my daughter is getting fever only at night means after 9 o'clock from past five days here doctors are not available in the weekend and i am giving dolo 250 syrup nd antibiotic

Question

my daughter is getting fever only at night means after  9 o'clock from past five days here doctors are not available in the weekend and i am giving dolo 250 syrup nd antibiotic

Accepted Answer

Fever is a reaction of the body to different pyrogens released during any Infection. Usually temp more than 99 F is taken as fever .
Mostly in children fever is because of viral infections like flu or RSV where the fever is there for 4-5 days but may persist even upto 2 weeks .
Initially antipyretic like paracetamol is given in a dose of 15 mg / kg/ dose. Can be repeated after 4-6 hrs if needed .
LuWeaning food can be started from 5-6 months of age and in that initially in the initial  stage you can introduce some semi solid food to the baby like Banana mango plum boiled Apple  and then gradually you can start with some purie of carrot potato and some  other foods which can be given are porridge of suji  sabudana which can be prepared  in breast milk or formula milk.
initially you can start with one or two  tsp which can be grbhadually increased up till at least three meals in a day
kewarm sponge bath can be given as home remedy to decrease fever. 
Adequate fluid intake is also beneficial. 
Urine output monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .