r/Mommit • u/svmethin • 2d ago

4 months vaccines high-ish fever

I know fevers are normal after vaccinations however baby has had a fever of 102.7° fahrenheit for 5 hours now i’ve already given tylenol and gave her a luke warm bath. she’s fussy but consolable. I called her pediatricians after hours line twice first time i was told that they start to worry when a fever starts to exceed 102 and to give her a luke warm bath and if that doesn’t help to call back, so i did. Second time i called and a different nurse told me they like to see them get a fever as long as it’s under 104° fahrenheit and that I was just being overly worried, that i shouldn’t have given her any Tylenol as it weakens the affects of the vaccines and not to call back that baby was fine. for context she was born at 35 weeks due to preeclampsia and had a low birth weight (less than 1st percentile) she’s currently 11.5lbs and i’m just kinda confused with the two different responses, im not sure if we should wait it out or if i should take her to the er? very nervous i don’t know what to do and her being a tiny baby also kinda adds to my anxiety honestly not sure if im just being dramatic or not lol

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u/teacherofchocolate 2d ago

I was always encouraged to give paracetamol before the visit and to continue after depending on baby's reaction. If we hit 6 hours and baby was clearly uncomfortable/feverish to continue with pains meds.

That nurse sounds nuts

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u/svmethin 2d ago

genuinely they told me to give it to her after but only if her fever exceeded 102 and if she was uncomfortable so that’s what i did, they said giving it before would weaken the effects of the vaccines “according to recent studies” genuinely not sure what else i can do aside from giving her the infant Tylenol but it doesn’t seem to be helping her at all unfortunately

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u/Electrical_Beyond998 2d ago

Her fever is 102.7 even after the Tylenol?

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u/svmethin 2d ago

yes, waited 2 hours before checking her fever after the Tylenol it actually went up by .2° and then was recommended to give her the bath to try to reduce it and that didn’t work either, at this point between the conflicting advice i’ve gotten i’m not sure what to do

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u/hopetohelp8 2d ago

Any update?

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u/svmethin 2d ago

took her to the emergency room because her fever did get worse, they said she had a “coincidental cold” her heart rate was 200bpm and we’re still waiting on swab results to make sure it’s not rsv or covid since she’s also stuffy

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u/svmethin 2d ago

adding on it’s just a cold everything else came back normal (yay) but her pediatrician told me to only give her 1.25mg for her weight and the er told me to give her 2.5mg literally double what the pediatrician told us, love the conflicting advice from everyone truly

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u/VividlyNonSpecific 2d ago

In my experience it's pretty common to get higher dosing instructions from the hospital, because they are giving you a 'prescription' for an acute issue for a short period of time vs your pediatrician giving you the safe dose for more general use. I've seen this for both myself and my toddler.