fever
He has had a fever for two days. It goes up and down from 101 to 102.5. I am using an ear thermometer, which my friend Gavi just informed me reads one degree higher than it is. That is some comfort. He is ten months old now and hasn't been sick yet. I have never seen him in pain. Cranky, yes, but in writhing pain, no. Not until now. His four top front teeth are coming in. I can now see the little holes in his gums that the jagged edges of the front teeth have created. He moans, throws himself in my lap and struggles to find a comfortable position. Apparently, there isn't one. This morning he crawled into my lap and fell asleep against my chest, exhausted. He is asleep in his crib now, and has been for an hour and a half.
I don't remember my daughter going through this, but my husband tells me she did. I guess I have blocked it from my memory, like the pain of childbirth. I feel helpless and just have to trust that he will be his joyful self soon. I invite any mothers to leave me some advice on this. I am off to stare at him and wish the pain away.
posted by rina | 10:25 AM
2 Comments:
i think as long as the temperature doesn't get to 103 you shouldn't worry. his body is cooking the virus away :)
wish you all luck
Looking at that picture I had a flashback to my childhood, fawning over a sleeping Ezra in his crib, wondering whether it was possible if he was the cutest baby in the world.
No insult to Dad, but you may well have improved on the formula!
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