I'll start by saying I suffer from severe anxiety and have real trouble knowing whether I'm imagining illnesses or whether they really exist. I get particularly anxious about DS's (pretty good) health.
He's not been himself at all the last few days, thats a certainty. He's been very grumpy and tantrummy. He's 2.4mo but still, this is very unusual.
He's had quite a bad cough, for about 5 days, he's not coughing all day and night but every 30 mins or so he has a really big hacky cough, and is generally quite croaky all day. Mild cold symptoms but not really congested, just a little runny nose today.
He is usually a big food lover but he is not eating a thing. Today he had a few raisin wheats at breakfast, a smoothie and some grapes. Usually he polishes off his 3 meals and 2 snacks. Sometimes more. And ALWAYS asks for lunch/dinner about half an hour before its due, and hangs around at my feet waiting. He wouldn't eat one mouthful at dinner and didn't even ask for fruit, which is his favourite thing in the world and wants to eat fruit all day every day. I honestly can't decide if this is behavioural and he's suddenly become a difficult eater, but based on his previous appetite I don't really believe he would sacrifice his food just to test me. Not for 48 hours.
He's exhausted. Between meals/sleep he is happy enough, playing as usual, but he's asking for his nap which he usually resists, and when he wakes up he is hysterical for about an hour, screaming and crying, not telling me what is wrong. When he eventually snaps out of it (330pm today) he says he wants more sleep, but by this point I decided its best keep him up a few more hours til bedtime. He'd be more than happy sat on the sofa all afternoon watching tv (he usually gets bored after an hour)
In his high chair at dinner time today he sat there slumped in his chair saying 'not well, not well. Me tired. tired. not well'. He keeps asking me and his toys to 'kiss it better' and when I ask where he points to his mouth. Haven't seen anything suspicious inside. Let me brush his teeth no problems. Oh, and he has bad breath. also a new thing.
He sometimes says 'it hurts' pointing to his throat/chest. Been giving calpol at bedtime but he's sleeping through as normal so he's obviously not waking up in pain. He's full of energy at 7am.
Anyway. My anxiety and OCD is running away with me and I just have no idea if he's ok or not. He's so difficult to handle these last few days and just not himself, but I look after him day to day on my own so I have no one else to look at him and tell me if he's ok or not.
What could be wrong with him, if anything? Could he have a chest infection or something? Will a GP think I'm totally wasting his time? He doesn't even have a temperature. I just don't know what to think.
Thanks so much in advance, if you've got this far.