“A rectal temperature above 102.5 °F (39.1 °C) should be lowered.”

“I don’t plan to give my child medications, but the pediatrician might tell us to give our child acetaminophen every 4 to 6 hours if she has a fever.”

“If my child starts to shiver I will know that what I am doing is working and that her fever will soon come down.”

“Giving extra fluids is the way I have always heard to lower a temperature.”