Thanks so much Pregpan and MD, for the suggestions and kind words. I tried the bath and he is asleep now, I am glad at least he is having a little rest.
I was so teary this morning. He is usually so happy and chatty, but has been so miserable these last few days. I've never seen him like these.
Will be going to the dr shortly. I dont have nurofen and inner health kids, might buy them on the way.
Hun even babies who don't go to childcare get sick so don't beat yourself up. Just think he will have a brilliant immune system soon he just has to adjust.
I agree with what the others have said, I found that nurofen helped Riley more than panadol for some reason, also lemonade icy poles give him liquid and help with temp (if you want to let him have one of course)
Hun even babies who don't go to childcare get sick so don't beat yourself up. Just think he will have a brilliant immune system soon he just has to adjust.
I agree with what the others have said, I found that nurofen helped Riley more than panadol for some reason, also lemonade icy poles give him liquid and help with temp (if you want to let him have one of course)
Don't feel bad about it, babies have to get sick - it's how they build up their immune system. You're lucky to get to 9months without a cold or anything!!
Just go with your gut, if you don't feel like things are right, and you don't like what the doctors said then keep pushing it until you feel happy.
I've found that nurofen helps more than panadol too, for some reason.
Once he's well again, there are natural immunity boosters you can buy to help his immune system withstand some of the bugs going around.
I used to work in childcare and it is just the unwritten law that within the first year you catch everything that is going around.
Keep up with fluids, lukewarm baths, nurofen and cuddles with mummy. and keep taking him back to the doctors if you need to! the frozen lemonade sticks are a good idea too, if you dont want him to have lemonade, you can freeze pieces of fruit like watermelon, or cold apple puree - they can be refreshing and give a bit of sugar which can help too
HTH and get well soon!
Just wanted to pop in and give you a you are NOT a bad mummy hun, Izzy had 2 ear infections in one month - they are the unfortunate side effect of colds and she doesn't go to child care and still gets sick all the time. We had to give ab's too and I'm thinking we might give her a probiotic as well just to even things up as she has had 2 lots in one month. to you both and I hope he gets better soon.
I hope your little man is starting to feel better and that you are too. It's not easy when they're sick. Oskar had 2 throat infections in a month not so long ago and had antibiotics too. They can be a necessary evil I think.... my doc said that cos they're so little these things can develop into other worse nasties if we don't hit them with antibiotics sometimes. As for temp, I felt the same as you do... I couldn't get it down and called my doc and he said that they can go on for days like that and keep spiking and go up and down like that on a cycle of roughly every few hours. Keep giving panadol/nurofen and you can actually use them in conjunction with one another. Panadol is a 4 hourly whereas Nurofen is 6 hourly. eg.. you might give him nurofen at 7am then panadol at 1pm and 5pm...then nurofen a few hours later before bed. I kept a notebook with the times I took temp and what it was and what time I gave panadol and nurofen. He was having nurofen usually twice a day and definitely as the one closest to bed time as it lasts longer. As the others have said, keep fluids up and if need be you can get gastrolyte iceblocks to help replenish the salts he'll be losing from vomiting and diarrhea. to you both and it's not your fault.
Oh and I just remembered... doc said keep the panadol/nurofen up to them cos I was only doing it when his temp went up and it made it harder to keep a handle on it, but once I was giving them regularly it helped to keep it under control until it went.
Last edited by Ozziehoffy; June 16th, 2008 at 10:39 PM.
: adding info
Temps like that can go on for a while - when DS was sick recently, he had a temp of over 38 for a week. We did the alternating panadol/nurofen thing, as Ozziehoffy suggests. Also, dressed him in light clothing (wondersuit, but no jumper etc) & fewer blankets.
Aaaw, thanks so much everyone. You ladies really know how to comfort a worried mum
Thought I give you guys an update, have tried to post since Tues but kept experiencing problems.
I have given him panadol/nurofen religiuously and the fever has finally broke, thank goodness. He had bad reaction to ABs so the dr told us to stop it cause it didnt seem to make a difference.
She now suspects DS has bronchiolitis. He still vomits and coughs badly. Will be going to the dr again today (for the fifth time!) and I'll also ask for ABs for myself - having some mastitis symptoms cause he's not drinking as much.
Almost forgot, just in case someone is interested. I havent tried the icy poles but I gave him some cold fruit gel and he actually liked it. I think it's soothing for his throat.
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you are NOT a bad mummy hun, Izzy had 2 ear infections in one month - they are the unfortunate side effect of colds and she doesn't go to child care and still gets sick all the time. We had to give ab's too and I'm thinking we might give her a probiotic as well just to even things up as she has had 2 lots in one month.
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