8 month old, 37.5 temp

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He's off his food (hardly eaten anything today but he has had a few bottles) and whingy driving me up the wall Has an obvious cold but do I put the high temp down to the weather (in London, out roasting here) or does he need to see a doctor.

Sorry for the badly written post, using the crap! mobile app

Are you getting wet nappies regularly?
Is he drinking plenty?
Is he more Sept than usual, easy to wake?

Have you given him calpol,cuddles?

Cuddles?? No idea where that came from!!!!!

Sleepy not Sept....fecking kindle

Yes to wet nappies and he's been having water.
And yes, calpol and cuddles!

How long since calpol,cuddles & rechecking temperature?

I wouldn't worry too much at that, it's only a low fever. Just keep an eye and keep liquids up

As long as temp reduces with calpol,cuddles. Takes about 45minutes to kick in.
It's low grade at the moment, fluids are most important for now.

37.5 is only very borderline and if it's a warm day it could well be fine. If he's drinking well, wet nappies as normal, etc., then just keep an eye on him.

DD is 6.5 months & had a viral fever earlier this week. No cough or cold. Fever ranged from 37.9 to 37.5. We kept at calpol 5ml every 6 hours for 2-3 days & she made a recovery. We only did this coz she otherwise seemed fine - a bit off food & a teeny bit whingey but otherwise her normal happy self. So we gathered we needn't worry.

Sounds like your DC has a similar viral?

I'm thinking that's what it is Artistic, he seems ok apart from the whinging and temp. I'll stick with calpol and cuddles!
Thanks all for your replies

And yes, thanks Cactus, for your ever so helpful reply. Makes me feel SUPER to know I'm clearly an idiot for not knowing that

37.5 isn't classed as a temp

A normal body temp is 36.8c although a few points of a degree here and there is nothing to be concerned about. Anything between 37.5-37.9c is only mildly elevated. The important thing is to be guided by how the child looks. If they are active and undistressed with a fever that is obviously reassuring as compared to a child who is lethargic and distressed. My children have been really unwell with temps under 39c and appeared reasonably well with temps of 40c.

I was once in A&E having my seriously ill child attended to, when a toddler arrived whose parents had called an ambulance because her temperature was 37.5. The doctors went absolutely mad and lectured the parents that 37.5 was nothing to worry about.

For future reference, I happened to ask what temperature they would consider to be a "fever" and was told anything above 38.8.

I agree with the others who have said that the key thing is how your child acts rather than the number on the thermometer. One of my DCs gets raging temperatures (once reached 40.4) for the slightest little thing. The other never seems to get them at all.

Thanks Gracey
I did Google, NHS were telling me that I needed a callback which seemed a bit excessive so I thought I would check here to gauge opinions as many others do in every other post I didn't really expect any faces for asking a simple question

You are concerned about your baby, there is nothing wrong with that. I am so used to my children having viruses and infections at this stage that unless the temp is really high or they seem quite unwell I don't panic too much. I have one dd who has febrile seizures, she has had them with a temp as low as 38.3c so I do get a bit anxious with her but that is to do with the speed it rises rather than how high it goes.