Dressing baby with fever

[aardverk]

Our whole house has been hit with covid including my cosleeping 9 month old. Today is his first day with noticeable symptoms. At 1:00pm his temp was 38.6°c and he was miserable so we gave some tylenol and it went down to 36.4°c. It's now 4:30pm and his temp went back up to 37.4°c.

Typically I dress him just in footie pyjamas and our house is 20-22°c and I find with my body heat he gets quite toasty, but not sweating or uncomfortable.

I'm worried about him overheating tonight and making his fever worse. But I don't want him to be too cold either. The benefit to cosleeping is I can monitor him all night and adjust as needed, but just as a baseline should I be dressing him lighter than normal? Thanks everyone!

 

[funnjng]

@aardverk When we had Covid, I dressed my boy in a onesie, I also kept him in a diaper for a while until we went to bed! And I had a cold rag as an extra precaution because I was paranoid about his fever.
Hang in there, hope y’all have a speedy recovery

 

[merekas]

@aardverk When my baby had a fever he slept in just a diaper

 

[horsefeathers8899]

@aardverk I would dress baby lighter. Do you have any thin footie PJ’s? If not, I’d just do a onesie! He should stay warm next to you. I’m so sorry y’all aren’t feeling well! I hope y’all heal soon.

 

[mgeorgea]

@aardverk Both times my little dude had RSV, we either dressed him in a thin sleeveless onesie or just a diaper.