Hi Ladies - I was wondering if any of you had this issue. Rachel's head tends to get sweaty/clammy - especially when she's nursing. Any way this could be related to teething? I did some searches on this and saw a post/blog that mentioned that this could be related to teething as noted in Dr. Sears book. I don't have Dr Sears book (I have Dr Spock and it's not in there) and I couldn't find it on the Dr Sears site, so I thought I'd check w/ ya'll.
Basically, the rest of her body is cool and/or dry....it's only her head, and I have the air conditioning on in the house too. She doesn't have a fever...it's just a sweaty head. I may call the doctor about it, but they always want me to bring her in, and other than some sleep issues lately (due to teething and developmental spurts, I think), she seems perfectly fine, so I hate to take ~2.5-3 hours out of our day for something that is probably not serious. Plus, when the advice nurses tell me to bring her in, the doctors always look at me like I'm a worrywart mother. That's probably all in my head, since the doctors are super nice, but I always feel that way;)
BTW - I'm labeling this as teething, but not sure if that's the correct label.....I didn't want to label it head sweating:)
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I asked a lactation consultant about this when Chloe was nursing. She would also get all sweaty as well. The LC told me that skin to skin contact causes the baby's temperature to rise, and since your little one's face is pressed right up against you, that is where the most heat will be generated. I felt kind of goofy about my worry after the LC said this to me since it just seems to common sense. Anyways, I never noticed any more sweating when Chloe was teething vs. when she wasn't so it probably isn't anything to worry about. If you are still concerned, it is worth just a phone call to your pediatrician's nurse for over the phone consult.
Thanks Julia! That makes sense. I don't think she did this when she was younger, but it is happening most frequently when bfing. Other thing it could be is the Boppy....it's like a velvet material on it, which I think may be hot as well....since I don't put my arm under her head b/c she doesn't like feeling confined, so I let her lay out on the Boppy...which could be adding to the heat. We shall see. I try to keep her cool....it's just weird that the rest of her body is cool, but her head gets all sweaty. Maybe she's just a hothead - LOL:)
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