For young moms: What to do bila anak demam?

Yes yes, Umaira demam panas yang jenis mengejut punya. She's been coughing earlier this week, ingatkan sebab gatai minum sejuk coz I know Bibik jenis selalu memenuhi permintaan anak2 like apa saja. Yang tak bagus tu lah yang dia tak kisah nak bagi, sbb bagi dia "cucu2" dia mintak, cant say no.
Iklan: geram tengok Umar pakai baju Thomas (the train) belang2 with seluar belang2. Nampak bontot jek, grrr...
Back to Umaira, so pagi tadi dia sudah high fever - 39.1 degrees. One thing, dia jenis sangat jarang jatuh sakit, but when she does, memang agak scary. Coz Mummy was super tired, last nite ada event yang memerlukan kaki lurus selama 4 jam lebe so memang tak sedar apa pagi tadi, cuma dengar sayup2 Daddy cakap anak demam, but he will take her to the clinic. Makacihlah Daddy...

Back to the subject above, what you need to do...
1, Don't panick! If u start panicking, lagi susah nak handle the situation. You need to think straight, tolak tepi itu panick button k.
2. You must have a digital thermometer, to know exactly suhu badan anak. Jangan main agak2 guna tangan jek, mungkin rasa tak cukup panas, mulalah nak take for granted and lengah pi doctor. Cannot! Panas dalam kita tak tahu apa rupanya. Sesal dulu pendapatan ya.
3. Bawa anak ke Paed. Kenapa pakar? Well, they explain things better to you. It has always been my preference, my kids pergi kat Klinik Pakar Kanak2 London dari kecik, we heart Dr Lai, coz she's soft spoken and tak keluar statement pelik2 like "Kenapa you memandai diagnose sendiri?" (ini berlaku when I told this one MD Umar wheezing dek batuk teruk, belakang, itu MD sudah keluar itu statement. Mind you, this is not the first time Umar wheezing, dah banyak kali and by this time, I kinda know lah what's causing it. Ingatkan dapat membantu doc buat diagnose, tak pasal2 kena marah plak. Sabar je lah! Siap cakap "kalau you rasa nak nebulizer up to you lah." Pulak?? Masa ni terpaksa jumpa that MD yang ada beribu patients waiting, PKKL dah lepas its opis hour, so terpaksa sabar je lah!)
4. Lagi satu sebab Paed is better, somehow, the meds are better. This is ofcourse from my personal experience lah ya. Masing2 punya pengalaman berbeza kan. Kalau my kids, makan sekali dua ubat from Dr Lai, dah kebah demam.
* Terbukti ari ni, Daddy bawak pi jumpa MD biasa, every 4 hours jolok ubat, temperature masih sama jek. Haih...malas nak komen, nanti kecik ati plak!
5. Tuam badan guna air sejuk. This works fast and leh turunkan suhu badan.
6. Mandikan anak bila nampak dah kepam. I dont get kenapa orang kata takleh mandi bila demam? I mandikan my kids sekerap boleh sbb so far, terbukti temperature lagi cepat turun and they feel so much better each time lpas mandi. Siap dia yang mintak mandi lagi... How?
7. They can either baring (kalau pening) or continue main with toys kalau larat. Buat macam biasa, kalau layan sangat sakit tu, memanglah berpanjangan. I managed to psyche Umaira to get well real soon sebab her concert is this weekend, and she needs to pick up her costume on Friday. Must. Get. Well. Soon!
8. Lots of love and kisses. Sedia maklum, sentuhan dan pelukan heals any penyakit, anytime!
G'luck!