Fever in One Year Old an Family Visit

I'm wih you on this. He should not be out and about while he is sick for his sake as well as others. At the least you will have a cranky kid. At the worst he could get stressed and get even more sick or ultimatiely expose someone with a compromised immune system who gets much more ill than he is.

I'd keep him home. He's sick and there is no better excuse for staying home. I hope he feels better soon, poor little thing.

Poor baby :-(

I side with you on this sick babies need to be home snuggling with Mommy.

The only place I take my sick children is the doctor!

Tylenol or Motrin, only relieves discomfort and TEMPORARILY reduces the Fever.
It does NOT, cure the illness.
If the child is still ill, the fever will... return.

Your baby is sick.
Tylenol/Motrin is only masking the symptoms and temporarily.

Look out for worsening symptoms or new symptoms.
Because your baby, is sick.
He needs, rest.
Naps/sleep... ALSO helps the body to fight off the illness.

take care of your baby.
Not the priority being to get him active and "pleasing" everyone and their activities.

Babies, and at 1 years old, their immune systems are NOT yet, fully developed.

Keep an eye on his fever.
Taking his temp, regularly.

please focus on your baby. He should be getting rest.

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No way, just because the meds bring the fever down doesn't mean it's gone. It will come back as soon as they wear off. Also does your family want to get sick too? If he has a fever, he's contagious

If your child has a fever don't leave the house with him and don't have visitors. Your fiance can go represent the family and spend time out of the house, but you and your son should stay home. Just because the Motrin and Tylenol are working at keeping the fever down, that doesn't mean the baby isn't still sick. He IS STILL SICK until he's no longer fevering without the aid of medication.

It's fine for your fiance to be disappointed. He just can't put his wants above the baby's health.

If he is acting sick, which it sounds like he is, then yeah, I agree with you, staying home is probably best. Would you be going over to the cabin and just hanging out or would you be traveling around town doing stuff? If you're just going to hang at the cabin a bit, then I would consider taking the baby for a bit, but I'd play it by ear. I also agree that maybe inviting the family to your house for a little while would help too. But I'd make it clear it's only for a couple of hours to visit and then they have to go. I'd probably let fiance go with them since it's his fam and you stay home with the baby. Sorry this is terrible timing for you guys!

You and your baby should stay home. There is nothing like the comfort from a mother. You should also give the baby a probiotic to help fight the bad bacteria. You can find infant powder probiotics at a health food store. I hope your baby has a speedy recovery.

I definitely side with you on this one. If my little boy had a fever, I would stay home and let him rest. That is probably all he really wants to do. Poor little guy would probably be cranky anyways if he has to go somewhere and let people try to play with him and stuff, you know? Can your family come visit your house for a little bit then go do whatever it is they wanted to do?

Since you don't know why he is running a fever, I would stay home. If it were teething or something like that it wouldn't be bad but it could be something that would be contagious and you don't want family to get sick or your son to get worn down more by running around with him. Meds to take down the temp doesn't make a child well, just keeps the temp from raising to much. Your child could be contagious even if the tylonol brings down the fever.

I agree with you that rest is best. He may be fine, but at the same time, he may not recover as quickly if he can"t stay home and rest. Especially because chances are family that doesn't see him often is going to want to coddle him or play with him and not let him rest there. Maybe he'll be fine tomorrow. For now, I'd gauge him by his behavior, and if he is listless like you say, keep him home.

He's obviously fighting something. He needs to stay home & rest. I would hope that family would understand your caution.

Please, Please, Please keep your poor baby home. It is not fair to take him out and have him infect other people with whatever he has...especially if your family also has kids. I have gone to family functions where someone brought a sick baby around my kids...let me tell you that it seriously pissed me off...

Your son comes first...especially when he's sick and running a fever. A fever is a symptom of something else going on so even though you may not be able to "see" it, doesn't mean he isn't feeling well. You're completely doing the right thing by keeping him in and letting him rest; I'd do the same thing. We went to GA last summer and my three year old daughter was the same way for a couple days. Made some of my family upset that we cancelled out on plans to keep her in, but that's what was best! She felt better sooner that way and we were able to get out and about when she was well. You know what's best. Just follow your mommy intuition.

I'd keep him at home. If he's sick, he needs to stay home and get better. Plus, if he has an illness, he'd be passing it around to everyone else. And, unless you ask them if they care if they get sick, it's not really fair to do that to other people.

I hope he feels better soon! Poor little guy...