Need some experienced mums to indicate if temperature = stay at home or if that's a bit pfbish of me.
My ds is 9 months, he's never had a temperature before. Yesterday he felt a bit warm so I took his temperature and it was 37.8. I phoned the GP to ask about it but there was no one available to talk to me, so then I phoned NHS direct who told me that if his temperature was 37.8 under his arm it was really a degree higher than that and advised me to give him Calpol and strip him to his nappy, which I did. It came down to normal within about 40 minutes and although he'd been very slightly grumpy and had slept longer at his naps before this, he perked up no end and was playing/crawling about as usual, eating/drinking normally. At about 8pm it went back up to 37.8 and I rang NHS direct again as they had told me to do so if his temp went up. They sent me to the out of hours doctor who checked him over and said he was fine, that it would be self-limiting and that as long as he was alert and active and drinking/eating/weeing/pooing it was just one of those things.
So, today, his temp is about 37 under his arm (38 I guess?) I am supposed to go to a friends' house with some other babies (all ds's age) and my instinct is to cancel it but looking at ds being totally normal here and doing all his usual stuff, I wonder is it just me being a cautious first time mum? Or is it acceptable to cancel because of a temperature?
If I don't go, would it be bad to go out for a walk? And what are you supposed to dress a baby in when they have a temp? He is in shorts and a t-shirt here at home..