13 m.o. DS has been on nursing strike during the day since (I think) Tuesday, dropping 3 feeds. He will still feed before his nap, at bedtime and once/twice at night though.
Since Friday night he's had 3 feeds (Fri night, Sat night, this evening) where he's fed from both sides, then spectacularly vomited up the entire contents of his stomach. The sickness is starting to concern me a bit.
He has a bad cold, nose streaming with snot, a cough, some green/yellow discharge in the inner corner of his eyes, and he's teething. Today his eyes look really red and streaming cold-y IYSWIM. We saw an out-of-hours GP yesterday who said his ears looked a bit red so gave me antibiotics (penicillin). I've not given them to DS because he seemed better today, and I'm allergic to penicillin among other things, so he's potentially more at risk for an allergy.
NHS Direct have advised that I go ahead and give him the antibiotics - but only on the basis of the red ear: we didn't really discuss the other symptoms.
He seems happy enough in himself and is taking both ebm and water in a cup. Today though his nappy was dry between 11am and 7pm, despite drinking both ebm & water. At 7pm he threw up his bedtime feed, and I've given him as much water as he'll drink as he wouldn't bf. He's not showing any signs of dehydration.
I have had vomiting and diarrhoea today but that seems quite different from DS being sick after feeding once per 24 hours.
I'm not sure what to do - whether or not to give him the antibiotics (I'd prefer not to unless I really have to), and whether I should be feeding from only one side when he does feed to reduce the likelihood of vomiting.
I'll try to see my GP tomorrow (although usually you have to wait 2/3 days for an 'emergency' appointment even for a baby
).
Any suggestions?