Riley woke up during the night and Mike brought her to our bed and told me she was a little warm. By the time we got up she seemed fine. I got her dressed and we ran some errands. We were visiting friends around 10am when smiley Riley, very suddenly, became muted and climbed on to my lap and fell asleep. It was almost an hour and a half before nap, this was not a good sign. Soon she was burning up. I woke her up for Tylenol and ice water and laid her down again.
After her nap the fever was gone. She had lunch and played normally. It was like it had never happened. There were no other symptoms just the fever and that seemed to be gone. Wrong-O there mom. After a few more hours of smiley Riley she was sleeping on me and burning up again! This time I let her sleep and gave her the Tylenol when she woke up. She asked for a "ba-ff" which sounded like a good way to cool her down, so off we went.
I let her stay in as long as I could, but with all the holding, lifting and even some carrying I was in a good deal of pain and the bathroom floor was super uncomfortable. After her bath she sat in my lap for almost an hour wrapped in a blanket. She didn't sleep and the fever didn't return.
She ate normally at dinner and seemed to be herself again. I was anxious getting her ready for bed and decided to tag Mike in for a round. He seemed to have an easy time getting her down. I checked her twice after that and she seemed to be sleeping comfortably sans fever.
Teething is my best guess, but who knows? The toddler immune system is the only thing as confusing as their brain.
Littles will spike a fever that will last just as Riley’s did and then go away and we may never know what precipitated the jump in temp. Sounds like you did perfectly.
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