Teething fevers

[dodge__driver11]

I have this in my policy:

Notes About Teething

Teething can cause:

Increased drooling.
Restless or decreased sleeping due to gum discomfort.
Refusal of food due to soreness of the gum region.
Fussiness that comes and goes.
Bringing the hands to the mouth.
Mild rash around the mouth due to skin irritation secondary to excessive drooling.
Rubbing the cheek or ear region as a consequence of referred pain during eruption of the molars.


Teething has not been shown to cause the following:

Fever (especially over 101 degrees).
Diarrhea, runny nose and a cough.
Prolonged fussiness. (Meaning crying and irritability that outlasts new the new tooth/teeth coming in)

Rashes on the body.

[mattsmom]

Yeah, try telling that to a parent that insists it's true, lol.

She does have signs that she is teething, but I don't feel comfortable keeping her while she has a fever.

[bright sparks]

I have this in my policy:

Notes About Teething


Teething has not been shown to cause the following:

Fever (especially over 101 degrees).
Diarrhea, runny nose and a cough.
Prolonged fussiness. (Meaning crying and irritability that outlasts new the new tooth/teeth coming in)

Rashes on the body.

Where did you get this information from? It just isn't true.

A fever is the bodies response to multiple things, most commonly infection, but at the root of everything is inflammation. When someone has an infection their body is in a state of inflammation.

Teething is inflammation so that is why so many children get a fever. It can make some kids really ill. Also the no cough, is BS. My nephew had croup every single time he cut a tooth and the hospital paediatrician said that it is common for children's respitory system to be effected.

It is okay to have in a contract that regardless of cause of fever, child is not welcome in daycare, I have that clause because you never can be certain, especially as a none medical professional, but to deny those symptoms as legitimate is not okay in my opinion. While it may not be common place, or what is heard of most, they still do occur more often than you know. My daughter didn't flinch when she was teething no pain, no drooling, no fever, but she would have horrific diarrhea until it cut through every time. It's still as a result of a body in an inflammatory state. The body reacts in ways that us none medically trained folks can not begin to understand. I only know this because I see a specialist for inflammation and because of my families experience. But I'm not about to tell someone that their explanation of their child's fever as teething to be wrong, just that simply that we can't be certain and that my policy requires child to be excluded from daycare until 24 hour clear.