Febrile convulsions and a holiday abroad?? help!!

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Hi, I'm a first time mom of a lovely 11 month old little boy who suffers from febrile convulsions. While he has only had one, the peadatrition insists he will have more. The thought of this terrified me but I now understand that the majority are harmless but that still doesn't help how my little boy feels when he has one!

Anyway, my partner has just landed a contract (self employed) and is going to be left with a lump sum of money in which he has decided that we should book a holiday for the 3 of us abroad somewhere and not to be an a'whole but we deserve it, we have been through so much since lo has been born and haven't had much luck at all, nothing at all to do with lo though. It has been playing on my mind, what if my LO cannot deal with the heat? What if he has another seizure while we are on holiday? How will we all as a family be able to relax when all I will be thinking about is baby having another seizure? I am probably reading WAYYY to much into it but I can't help it. I'm a huge worrier. Partner insists I have nothing to worry about and that LO will be fine but he is so laid back it almost infuriates me!

I would love the break away from reality but is it actually worth it?

I just need some advice desperately,please help :(

It's horrable to witness your child have a seizure. Just to say I share your fears, we have been saving for a holiday abroad but I'm not ready to commit to booking because of worrying about ds having a seizure while we are abroad. He is epileptic and it took quite a while for me to feel comfortable being out of our hospital's area but time made it easier. How long ago was your lo's convolution? Did your partner witness it?
Dh was very laid back about ds' seizures to begin with, despite the ambulance to a and e, medication, tests and hospital admissions. But he only saw breif video clips. When ds had a seizure in his charge he suddenly got why I was so anxious.
On the other hand I know lots of people myself included who only had one febrile convolution. But I would still want exclinet medical insurance to go away in your position!

What was the cause of the first convulsion? As there's usually an underlying illness or infection that causes the child's temperature to spike. It's not caused by external heat, so taking him away won't cause a seizure.

Your baby doesn't know he's fitting. It's simlly his body trying to get his temperature down. He will be sleepy afterwards but there's no lasting damage. Best thing you can both do is be aware of when he is poorly and keep his temperature under control, to avoid the sudden spike. We have an electric thermometer from Boots that "scans" the forehead - so easy to use, it glows green, yellow or red depending on the temperature.

Learn infant first aid to give you confidence - chances are you won't need to use it but i felt a lot calmer dealing with the fits when i knew what to do.

Only you can decide if you feel confident enough to go abroad, but i hope this helps reassure you a little.

My son had a febrile convulsion once and never had one again so it isn't a forgone conclusion that it will happen again.

We got a good thermometer and whenever he was sick stayed on top of checking his temp. He used to vomit up any liquid meds so we used suppositories and they would take any temp down quickly.
It was one of the scariest things seeing him fitting then going limp afterwards and it stayed with me for a long time, the fear it would happen again but it does lessen with time.

External high temp won't cause a febrile convulsion- it's an inside response to a quick and sudden temp rise, usually related to an illness. A warm holiday destination won't make him have one xx

He'll be fine. One of mine had a few febrile convulsions...but it was always due to illness, so unpreventable.
Assuming you take normal precautions for protecting him from sunburn and heatstroke he'll be fine. Go and enjoy!

My daughter at 10 months had he febrile convulsions, she will be 13 next month and hasn't had them since.

She had hers because she was very poorly, I hope you won't be in the situation again

Thank you all so much!!
I think I'll have to book soon 😊😊😊

Any ideas on where to go? 1 year old friendly??