Any tips for reducing a high temperature in 3 year old - calpol not working

[screwyslittlegoblins]

reluctant to bathe in tepid water

have you tried baby nurofen?

You can also use Ibuporfen syrup (as long as you child doesn't have asthma) you can use the full dose of calpol and the ibuprofen (neurofen) syrup for the weight of the child. Put in the ibuprofen in between calpol doses IYSWIM.

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strip them down, cool clothes on the head etc (you can actually buy these stips that stick to the forehead containing a coolin gel that you can leave on all night

put the fan on him but the doc will tell you to bath him in tepid water, it's what the doc at the hospital told me. He said it's the only real solution to making the body temp drop. Beware of going too far the other way though. A few minutes is enough. My DS used to cry and i felt like the mother from hell but had to be done. He used to suffer with rapid high temps.

does he have a cold? do you know what's causing the temp?

Thanks for replys!!
Not sure whats wrong picked him up from childminders and he said he'd been a bit off all day. He saw me and started to cry say his tummy hurt and pulling his leg right up....got him home and he's just slept. He's relaxed his legs down but his temp is still high. Waiting for nhs direct to phone back but they've said up to two hours.
I'm going to go and see if I can get some childrens Ibuprofen like mentioned and dh is going to sponge him down with tepid water. I could do it to others but not my own I always feel like I'm doing tortue or something even though I know its not

how high is it, SLG?

My advice is .... don't try to get his temperature down. It's there for a reason. Just make sure he drinks plenty of water and sleeps.

we find the nurofen works much better on temperature than paracetamol. Sorry to disagree spider but you should bring a childs temperature down in order to avoid convulsions and to make them more comfortable.

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Bribe him with an ice lolly or ice cream to sit in a lukewarm bath. Then let it go cool for as long as you can

be careful with tepid baths, if they cool too quickly then they can shiver and increase their core temp.

Yes, I disagree with Spidermama too. Especially if it is over 40. Took DS1 to hospital with (amongts other symptoms) a high temperature and the first things they did were to strip him off, get a fan on and give him paracetamol and nurofen.

Is he complaining of feeling cold? My ds had really high temp but felt cold so wouldn;t let me sponge him and was shivering. I stripped him and he slept on Dad and gradually the temp came down. turn off your heating if you haven't already.

I know the theory, it's just that I've never heard any real people say their child has had fits or convulsions because of temperature. Only doctors.

I'm sure it happens, but it far rarer than they'd have us believe.

Raising of temperature is an immune response after all. Ignore me if you like, but I'm suspicious of doctors and prefer to listen to the body's signals.

my child has had febrile convulsions - they are real and very frightening.

But babies and children can't control their core temp as well as adults, hence the danger of it spiking.
I personally know three children who've had convulsions due to high temps, one had his first aged 3.

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me too, Socci. I wouldn't try and lower a temperature unless it was probably 39 and abive AND whoever was uncomfortable.

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also for febrile convulsions the temperature doesn't have to be that high. I believe it could be more to do with the rate at which it increases.

as a child me and my cousin would have temps shooting up very fast, i would hallucinate and try and fight off everyone that came near me and was always on the edge of a convulsion while my cousin would always have convulsions and would turn blue and even stop breathing!! this is not to frighten you but to be aware that some children are more prone to febrile convulsions and their temp should always be lowered as soon as..

My son has had two fits - both caused by rapid rise in temp. It is very real and not scaremongering by doctors.

Hope your son is improving SLG.

Sorry I'm just signing out (ill babe) but the best for me was nurofen and calpol together, probably kept up regularly. One dose followed by the the other two hours later then back to the original two hours after that. It makes the temp steady instead of up and down but still keeps four hours between the different types of medicine. Hope thats helpful.....

how's it going slg?