In general, you should call a health care provider if your child has a rash and a fever, especially if the rash is purple and doesn't blanch or fade briefly when you press on it or an itchy rash that isn't relieved with home remedies. Emergency Symptoms Other symptoms that are usually...
What to do when baby has a fever? On one hand, it is a sign of body's fighting the disease, but too high, exceeding 38 °C, hinders normal activities of the baby, causes headaches and clearly worsens his mood. Give some OTC medicines, in the form of syrups, drops or suppositories....
however, rashes don't indicate a dangerous condition. If your toddler has a rash and no other symptoms, and is in general good health, you can often observe the skin rash for a few days before taking action. Many types of skin rashes will disappear without...
In other words, ignore the myths about toddler teething not being a thing. Your baby will be in the process of teething from around 6 months to around age 3. Then you’ll have a couple years of respite before these first teeth start getting loose and falling out and the permanent te...
It doesn’t always feel like it, but there is too much time elapsed between when I last wrote in April and now to attempt and go through a genuine update of any kind. The great mystery of how time has elapsed in the midst of this global pandemic will keep brains busy for many years...
For running after a toddler, for 8 a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows 9 ?For waiting for the 10 when a daughter realizes her mother really is? How does a 11 woman thank for a mother for 12 to be a mother? For being ready with advice (when asked)or 13 ...
Ive had to show a strength in myself that has crippled me, growing up my grandpa always told me I was stronger than I thought. He had this unwavering faith in me that I could do anything, the day he died I felt this urgent need to prove to him that I had that backbone. But to...
relevant information loaded up in your mental RAM, the body is tuned into the relevant actions (flipping between spreadsheets, folding clothes, whatever) and the mind has dropped most irrelevant thoughts. What would take thirty more minutes in this state might take two hours from a cold start ...
Again, fever indicates the immune system is mobilizing its foot soldiers. Soreness in the lower abdomen could be due to a urinary tract infection (UTI), which is more likely to affect a girl than a boy because of her shorter urethra (the tube that empties urine out of the bladder). ...
Sleep regression is a temporary period when your baby or toddler doesn't sleep as well as they used to. Find out why your little one's sleep may take a step backward, and how to cope. Medically reviewedbyDina DiMaggio, M.D., pediatrician ...