I'm not sure if I need to act on this now (I have a tendency to panic as I have anxiety problems, so often catastrophise when it's not necessary), or whether it's just a headache?
Basically my three year old (just turned 3 if that's relevant) has been quiet and quite lethargic all day. Woke up complaining of a headache (same thing happened yesterday but he was fine for the rest of the day), and has mostly wanted to play quiet games and watch TV under a blanket today. He didn't want to go outside or walk the dog which is unlike him, but I figured that he's probably coming down with a cold or something. This evening though, he's been lying on the floor complaining that his head really hurts at the front, and has gone to bed and fallen asleep before drinking his milk or having stories or anything, he just sort of got in bed and within a few seconds his eyes were closed and he was asleep- again, very unusual for him, he usually fights bedtime. He kept screwing his face up and wincing as if it was really hurting him? I have given him two doses of calpol today to help with his headache, and he has been mostly eating and drinking, but refused to eat any of his tea.
I have just spoken to DH, who told me that preschool said that he had an accident on Friday as he fell backwards off a climbing frame and banged his head and had a lump, but they said he calmed down fairly quickly (although they did say he was very upset initially- whereas normally he is pretty hardy and tends to bounce!), and the bump had completely gone by the time DH picked him up, and he forgot to mention it to me until now. Now i'm worried though, if he had a head injury, it would have shown up before now wouldn't it? Do three year olds get headaches?
I don't know if I need to do anything other than keep an eye on him tonight?
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3yo complaining of headache all day? Banged his head on Fri?
Hoplikeabunny · 29/02/2016 20:07
Argh, I posted a reply when we got home last night, but for some reason it seems to have not posted? How annoying!
Well I'm glad we went as it turns out that DS has a mild concussion, poor thing. He's still quiet today, but the dr noticed last night that his glands were up, and she suspected that he was coming down with tonsillitis (unrelated to the head injury obviously), and low and behold he's got a sore throat and is coughing today, so i'd say she's right. I just hope it stays mild, as last time he had tonsillitis, he ended up in hospital for a few days on a drip. Still, main thing is that his head should get better in the next couple of weeks, so he's just got to take it slowly for a bit and not charge around like he normally does- but I guess the tonsillitis will help with that as he wont want to charge around much anyway.
Thanks for checking up on him 
Sorry that my update didn't post last night.
I'm glad he is OK OP as you never really know with head injuries. Even without that factor it was worth getting him checked out with those symptoms. Sorry to hear he has tonsillitis though. My DS had that, it can be nasty 
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