Spent yesterday in tears, didn't sleep last night. I'm worried silly...

[Megglevache]

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Go to the doctor and ask for a referral to a paed - if nothing else to put your mind to rest.

Sorry to hear this, Megglevache, you must be horribly worried.

I've no personal experience, but my gut reaction would be to take him straight to the GP - they'll be able to allay fears or refer as necessary (and then with a proper diagnosis you'll be in a better position to decide whether an osteopath might be good in conjunction/instead).

My experiences with HVs is that they'll only tell you to go to the GP anyway, so best to go straight there, imo.

No experience, but if it's worrying you then it's definitely worth a trip to the hv/gp.

Hope it turns out to be nothing serious.

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Ask for an emergency appt if you need to. I thought all GP's had to have same day appts? If I ring the HV, she just rings the GP and asks for an emergency appt.

No; quicker to do through GP. You could always see hv and say you are going to ask for paed referral from GP.

If you phone GP before 8/8.30am they should always have a bank of emergency appts in case needed. Phone, ask for emergency appt and explain it's for a toddler - you should be seen within 12 hours iirc.

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As a matter of interest- has it been progressive (ie got worse and worse?) or did he just wake up one morning wobbly?

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He does need to be seen. Have you tried taking his nappy/pants off and getting him to walk away from you to watch what he is actually doing.

Get a GP appointment and don't be fobbed off. Ask for a paed (or even better orthopod specialising in children) referral. If there is nothing to worry about, you won't have lost anything.

Alternatively - if take him to casualty (is there a children's hospital near you?) and get him seen there, he will see a paed/orthopod as necessary straight away. Naughty, but what I would do if I was really worried......

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Whereabouts are you in the UK?

Must be so worrying for you right now, not being sure and not knowing if there is anything to worry about. I agree, go to GPs today and ask for referral. At the very least they can put your mind at ease.

Depending on how worried you are, A&E might be a good option. We had an urgent referral for DS2 recently. 6 weeks . That's not urgent IMO. Perhaps if you take him in because you're worried that he fell and bumped his head......

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Great Let us know how you get on.

I hope he is ok.

I really hope things go well and you are reassured meggle. It is terrifying when you worry there's something wrong. Do let us know how you get on. xxx

all the best Megglevache.

Meg, you sound really worried. I hope your GP is helpful.
I just wanted to add that you can jump the queue when waiting to see a consultant by seeing them privately first - they can then refer you to their NHS clinic (you can ask your GP to refer you to a local consultant who does both NHS and private clinics). It will cost around £100 but can cut your waiting time down to a week, rather than 6 weeks or however it will take.

Just read this, good luck at the docs, I hope they set your mind at rest. Does your DS seem like he is in pain when he walks at all? Poor little man. Fingers crossed for him and you.

Good luck megglevache. I really hope you get some reassuring answers.

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Not surprised your head's spinning.

Don't know what I can say that will make you feel any better, but at least you've set the ball rolling and something will be done to sort this out for your little boy.

Keep us posted, won't you?