Cale's Fever

The weather was very hot today, so it was hard to say if Cale were too hot. Just in case, we stripped him down to diaper (and socks, a funny fashion statement). When the temperature dropped this evening, Cale stayed hot, though. Finally, after several ear temperatures around 99.5 degrees, we took his temperature a little before 10pm and got 100.4. Then we called the nurse advice line (no other symptoms of a cold like nasal congestion or troubled breathing, regular number of wet diapers, no neck weakness, no new or unusual foods in my or his diet). If he doesn't develop new symptoms, we'll call tomorrow for a Saturday appointment.

What I learned is that you worry if Baby is under 12 weeks old with temperature over 100, or Cale's age (barely over 12 weeks!) and over 101. Since his weight is in the 14 to 21 pounds range, he gets 80 mg tylenol now (it was 60 mg after his last vaccinations). So I gave him a dose of tylenol and let him nurse to sleep. Cale woke up almost immediately, wanting to flirt with me, happy, and then he pooped. Pooping makes him happy.

You know, last night was a challenge: 1 hour in his crib, 4 hours asleep on me, 1 more hour in his crib, 2 more hours on me. Whew. Although that wouldn't have been unusual for Karston, compare that to Cale sleeping 9 hours straight through the night in his own crib the night before (and that's not an isolated incident!)!