My 4yr old has been a bit coldy recently, but happy enough in herself. Tonight she stayed up later than normal as a treat (9pm, usually asleep by 7:30pm).
As I was getting her ready for bed she was grouchy and tearful which is unlike her, but I put it down to her being over tired. She told me she had a headache, so I gave her 10mls of Calpol and she was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
I've just come to bed and checked on her, and she felt really cold, with a cold sweat on her back. I've taken her temperature numerous times in both ears, and the highest reading I got was 34c, with the lowest being 32.8c. My thermometer isn't the most reliable, but it's recording my temperature as between 36.1c and 36.8c so hers is clearly at least a couple of degrees lower than mine. I've tried to wake her gently, but she's having none of it and is in a really deep sleep. I've taken her into the spare room to sleep with me so I can keep an eye on her, and I currently have her wrapped in a dressing gown, cuddled up with me under the duvet.
I'll be checking on her regularly in the night.
Normally I wouldn't hesitate to take her to A&E to get checked over, but with Covid-19 I'm keen to avoid going out with her, especially to hospitals where it's very likely we'll come into contact with it. We have one hospital in our entire county, and it has numerous cases at the moment.
I'm torn over what to do for the best... Google doesn't really have any info on low temperatures with children, apart from talking about hypothermia. But how can it be that? She's not been exposed to anything that would cause it at all.
Advice greatly received - thank you.