What to Look for in a Newborn?

[Guest guest]

My son is 12 weeks & has a 100.5 fever - should I worry? I have not

yet tested pos. for Lyme, just have possible symptoms. He is nursing &

I don't know what to look for in a newborn as far as LD.

I started amoxicillin 3 or 4 days ago, would abx affect his temp?

[Guest guest]

As a rule, most pediatricians advise you to phone the office if any infant under

6 months runs a fever of 100.5 or higher...so if I were you Id phone...even if

they say to simply watch him for symptoms at least they will have been

notified...then if he develops symptoms needing attention ( and we hope he

wont), they will immediately see him

Also are you taking the amoxil or him?? If its you, does the pediatrician know

you are nursing while on antibiotics?? if not, they should be told...

With my 3 kids, I generally ignored temps unless very high, and went more on

behavior...what was normal for them...like more cranky or irritable, obvious

signs of pain, etc. But again thats with assumably well kids.

Perhaps Dr ' office can help you with a list of Lyme related symptoms that

occur with infants??? Its harder as they obviously cant tell you if they have a

headache! or if theyre just cranky due to gas from something the nursing Mom

ate.

If you do some of your own research, you should realize that in many articles

" newborn " is often up to 3 months, then infancy varies from 3 to 9 and up to 12

months, then " toddler " , etc. This is somewhat arbitrary except for the newborn

period as many things can be different during the first few months. So dont

panic if you see anything that pertains to a " newborn " that looks

alarming...Doctors and scientists often err on the side of caution with very

young babies.

Hope that this is simply one of those " gray hair moments " that when you look

back, was really only minor.

Finette

[ ] What to Look for in a Newborn?

My son is 12 weeks & has a 100.5 fever - should I worry? I have not

yet tested pos. for Lyme, just have possible symptoms. He is nursing &

I don't know what to look for in a newborn as far as LD.

I started amoxicillin 3 or 4 days ago, would abx affect his temp?

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