Norm resp rate 24 - 40 - Re: Toddler sick - nervous

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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 (birth–1 year) 30–60

Toddler (1–3 years) 24–40

Preschooler (3–6 years) 22–34

School-age (6–12 years) 18–30

Adolescent (12–18 years) 12–16

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.

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>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!

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> >

> > 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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