).

Jack has had a few 40degree temps and his baseline is between 35.5-36. Our paeds always said to give pamol and a tepid bath in the first instance, and if the fever doesn't come down at all in 2 hours then ring the doctor. If they are floppy etc with the fever, THEN I'd be worried.

poor little guy:(

sorry thats just what the docs told us when we had to send one kid from school to the hospital and he said convulsions mostly happen at 40.0c and its very dangerous(they wouldnt let her out till it had dropped).. but as we know docs are wrong sometimes:)