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Normal for 1-3 yo - 24 -40 respirations per minute

Pediatric Respiratory Rates

Age Rate (breaths per minute)

Infant (birth­1 year) 30 ­ 60

Toddler (1­3 years) 24 ­ 40

Preschooler (3­6 years) 22 ­ 34

School-age (6­12 years) 18 ­ 30

Adolescent (12­18 years) 12 ­ 16

At 12:12 PM 12/9/2008, you wrote:

>http://pediatrics.about.com/od/weeklyquestion/a/05_tachypnea.htm

>A normal respiratory rate for a toddler between

>the ages of one and two years is about 23 to 31 breaths a minute

>

>http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/ems/pdf/assmttools.pdf

>Pediatric Respiratory Rates

>Age Rate (breaths per minute)

>Infant (birth­1 year) 30­60

>Toddler (1­3 years) 24­40

>Preschooler (3­6 years) 22­34

>School-age (6­12 years) 18­30

>Adolescent (12­18 years) 12­16

>

>Appears your ped doesn't know children

>Sheri

>

>At 03:24 PM 12/8/2008, you wrote:

> >Bless you all for your feedback. I am leaning hard on this group and

> >a few others right now. OK so here's where we are. I took Ella to

> >the chiropractor today. She adjusted her, gave her probiotics, garlic

> >liquid, and said come back in a week...she doesn't need abx.

> >

> >When I took her to the ped, she listened to her chest and said the

> >cold had 'gone to her chest' and her breathing rate should be 15

> >breaths/ minute, but it was more like 25. Her temp was normal at the

> >appointment. She prescribed Amoxicyllin and said I could wait a day

> >and try hosing her nose better and clapping on her chest/sides/back

> >and maybe we'd get " lucky. " She was saying she sees a lot of kids end

> >up in the hospital when there is a chest infection. She also said

> >they don't have much appetite when there is a chest infection and she

> >really doesn't have much of one.

> >

> >So now I'm torn. I desperately don't want to give her the abx but the

> >pedi scared me that it could turn into pneumonia if we don't. So I'm

> >confused and freaked now...UGH!

> >

> >

> > >

> > > It could possibly be pertussis. My two youngest children, ages 5

> > > months and 2 years, just recovered from pertussis last month.

> > >

> > > My advice? Do nothing. Treat the symptoms.

> > >

> > > We went through hell all of September and October, but not because of

> > > the pertussis, it was because of the stupid doctors and their scare

> > > tactics. First of all, The test for pertussis was VERY painful for

> > > my two children, and second of all, the results are not accurate.

> > > When the pertussis moves into the second phase of the illness, the

> > > tests do not come back positive anymore. So, they could test

> > > negative, but still have it, just too late to test positive.

> > >

> > > Next, the doctor prescribed antibiotics, not only for the two

> > > children who had pertussis, but for THE ENTIRE FAMILY....myself,

> > > husband, and two older children who have already been vaccinated for

> > > pertussis!!! He called it a " profylactic antibiotic " , and told me

> > > that we ALL had to take meds, or we would ALL get pertussis. He said

> > > I should sleep with the baby, because she could stop breating and die

> > > in the middle of the night. (we already co-sleep lol). He said that

> > > the Capital Health Swat team would be banging on my door (his words),

> > > and that we were causing an epidemic by not vaxxing our two youngest.

> > >

> > > Whatever.

> > > Guess what?

> > > My two children recovered quickly and easily from the pertussis, and

> > > *gasp* no-one else caught it! I decided NOT to give the antibiotics

> > > to anyone in my family, therefore we got through it naturally. And it

> > > was NO BIG DEAL. The cough sounds awful, yes, and I had a few " what

> > > a terrible mother you are for bringing your sick child out in public "

> > > looks from strangers, but we got through it just fine!

> > >

> > > Pertussis is minor. Don't worry about it, just treat the cough....it

> > > WILL last for up to 3 months, but becomes less and less severe. My 2

> > > yo still coughs once or twice a day if he runs around too much, but

> > > he is just fine.

> > >

> > > + 4

> > > 10, Quinn 5, Jezek 2, Briar 5 months

> > >

> >

> >

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