DD is sick again, help please:)

[Shaunsmom]

DD is sick again. Ugh! Frustrating!! Our house just was all sick a little over a month ago.

She's got a good cough, sounds very congested in her chest, has a runny nose, and a fever. The fever/congestion/runny nose started last night and I stayed home from work with her today.

Anyone have any suggestions to help her feel better? We've put her in the bathroom with the shower running, am nursing as much as she wants to nurse, letting her sleep as much as she wants, offering food every so often.

At what point would she need to see her pediatrician? The highest temp. she was today was 102 (added one degree as it was under arm and that was 101)

Not sure if I should call in to work tomorrow. My family comes first but we are short staffed at work. Another new co-worker is also out sick. But I don't want to send her to daycare if she's feeling all yucky to begin with.


ETA- and might I add, when she is sick- she is clingy and prefers mommy over daddy. I don't mind so much but it can be draining on the body. Forget to mention, DD is 18 months old:)

[tata]

I'd stay home with her if she still has a temperature in the morning. It's likely the day care would ask you to keep your sick child away from the other children anyway. That's what I would do.

Hope your tot gets to feeling better fast.

[Tweet]

I always like using the saline solution for their stuffy and runny noses. Cool mist humidifiers seem to help my kids and if it's croup-ish, night air and standing in front of the freezer helped. I also elevate their heads for sleeping. I also like using the Vicks vapor cream for the chests and the Vicks rub for under the nose..just a little tiny dab. I've also used Highland's cough and it seemed to help.

I'd call in sick and stay with her tomorrow,for sure if she was still feeling the same in the morning. When did she come down with it? I rarely take my kids to the doctor for colds unless their chest congestion sounds wheezy or croupy or they are lethargic and not drinking . Or if I suspect it's also turning into an ear infection that isn't going to go away on it's own. But, you're her mom and you have to listen to your own mama voice. If you think she needs to be seen, by all means take her in.