{"id":7566,"date":"2026-04-24T17:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=7566"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:48:47","slug":"my-toddler-woke-up-with-these-angry-red-spots-on-his-palms-and-soles-hes-refusing-to-walk-docs-are-fully-booked-help-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=7566","title":{"rendered":"My toddler woke up with these angry red spots on his palms and soles. He\u2019s refusing to walk. Docs are fully booked! Help needed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waking up to a toddler with red spots on their palms and soles can be scary, especially when doctors aren\u2019t available. The most likely cause is\u00a0<strong>Hand, foot, and mouth disease<\/strong>, a common, usually mild infection with rash, fever, and mouth sores that can make walking painful.<\/p>\n<p>Other causes are possible but less common. At home, monitor fever, keep your child hydrated, and offer soft foods and pain relief if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Seek urgent care if symptoms worsen\u2014like high fever, dehydration, extreme pain, or unusual behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waking up to a toddler with red spots on their palms and soles can be scary, especially when doctors aren\u2019t available. The most likely cause is\u00a0Hand, foot, and mouth disease, a common, usually mild infection with rash, fever, and mouth sores that can make walking painful. Other causes are possible but less common. At home, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-7.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7568,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566\/revisions\/7568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}