 [ Symptoms ] every time the rubber bands on my braces are tightened my teeth ache is there anything i can do to prevent this [ Disease ] make him comfortable with some acetaminophen tylenol but do not fret about the fever a fever is the body is way of fighting off an infection and your child is the perfect age to get his first experience with illness the maternal immunity protects him her  for the first 5 6 months then the baby is on their own fighting off the bugs in our environment he will average about 6 9 of these fever episodes every year now so you will become more skilled and comfortable with fevers i can assure you five month olds are irresistibly cute so they tend to get exposed a side effect of smiling at people who just can not resist picking them up and touching them a fever can also be a sign of things like ear infections so if you are the least bit concerned or if he is having other symptoms that you failed to include in your posting just have him examined by a medical professional