quick-fingersFever: 101
The second child is so much easier than the first. This is due, in large part, to the fact that I, as a parent, I realized, the second time around, that children will get sick and that 101 fever doesn't warrant a trip to the hospital, yet.
During the first child's baby stage, everything seemed like the end to me. I was so afraid that some illness would sweep her from my arms, like a tidal wave. However, after many trips to the hospital, the 'new parent' syndrome washed from my mentality. The same things were said and the same response was given. "Give them alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen for the fever, try to get it down yourself, and if it doesn't go down within an hour, then bring them in." The result of the visit was always the same. Antibiotics.
Oh, please, I do not wish to get started on antibiotics. I'm so sick of hospitals handing antibiotics out as if they were the 'grandma's cure-all medicine.' The prescribing of antibiotics is going to, eventually, create some kind of super-crazed bug virus thing that will kill us all. I'm exaggerating of course, and have no proof of this, but let's face it. If a child's illness was not important enough to have warranted a hospital visit, then please, do not patronize my ignorance by giving an unnecessary medicine such as an antibiotic. I digress.
After the first child is up and running around, and the second starts to become sick, as a parent, the worry just is not there as it was the first time. This is a great thing, however, because I hate being treated like an idiot when I walk in to the hospital with genuine concern for my child, only to be chastised by the nurse because I'm a 'nervous first parent.'
It's not as if I stopped worrying about my sick child, it's just that I know that he will be fine and that he has to get sick in order to get better and stronger. It is all part of the growing process. Fever is a sign that the body is doing what it can to fight off whatever it is it's fighting.
So for you first time parents out there. I'm telling you, a 101 fever is nothing. Give Tylenol, then Ibuprofen, after the time allotted on the bottle for each. Use a cold wash rag to help with the fever. Coddle your child, love your child, for they will soon be over it. They will puke too, and you just have to clean it up, wait 24 hours, and if after 24 hours your children are still vomiting, then take them in to the doctor's office.
I understand that I'm not a doctor, but I'm a parent twice over. I've already been through the speech several times and quite frankly, I'm tired of it. Just remember that when your child gets sick, it is good for him/her. It will make him/her stronger. You can bet on that.
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During the first child's baby stage, everything seemed like the end to me. I was so afraid that some illness would sweep her from my arms, like a tidal wave. However, after many trips to the hospital, the 'new parent' syndrome washed from my mentality. The same things were said and the same response was given. "Give them alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen for the fever, try to get it down yourself, and if it doesn't go down within an hour, then bring them in." The result of the visit was always the same. Antibiotics.
Oh, please, I do not wish to get started on antibiotics. I'm so sick of hospitals handing antibiotics out as if they were the 'grandma's cure-all medicine.' The prescribing of antibiotics is going to, eventually, create some kind of super-crazed bug virus thing that will kill us all. I'm exaggerating of course, and have no proof of this, but let's face it. If a child's illness was not important enough to have warranted a hospital visit, then please, do not patronize my ignorance by giving an unnecessary medicine such as an antibiotic. I digress.
After the first child is up and running around, and the second starts to become sick, as a parent, the worry just is not there as it was the first time. This is a great thing, however, because I hate being treated like an idiot when I walk in to the hospital with genuine concern for my child, only to be chastised by the nurse because I'm a 'nervous first parent.'
It's not as if I stopped worrying about my sick child, it's just that I know that he will be fine and that he has to get sick in order to get better and stronger. It is all part of the growing process. Fever is a sign that the body is doing what it can to fight off whatever it is it's fighting.
So for you first time parents out there. I'm telling you, a 101 fever is nothing. Give Tylenol, then Ibuprofen, after the time allotted on the bottle for each. Use a cold wash rag to help with the fever. Coddle your child, love your child, for they will soon be over it. They will puke too, and you just have to clean it up, wait 24 hours, and if after 24 hours your children are still vomiting, then take them in to the doctor's office.
I understand that I'm not a doctor, but I'm a parent twice over. I've already been through the speech several times and quite frankly, I'm tired of it. Just remember that when your child gets sick, it is good for him/her. It will make him/her stronger. You can bet on that.
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They're growing up so fast.
