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Originally posted by viet_mom
BTW - at what age do kids generally stop the bulk of these frightening fever incidents? `Cause that's the minimum age the future kids of this home will be adopted at. I'm imposing a minimum age AND WEIGHT requirement.
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Don't get too freaked out by all of this. (I can say that now, 'cuz I made it through these stages repeatedly. Ha.) What you finally realize, once the crises ages pass, is that they do more damage to you than to your kid. And, as kids pass though different age ranges, the character of the crises change, but the parental-effect (terror, sleeplessness, gray hair, etc.) remains constant.
We had one child who was fairly severe in terms of fever and its effects. It happened regularly for about nine months, (age 0.9+, approx.) and then less and less frequently after that, completely terminating at age 2.5. Docs told us this was "normal", and all kids outgrew it by about that age.
My wife was home alone one night when a convulsion occurred. Neighbors tell me we had four police cars, a fire rescue unit, and an ambulance in our driveway that night, lights and sirens all the way in. So, don't worry if you feel like you are overreacting. It's the norm.
Now, we're in the "stitches and casts" age group in my house. It's no less frightening than the "fever" age, the "choking" age, the "falling down the stairs" age, the . . . If I were to make cutoff decisions regarding adoption based on these issues, I'd be looking for cute 20-year-old girls.
Not to say that I'm not looking for cute 20-year-old girls now, but the rationale is different . . .
