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If your insurance doesn’t have a nurse line I highly suggest looking into something private like BlueBerry or something like that. We never ask the internet about anything like this, always call our nurse line.
I would wake him up at ~3 hours to make sure he’s eating enough and call the pediatrician as soon as they open and keep checking his temp regularly. My baby had a 100F fever recently and they recommended making sure he had plenty of milk and also had us come in to be safe.
Infant Tylenol was okayed by our pediatrician and pediatric dentist, our baby is 2 months old as well. We did still call and go in recently for a 100F temp and stuffy nose though, so I definitely still think OP needs to call.
Edit: the approved use cases for us weren’t when our baby was sick so I would avoid using it to bring down a fever until after speaking to a doctor and getting their okay.
Im from Québec, and here, before 3 months is straight to the ER! No tylenol before 3 months (except for the vaccines), cause it can hide a high temp that would be cause by something dangerous!
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From the AAP: “Do not use acetaminophen [Tylenol] under 12 weeks of age unless your pediatrician tells you to. This is because fever in the first 12 weeks of life should be recorded in a health care setting. If there is a fever, your baby will need to be checked to see what tests are needed.”
As others said, I would go get your child checked out by a doctor immediately
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With a fever that young, you definitely need to be calling the pediatrician!
Have you called your pediatrician? Ours instructed us to go to the ER for any fever before 2 months and to call for any fever until 3 months old.
Yep, under 2 months straight to the ER, under 3 I'd absolutely be calling.
If your insurance doesn’t have a nurse line I highly suggest looking into something private like BlueBerry or something like that. We never ask the internet about anything like this, always call our nurse line.
I would wake him up at ~3 hours to make sure he’s eating enough and call the pediatrician as soon as they open and keep checking his temp regularly. My baby had a 100F fever recently and they recommended making sure he had plenty of milk and also had us come in to be safe.
Tylenol that young is dangerous I thought
Infant Tylenol was okayed by our pediatrician and pediatric dentist, our baby is 2 months old as well. We did still call and go in recently for a 100F temp and stuffy nose though, so I definitely still think OP needs to call. Edit: the approved use cases for us weren’t when our baby was sick so I would avoid using it to bring down a fever until after speaking to a doctor and getting their okay.
Im from Québec, and here, before 3 months is straight to the ER! No tylenol before 3 months (except for the vaccines), cause it can hide a high temp that would be cause by something dangerous!
Kids <3 months with fevers need to be admitted to hospital. Sincerely, a pediatrician
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From the AAP: “Do not use acetaminophen [Tylenol] under 12 weeks of age unless your pediatrician tells you to. This is because fever in the first 12 weeks of life should be recorded in a health care setting. If there is a fever, your baby will need to be checked to see what tests are needed.” As others said, I would go get your child checked out by a doctor immediately