To go to hospital

[Rosebel]

My 14 week old baby is not right. Very sleepy and often sick after feeds. I had a telephone appointment with the doctor who just said as long as he's pooing and weeing it's fine. HV said the same but also keep an eye on him. I just have this nagging feeling it's something more and wonder how they can diagnose over the phone.
He had his injection on Wednesday but tbh has been like this for a week so don't think it's that. WIBU to take him to the hospital or would I be wasting their time?

Take him straight to a and e. When I took my son to a and e with suspected meningitis when he was a baby the dr said the major symptom of concern is if children go quiet:unresponsive. He needs to be seen. Don't wait for 111

How long until your husband is home?

Trust your gut and take him in ASAP. As pp said call 111 so they know to expect you so you don't have to wait when you get there - or maybe not as long.

I would definitely take to a and .

When does your OH finish? Do you have a car seat? Could you call a taxi/ Uber and take him to A&E like that?

How is he OP? Please trust your gut and get him checked x

I hope your baby will be ok. Please ask your dh to come home and go to A&E.

Please take him in or call 111 to get the balk rolling. I had a feeling my son just wasn't right one day, everyone (including dad) said he was fine because he was peeing/pooing. by the time we were in hospital he had a temp over 40. Turned out he had a UTI (e-coil)

If the GP or HV had any concerns regards they would have arranged a face to face. I'd be inclined to follow their advice and red flags to watch out for.

Going to A&E is not a benign choice with no negatives, what's the covid situation in your area., big city or out in the sticks? I say this as a Paramedic you will be exposed to covid if you goto a busy hospital in a city so I'd only go if you felt you had an acutely deteriorating child and not just for a check up.

Take him! Worst case you have wasted a bit of your time. Hope all is okay.

Yanbu, as his mum you know best.

I would take him. The hospital arranged for my son to be seen by Leeds Hospital but it was in 8 weeks time. He was premature and he wasn’t tolerating feeds and he didn’t put on weight like he should but his belly would swell up to the point where he couldn’t breathe. He spent one week completely stagnant with weight gain and his belly became rock hard.. that is why he was referred to
LGI

I took him back to A&E when his belly didn’t go and I demanded that they see him quicker. They pulled his appointment forward even though they kept saying they weren’t happy about it and it was just his tummy was too small to manage “all the food he was having” he was having 10ml’s every 2 hours.

I kept telling them it wasn’t his stomach.. it was his bowels and eventually after a couple of weeks they agreed and did a biopsy. Luckily it was that his bowels were to sluggish and he just needed some extra assistance to get him pooping (sorry TMI) but then once he got stronger he took more feeds and he got the strength to go himself.

I had to keep fighting with the doctors to see him though and as a result I don’t trust doctors anymore at all. Trust your instincts and take your baby in to be seen

Take a taxi to a and e. Better safe than sorry. I really hope he's OK

Is dh home OP? Take him. If only for peace of mind
Awful situation to find yourself in. Hope he’s ok

My mum always tells me the story of how with my baby brother she sensed something wasn't right and was fobbed off by lots of doctors before they finally discovered he had a stomach hernia and needed to be operated. They dismissed her as a worried mum but she really trusted her instincts.

So definitely go and don't worry about wasting anyone's time. And if you're not happy with what they say keep pushing.

Definitely go.

Hope everything turns out ok

Please take him to a and e to get checked out. I speak as someone who trusted their instincts when her child was a newborn. It saved his life.

My husband should be home in about half an hour. He thinks overreacting but I'm taking him anyway.
I'm only waiting for him because I don't want to leave our older children home alone and no-one can get here any quicker than my husband. Thanks again for your support.

Take him in. The best/worst thing that will happen is that they will say he is well. And make sure they know which bits are out of character

My dh always said I was overreacting! But I always followed my mother's intuition! If you think he is not himself then definitely take him in! My Dr always said you are never wasting their time as they would rather see a healthy child and reassure the mother than see a very sick one who didn't want to bother them! Hope all goes well! Xx

Glad you're taking him. My DS was 4 months old when he had meningitis. We saw a doctor (gp and walk in centre) 6 times over a few days and they had told me it was just a virus, he would be fine. Luckily I went to a&e because I just KNEW something was wrong and he was getting worse. Had it been a few hours or even a day later my son would most likely have died. I was lucky he made it with minor damage. Better safe than sorry. Hope he is ok x

Trust your instincts. I had a similar incident when ds was young. There was nothing wrong but I was so glad I took him to get checked out. And if doesn’t mean you are over cautious. 20 years later and we haven’t been to hospital since

Instinct is powerful, when my baby was 4 weeks old he was sleepy too and I just felt something wasn't right. He spent a week in hospital with rsv and bronchiolitis, they discovered a heart murmur. And he now has a PAPVD diagnosis too. Go to get him checked you will be reassured at the very least.

I saved DS's son's life by ignore a GP and taking him to hospital.