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@sachin0990 If it’s not fine, you have the wrong doctor. Doctors get paid bonuses by insurance companies for vaccinating a certain percentage of patients. Because of this, they can be inappropriately aggressive and dismiss patient concerns. I had a a friend who’s doctors was pissy about delaying...

@zhekapr Yeah, exactly. Maybe people who have epilepsy are more likely to have febrile seizures as a kid. Maybe the same is true for people with cognitive dysfunction. It’s too early in the research to say for sure. I know I’ve been really careful with my kid (the risk is 7x for two fever...

@arianwen You’re right they’re considered harmless, but a 2019 Danish study found high correlation between febrile seizures and later epilepsy/cognitive issues. More study needs to be done for causation, but I just wanted to put this out there in case any other parents are dealing with febrile...

@johnd I think your kid might be a unicorn. The plane would have had to have made an emergency landing if I tried to sit my 21 month old on my lap for 12 hours of a 16 hour travel experience.

@thestarside We usually planned car trips around when she would nap. We would also offer treats for sitting and getting buckled. The “phase” has lasted almost three years now. Godspeed