"Fever needs to be monitored, not suppressed. This allows the fever to mobilize the body's immune system, which helps fight the disease at hand and is of possible long-range value in a world with immune-deficiency diseases. Monitoring the course of a fever is also a valuable diagnostic tool. Because certain illnesses have characteristic fever patterns, observing your child's fever will help in a diagnosis. If your doctor advises bringing down the fever or you decide to do so, consider using some of the nonsuppressant therapies discussed later in this article."

This is a portion of an interesting and informative article about childhood fevers by Rahima Baldwin.  Here's the link for the full article:

http://www.waldorfinthehome.org/childhood_fevers.html

I remember reading this article in Mothering Magazine years ago, and the more positive outlook I had about my kids having fevers.  It also mentions how after a fever, the child usually experiences a growth spurt, in height or development-  a neat thing to watch out for.

Blessing everybody with good health during the changing seasons, and patience and wisdom and good intuition in dealing with sickness, if it should occur.  Time to start giving echinacea and vitamin C to your little ones!

Love Janey

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Thanks, Janey!

The fact that cold season is right around the corner has been on my mind a little bit lately, especially since my girl will be going to a preschool program while I'm at college. I'm really hoping to stay well through our diets, enough water, and rest, but some sick days are unavoidable, so it's best to be prepared . . .

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